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Into the Night (1985)

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Filled with enough cameos to keep film buffs entertained, this otherwise routine action-comedy by John Landis boasts Michelle Pfeiffer as one of its major attractions. She plays Diana, a woman prone to having affairs with some very dangerous men, and Jeff Goldblum is Ed Okin, an aerospace engineer whose lot is thrown in with Diana's when the woman is caught in a bind at the airport. The beautiful Diana is an airhead on the scale of the Hindenberg, her only concerns are clothes and men -- which

R, 1 hr. 55 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense, Comedy

Directed By: John Landis

Written By: Ron Koslow

In Theaters: Feb 22, 1985 Wide

On DVD: Sep 2, 2003

Cast

Jeff Goldblum
Ed Okin
Michelle Pfeiffer
Diana
Richard Farnsworth
Jack Caper
Irene Papas
Shaheen Parvizi
Kathryn Harrold
Christie
Paul Mazursky
Bud Herman
Roger Vadim
Mons Melville
Dan Aykroyd
Herb
David Bowie
Colin Morris
Stacey Pickren
Ellen Okin
Jake Steinfeld
Larry
Bruce McGill
Charlie
Vera Miles
Joan Caper
Carl Perkins
Mr. Williams
Clu Gulager
Federal Agent
Jack Arnold
Man with Dog
Paul Bartel
Beverly Wilshire Hotel ...
David Cronenberg
Group Supervisor
Jonathan Demme
Federal Agent
Richard Franklin
Aerospace Engineer
Carl Gottlieb
Federal Agent
Amy Heckerling
Ship's Waitress
Jim Henson
Man on Phone
Colin Higgins
Kalijak Actor
Lawrence Kasdan
Detective
Jonathan Kaufer
Kalijak Script Clerk
John Landis
Savak Agent
Andrew Marton
Freeway Driver
Daniel Petrie
Kalijak Director
Bud Abbott
Chic
Domingo Ambriz
Taxi Driver
Carmen Argenziano
Stan
Jim Bentley
Baccarat Dealer
Lon Chaney Jr
Wolfman
Hope Clarke
Airport Cop
Lou Costello
Wilbur
Sue Dugan
Freeway Driver
Art Evans
Jimmy
Patricia Gaul
Stewardess
John Hostetter
Aerospace Engineer
Tracy Hutchinson
Federal Agent
Saul Kahan
Kalijak Publicist
William B. Kaplan
Kalijak Grip
Eric Lee
Parking Attendant
Bela Lugosi
Count Dracula
Ali Madani
Hasi
Robert Moberly
Aerospace Engineer
Dedee Pfeiffer
Hooker
Beulah Quo
Mrs. Yakamura
Peggy Sanders
Shameless Woman
Reid Smith
Sheriff Peterson
Elizabeth Solorzano
Freeway Driver
Don Steel
Viola Kates Stimpson
Female Derelict
Houshang Touzie
Hamid
Gene Whittington
Federal Agent
Cal Worthington
Himself
Rick Baker
Drug Dealer
Wes Dawn
Los Angeles Cop
Eddy Donno
Los Angeles Cop
Hassan Ildari
Shaheen's Assistant
Jonathan Lynn
Tailor
Robert Paynter
Security Guard
Don Siegel
Embarrassed Man
Bill Taylor
Host
Michael Zand
Savak Agent
Dick Balduzzi
Aerospace Engineer
Rory Barish
SAVAK Bimbo
Alma Beltran
Cleaning Woman
Sue Bowser
Girl on Boat
Pete Ellis
Himself
Jon Stephen Fink
Don
Beruce Gramian
Savak Agent
Robert La Bassiere
Melville's Man
Rusdi Lane
Detective
Mark Levine
Kalijak Grip
Jean Pelton
SAVAK Bimbo
Zorah Ramsey
Lady in Waiting
Hadi Sadjadi
Savak Agent
Erica Sakai
Hamid's Girl
Yacob Salih
Melville's Man
Waldo Salt
Male Derelict
Slavka Budinova
Hamid's Girl
David Sosna
Kalijak Assistant Direc...
Robert Traynor
Beverly Hills Cop
Christopher George
Los Angeles Cop
Jack Roberts
Malibu Neighbor

Critic Reviews for Into the Night

All Critics (21) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (13)

The film itself tries sometimes too hard for laughs and at other times strains for shock.

April 10, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety

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Variety Staff

Variety

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Maybe what the movie needed was more professional discipline and less geniality. As a rule, it's probably better to throw the party after the filming is finished.

October 23, 2004 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

A little bit of Into the Night is funny, a lot of it is grotesque and all of it has the insidey manner of a movie made not for the rest of us but for moviemakers on the Bel Air circuit who watch each other's films in their own screening rooms.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

Top Critic

Thin and familiar.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

The tone, despite the frequent bloodletting, is light, and the film works better than the script would indicate.

April 10, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

Pfeiffer in particular takes the sort of glamorous yet preposterous part that generally defeats even the best actress and somehow contrives to make it credible every inch of the way.

April 21, 2007 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Time Out

Landis at his most cameo-obsessed and self-indulgent.

March 3, 2006 Comment

Rob Thomas

Capital Times (Madison, WI)

Strange ensemble noir comedy chase flick.

April 17, 2005 Comment

Scott Weinberg

eFilmCritic.com

An uninteresting and off-putting movie.

August 21, 2004 Full Review | Comment

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality and Practice

Even the glossy photography and Pfeiffer's convincing performance can't make this add up to more than its slightly amusing parts.

May 24, 2003 Full Review Source: Film4

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Odd combination of Jeff Goldblum, a depressed insomniac whose life is dull, uneventful and his wife is cheating on him, the other person being Michelle Pfeiffer who is a jewel smuggler and has some Iranians after her for some precious stones. The mismatched pair bump into each other, make friends and have to run from

August 23, 2011

Phil Hubbard

Super Reviewer

A scary Irene Pappas, a shocking hostage situation, and David Bowie's small role are the only things I enjoyed, even with all the people (Carl Perkins, Rick Baker, etc.) who did their cameos well. The dialogue isn't great and the dead air Landis allows to form around Goldbloom's lines keeps the movie from starting to live.

July 25, 2007

Adam Mahler

Super Reviewer

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