Hanky Panky (1982 film)
Hanky Panky | |
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Directed by | Sidney Poitier[1] |
Written by | Henry Rosenbaum David Taylor |
Produced by | Martin Ransohoff |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Arthur J. Ornitz |
Edited by | Harry Keller |
Music by | Tom Scott |
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Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $14 million[2] |
Box office | $9 million (domestic) |
Hanky Panky is a 1982 American comedy thriller Metrocolor film directed by Sidney Poitier, starring Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner. Wilder and Radner met during filming and later married.[3]
Plot
[edit]Michael Jordon, an architect, accidentally becomes involved in a web of intrigue and murder when a strange woman, who enters a taxi with him, is later found murdered. As a result, he flees from false murder charges. Kate is a woman out to find her brother's killer. Although she and Michael initially believe the other is a killer, they realize otherwise and become a team. They undertake a wild cross-country ride from New York City to the Grand Canyon.
Cast
[edit]- Gene Wilder as Michael Jordon
- Gilda Radner as Kate Hellman
- Kathleen Quinlan as Janet Dunn
- Richard Widmark as Ransom
- Robert Prosky as Hiram Calder
- Beau Starr as Cop Passenger
- Josef Sommer as Adrian Pruitt
- Victor Argo as Pallbearer
- Jay O. Sanders as Katz
- Johnny Sekka as Lacey
- Pat Corley as Puckett
Production
[edit]The film was developed as a follow-up to the successful Gene Wilder-Richard Pryor film Stir Crazy.[4] However, Pryor chose not to participate and Gilda Radner was brought in as a replacement, with the script rewritten for her role.[5]
Locations include Parc East,[6] Knickerbocker Club, Madison Square Garden, Roosevelt Hotel, Ware Hall, Cambridge, Massachusetts, New England Aquarium, and Grand Canyon National Park.
Reception
[edit]Vincent Canby, writing in The New York Times, gave the film a mixed review, saying it "is apt to leave you far less exhilarated than exhausted."[7][8]
Richard Schickel wrote: "a funny, human moment, and if Hanky Panky had 30 or 40 more of them it might have been a congenial little picture."[9]
Variety wrote: "a limp romantic suspense comedy which manages to be neither romantic, suspenseful nor funny...appears to be an attempt to duplicate the classy thrills of North by Northwest..."[10]
Novelization
[edit]A $2.50 paperback novelization of the screenplay was published by Pinnacle Books, in July 1982 ,[11][12] by Leslie Jarreau, possibly a pseudonym. The book is copyrighted by, Henry Rosenbaum and David Taylor, the screenwriters.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Hanky Panky by Sidney Poitier, David Taylor Henry Rosenbaum, Gilda Radner on Royal Books".
- ^ "Hanky Panky (1982)". AFI Catalogcatalog.afi.com. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ Wilder, Gene. Kiss Me Like A Stranger. HarperCollins, 2005
- ^ Balducci, Anthony (2018-07-06). Richard Pryor in Hollywood: The Narrative Films, 1967-1997. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-3279-7.
- ^ Leonard Maltin (2003), Movie & Video Guide, p. 575
- ^ "Parc East | 240 East 27th Street, Manhattan | Corcoran". www.corcoran.com. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
- ^ Canby, Vincent (1982-06-04). "Movie Review - POITIER'S 'HANKY PANKY'". movies.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
- ^ "1982 Press Photo Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner in a scene from "Hanky Panky." | eBay".
- ^ Schickel, Richard (1982-06-07). "Cinema: Teaming Off". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
- ^ "Hanky Panky". Variety. 1982-01-01. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
- ^ Jarreau, Leslie (July 1982). Hanky Panky. Pinnacle Books. ISBN 0-523-41843-4.
- ^ "Hanky Panky book by Leslie Jarreau". ThriftBooks. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
- ^ Jarreau, Leslie (1982). Hanky panky. Internet Archive. New York : Pinnacle Books. ISBN 978-0-523-41843-8.
External links
[edit]- Hanky Panky at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Hanky Panky at the TCM Movie Database
- https://shotonwhat.com/hanky-panky-1982
- Hanky Panky at Box Office Mojo
- https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Hanky-Panky
- Hanky Panky at Rotten Tomatoes
- Hanky Panky at IMDb
- https://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film976081.html
- https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf9w1009rw/dsc/
- 1982 films
- 1980s chase films
- 1980s comedy thriller films
- 1980s crime comedy films
- American chase films
- American comedy thriller films
- American crime comedy films
- American road movies
- Columbia Pictures films
- 1980s comedy mystery films
- 1980s English-language films
- Films directed by Sidney Poitier
- Films scored by Tom Scott (saxophonist)
- Films set in 1981
- Films set in Arizona
- Films set in Boston
- Films set in Maine
- Films set in New York City
- Films shot in Boston
- Films shot in Massachusetts
- Films shot in New York City
- 1982 comedy films
- 1980s American films
- English-language crime comedy films
- English-language action thriller films
- English-language comedy mystery films
- English-language comedy thriller films