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The In-Laws

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Release Date:	07/05/2016
UPC:	0715515181112
Original Release:	1979
Source:	Criterion Collection
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen, Color]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Time:	1:43:00
Sales rank:	11,394

Special Features

Audio commentary from 2003 featuring director Arthur Hiller, actors Alan Arkin and Peter Falk, and writer Andrew Bergman; New interview with Arkin; In Support of "The In-Laws," a new interview program featuring stars Ed Begley Jr., Nancy Dussault, James Hong, and David Paymer; Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Peter Falk	Vince Ricardo
Alan Arkin	Sheldon Kornpett
Richard Libertini	Gen. Garcia
Nancy Dussault	Carol Kornpett
Arlene Golonka	Jean Ricardo
Penny Peyser	Barbara Kornpett
Ed Begley	Barry Lutz
Michael Lembeck	Tommy Ricardo
Carmine Caridi	Angie
Sammy Smith	Mr. Hirschorn
James Hong	Bing Wong
Rosanna de Soto	Actor
Paul Smith	Mo
Barbara Dana	Bank Teller
Rozsika Halmos	Mrs. Adelman
Álvaro Carcaño	Edgardo
Jorge Zepeda	Carlos
Sergio Calderon	Alfonso
David Paymer	Cab Driver
Kent Williams	Ski Mask
John Hancock	T Man #1
John Finnegan	Deliveryman #1
Brass Adams	Deliveryman #2
Eduardo Noriega	Senator Jesus Braunschweiger
Danny Kwan	Billy Wong
Maurice Sneed	Paint Boy
Jim Goodwin	Guard
Mitchell Group	Second Guard
Carmen Dragon	Carmen Dragon
Peter Miller	Bank Manager
Dick Wieand	Al
Tom Degidon	Bartender
John Day	T Man #3
John Hostetter	Workman
Ellen Clark	Ad Lib #4
Art Evans	Driver

Technical Credits

Arthur Hiller	Director,Producer
Eric D. Andersen	Camera Operator
Alan Arkin	Executive Producer
Del Armstrong	Makeup
Andrew Bergman	Screenwriter
Ernie Bishop	Set Decoration/Design
Dianne Crittenden	Casting
Robert de Vestel	Set Decoration/Design
Pato Guzman	Production Designer
Larry Jost	Sound/Sound Designer
John Morris	Score Composer
Milt Rice	Special Effects
Jack Roe	Asst. Director
Monroe Sachson	Producer
William Sackheim	Producer
Robert Swink	Editor
David M. Walsh	Cinematographer
Dorothy Wilde	Associate Producer

Editorial Reviews

The inspired pairing of Peter Falk and Alan Arkin elevates buddy-film chemistry to a level beyond mere science in this 1979 comedy, a modest production destined to rank with the classics. The setup is standard: There's going to be a wedding; Arkin is the father of the bride, Falk the father of the groom. Arkin is Sheldon Kornpett, a mild-mannered New York City dentist, and Falk is Vincent Ricardo, a loose cannon who works, or at least used to work, for the CIA and strikes "Shelly" as an unbelievable blowhard. Even as Vince manages to drag the reluctant Shelly along on a last-minute prenuptial escapade to a small banana republic, the dentist remains convinced that Vince is just a nut. The story works like a charm, but the casting and chemistry are the main ingedients here. Falk gets one of the great roles of his career, playing a charming mystery man whose sanity is in doubt from the opening bell and who's delightfully unflappable in any situation. Arkin, meanwhile, moves effortlessly through escalating levels of hysteria as a beleaguered and ever-so-uptight average Joe who panics at the drop of a pin. Sharply directed by Arthur Hiller (The Out-of-Towners) from a virtuoso script by Andrew Bergman (The Freshman), The-In Laws is nonstop fun, setting off at a brisk pace and never looking back. Ultimately, the film's brilliance derives from the budding odd-couple friendship and the caterpillar-to-butterfly transformation of one shell-shocked dentist. It ranks as one of Hollywood's finest buddy pictures, and one of the funniest films ever made.

Barnes & Noble - Gregory Baird

Why aren't there more films co-starring Alan Arkin and Peter Falk? Writer Andrew Bergman's loopy comedy takes full advantage of the prodigious talent of this double act, giving the two numerous chances to play off one another, and director Arthur Hiller artfully builds the comedy one ticklish brick at a time. In comedies, pace is everything: Even master directors of rigorously timed action films such as Steven Spielberg have bombed badly (1941) when they've tried to be funny. Bergman and Hiller start with a solid-enough premise, the old joke about crazy in-laws, and slowly, quietly add comic layer upon layer. Arkin's mournful gravity lends a humorous reality to the film and Falk's lunacy is so unaffected it seems almost innocent. Yet he's sly, too: The audience can sense his character's innate shrewdness no matter how crazy he seems. Michael Lembeck and Penny Peyser contribute nice bits as the betrothed -- their reaction to the money their fathers have scammed is priceless -- as does Ed Begley Jr. as a CIA station chief. Only Richard Libertini seems to go over the top as the lunatic South American dictator. Still, as in later Bergman works such as The Freshman, there's an underlying affection and sweetness to The In-Laws that makes it a treat.

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