Ruthless people / Touchstone Films [production company] ; written by Dale Launer ; produced by Michael Peyser ; directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 18324 | Touchstone Home VideoPublication details: [Burbank, Calif.] : Touchstone Home Video : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [200-?]Description: 1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 0788817973
- 9780788817977
- Music, Michel Colombier ; editor, Arthur Schmidt ; cinematography, Jan de Bont.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult DVD
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Main Library | DVD | COMEDY Ruthless | Checked out | 05/28/2024 | 33111009061660 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The last film to be co-directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker, Ruthless People stars Bette Midler (capitalizing on her comeback performance in Down and Out in Beverly Hills) as Barbara, a spoiled rich woman who is kidnapped by the kindly Ken and Sandy Kessler (Judge Reinhold and Helen Slater). Barbara's forceful husband Sam (Danny DeVito) has ripped off the Kesslers and they decide to hold Barbara for ransom. Sam, who hates his wife, refuses to pay. Eventually Barbara befriends the Kesslers and together they figure out how to exact revenge upon the obnoxious Sam. Bill Pullman makes his film debut here as a very dim, would-be criminal. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
DVD.
Danny DeVito, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater, Bette Midler.
Music, Michel Colombier ; editor, Arthur Schmidt ; cinematography, Jan de Bont.
Originally produced as motion picture in 1986.
When loathsome millionaire Sam Stone's wife is kidnapped by inept kidnappers, Sam cries tears of joy and refuses to pay the ransom. And when the abductors threaten to kill the abrasive heiress, Sam celebrates!