It Takes Two (1988 film)
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Directed by | David Beaird |
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Produced by | Robert Lawrence |
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Cinematography | Peter Deming |
Edited by | David Garfield |
Music by | Carter Burwell |
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Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
It Takes Two is a 1988 American romantic comedy film directed by David Beaird and starring George Newbern, Leslie Hope, and Kimberly Foster. Screenwriters Richard Christian Matheson and Thomas E. Szollosi had previously teamed up to write the 1987 teen comedy Three O'Clock High.
Premise[]
Travis Rogers, on the verge of marriage to Stephi, takes off for Dallas, where an encounter with a car saleswoman named Jonni Tigersmith precipitates a series of comic misadventures.[1]
Cast[]
- George Newbern as Travis Rogers
- Leslie Hope as Stephanie Lawrence
- Kimberly Foster as Jonni Tigersmith
- Barry Corbin as George Lawrence
- Anthony Geary as Wheel
- Frances Lee McCain as Joyce Rogers
- Patrika Darbo as Dee Dee
- Marco Perella as Dave
- Bill Bolender as Judd Rogers
- Mickey Jones as Bucholtz
Reception[]
Writing in the Los Angeles Times, Michael Wilmington described It Takes Two as "a modestly budgeted comedy with...a frowzy plot" that nevertheless "has relentless pace and snap, real comic vigor."[1] The Time Out Film Guide calls the film "One of the better movies of hit-and-miss director Beaird".[2]
References[]
- ^ a b Wilmington, Michael (July 15, 1988). "Movie Review: Formulaic 'It Takes Two' Adds Up to a Snappy, Wide-Awake Sleeper". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 20, 2012.
- ^ "It Takes Two". Time Out Film Guide. c. 2012. Retrieved September 20, 2012.
External links[]
- 1988 films
- English-language films
- 1988 romantic comedy films
- American films
- American romantic comedy films
- Films directed by David Beaird
- Films scored by Carter Burwell
- Films set in Dallas
- Films with screenplays by Richard Christian Matheson
- United Artists films
- 1980s romantic comedy film stubs