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Revision as of 17:44, 24 October 2013
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 Original theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | William Friedkin |
| Written by | Tony Barrett Nicholas Hyams |
| Produced by | Steve Broidy Lindsley Parsons |
| Starring | Sonny Bono Cher |
| Cinematography | Robert Wyckoff |
| Edited by | Melvin Shapiro |
| Music by | Sonny Bono |
Production company | ABC |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 91 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.115 million[2] |
| Box office | $800,000[2] |
Good Times is a 1967 American musical comedy film starring Sonny & Cher. The film marks the directorial debut of William Friedkin, who would go on to direct The French Connection and The Exorcist.[3]
Plot
Sonny and Cher appear as themselves in this spoof of various genres, including mysteries, westerns and spy thrillers. The plot revolves around a film contract offered to Sonny by powerful executive Mr. Mordicus. Sanders also plays the antagonist in each of Sonny's ideas for the proposed film, which are played out in a number of skits featuring music and dancing by the star duo.
Cast
- Sonny Bono as Sonny
- Cher as Cher
- George Sanders as Mr Mordicus / Knife McBlade / White Hunter / Zarubian
- Norman Alden as Warren
- Larry Duran as Smith
- Kelly Thordsen as Tough Hombre
- Lennie Weinrib as Leslie Garth
- Peter Robbins as Brandon
Reception
Good Times received poor-to-middling reviews as a pastiche of so-so skits, though one critic credited veteran character actor Sanders for making the film "slightly less unbearable."[4]
The film earned $600,000 in rentals domestically and $200,000 internationally. After the distribution fee, prints and advertising and the negative cost were deducted, ABC reported a loss of $1,050,000.[2]
References
- ^ "GOOD TIMES (U)". British Board of Film Classification. 1966-11-23. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
- ^ a b c "ABC's 5 Years of Film Production Profits & Losses", Variety, 31 May 1973 p 3
- ^ IMDb credits for William Friedkin
- ^ "Apollo's movie guide review of ''Good Times'', Wesley Lovell". Apolloguide.com. Retrieved 2010-10-07.
External links
- Good Times at IMDb
- Good Times at the TCM Movie Database
- Good Times at Rotten Tomatoes