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| The Flamingo Kid [1984] | ![The Flamingo Kid [1984]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511ZM0TVPML._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Garry Marshall
Actors: Matt Dillon, Hector Elizondo, Molly Mccarthy, Martha Gehman, Richard Crenna
Studio: Prism Leisure
Category: DVD
Buy New: £14.85
Buy New/Used from £4.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  (1 reviews)
Sales Rank: 46433
Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Media: DVD
Running Time: 96 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5024165920343
ASIN: B00004YN6I
Release Date: April 8, 2002
Theatrical Release Date: December 21, 1984
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As IThe Flamingo Kid/I amply demonstrates, there's always room for one more rites of passage film if it's made with care and affection. Garry Marshall's 1984 study of a young Brooklyn poker player who thinks the grass is greener at a Long Island beach club, nails the bad guy, realises he got it wrong and returns to the bosom of his "humble" family certainly satisfies on both counts.p It also has a strong cast: Matt Dillon as Jeffrey, whose niggling aspirations create the inevitable barrier between himself and his parents; Richard Crenna as his prospective role model who turns out to have feet of clay; and Hector Elizondo as his bemused father. But Jessica Walter (Clint Eastwood's stalker from hell in IPlay Misty for Me/I) almost steals the show as an acid-tongued beach-club wife.p If the whole thing lacks the depth and warmth of, say, Neil Simon's IBrighton Beach Memoirs/I, it succeeds on its own merits as an homage to a more innocent time when a young man didn't need to stray far from his own tenement block in order to find himself, with the help of a suitably nostalgic early-1960s soundtrack of course.p BOn the DVD:/B As far as extras go, this is a budget offering. There are detailed actor biographies but precious little on the film itself, apart from the snippet that Richard Crenna earned a Golden Globe award nomination. There is an adequate scene index and, for those who want to study Dillon in detail, a reasonable stills gallery. The picture is presented in standard format, and hardly distinguishable from ordinary VHS or telecast quality, but the stereo audio certainly helps pump out the period soundtrack. --IPiers Ford/I
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A slice of American life that makes the heart sing January 11, 2003
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After seeing this movie I will guarantee that you will want to see it again. Heartwarming and moving this is a film made with care and probably not the biggest budget in the world!pJeffrey is at major crossroads in his life. He has left school and his father, a 1st Generation American plumber with no education, wants Jeffrey to attend college and start an apprenticeship. Jeffrey bumps into a couple of card playing school friends and is introduced to the El Flamingo, a swank beach club that is a million miles from his Brooklyn home. Tasting a lifestyle unknown to him, and being accepted whilst useful this story is a testiment to family values. Phil Brody, a sports car dealer, takes a shine to Jeffrey and for a while all is well. brIts the end of summer, the club is closing, Jeffrey's girl is going to college and he has to make a decision. Fate plays a hand and I'll leave the ending out.pSuperb performances from Matt Dillon, Hector Elizondo, Richard Crenna and full supporting cast. Rich setting and great soundtrack make this and escapist experience that you will want to dip into again and again.
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