Dirty Rotten Scoundrels [Blu-ray]

Director: Frank Oz, Bernard Williams Frank Oz

Overview

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a remake of the 1964 film farce Bedtime Story. Steve Martin and Michael Caine take over the roles originally played by Marlon Brando and David Niven: two international con artists, plying their trade on gullible wealthy women up and down the Riviera. Martin and Caine vie over the honor of fleecing ingenuous heiress Glenne Headly (in a role originated by Shirley Jones).

Product Details

Release Date:	10/08/2013
UPC:	0883904242512
Original Release:	1988
Rating:	PG
Source:	Mgm (Video & Dvd)
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:50:00
Sales rank:	20,740

Special Features

Audio commentary with director Frank Oz; Behind-the-scenes featurette; Original theatrical trailer; Teaser trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Michael Caine	Lawrence Jamieson
Steve Martin	Freddy Benson
Glenne Headly	Janet Colgate
Anton Rodgers	Insp. Andre
Barbara Harris	Fanny Eubanks
Ian McDiarmid	Arthur
Dana Ivey	Mrs. Reed
Meagen Fay	Lady from Oklahoma
Frances Conroy	Lady from Palm Beach
Nicole Calfan	Lady in Dining Car
Aina Walle	Miss Krista Knudsen
Cheryl Pay	Lady with Pearls
Nathalie Auffret	Marion,Marion
Lolly Susi	Lady in Rolls Royce
Xavier Maly	Hotel Bellboy
Louis Zorich	Greek Millionaire
Georges Gerrard Baffos	Assistant Hotel Manager
Valerie Beaufils	Pretty Beach Girl
Rupert Holliday-Evans	English Sailor #1
Hepburn Graham	English Sailor #2
Jerry Goodman	Violinist
André Penvern	Waiter on the Train
Patricia Davidson	Woman with dogs
Stanley Shapiro	Actor
Miles Goodman	Composer
Paul Henning	Actor

Technical Credits

Dale Launer

Stanley Shapiro

Paul Henning

Frank Oz	Director
Dale Launer	Screenwriter,Executive Producer,Producer
Stanley Shapiro	Screenwriter
Paul Henning	Screenwriter
Charles Hirschhorn	Executive Producer,Producer
Bernard Williams	Producer,Director
C.J. Appel	Sound Effects
Don Banks	Sound Effects
Chris Beaver	Sound Effects
Richard Beggs	Sound Effects
Mark Berger	Sound Effects

Editorial Reviews

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels harks back to the era of suave 1950s and '60s caper films -- specifically, the 1963 David Niven/Marlon Brando vehicle Bedtime Story, on which Scoundrels's script is based. Michael Caine plays the slicker member of the anti-hero duo with perfect English ease, and Steve Martin is inspired as his gauche American counterpart. Scoundrels features an involved and complicated plot, with as many twists and turns as a decent mystery; the film unfolds like a broad, comic version of the The Sting. Director Frank Oz's only previous adult-oriented film was 1986's Little Shop of Horrors, and with Dirty Rotten Scoundrels he firmly established the fine comic form that he would perfect with In & Out (1997) and Bowfinger (1999). The lush French Riviera environs are adroitly shot by Michael Ballhaus.