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Deal of the Century

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Deal of the Century (1983)

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Reviews Counted: 8

Fresh: 1

Rotten:7

Average Rating: 4.1/10

Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: In the high stakes game of arms dealing, a penny ante gun seller hopes to make a big score by selling shoddy planes to a dictator. With the help of his sexy girlfriend and his too-moral best... In the high stakes game of arms dealing, a penny ante gun seller hopes to make a big score by selling shoddy planes to a dictator. With the help of his sexy girlfriend and his too-moral best friend, the arms trader makes a killer deal. [More]

Starring: Chevy Chase, Sigourney Weaver, Gregory Hines, Vince Edwards

Starring: Chevy Chase, Sigourney Weaver, Gregory Hines, Vince Edwards

Director: William Friedkin

Director: William Friedkin

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Feb 14, 2006

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  • Deal of the Century
  • Fast-talking Eddie Muntz is a supersalesman. He sells weapons - little ones to kick off a riot and big ones that can trigger a world war. He won't sell just to anybody, only to folks with suitcases full of money.
  • Chevy Chase, Sigourney Weaver and Gregory Hines star in Deal of the Century, a devilish satire of the international arms trade from writer Paul Brickman (Risky Business) and director William Friedkin (The French Connection, The Exorcist). In the absurdist tradition of Dr. Strangelove and Wag the Dog, it's an uproarious look at an industry selling big bangs for big bucks - and shouldering big responsibility for the current sorry state of global relations. If your laughter is a little nervous, you're beginning to get the point.
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    Chase and Weaver make a great team!

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    05/26/06
    Jeffrey M. Anderson
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    ...another so-so chapter in the Chevy Chase canon of motion-picture comedies.

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    02/19/06
    John J. Puccio
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    I would have been thrilled to revisit this one and walk away calling it "sadly misunderstood" or "seriously underrated," but the thing's an absolute mess from stem to stern.

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    A bomb should have wiped out all the prints of this loser.

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