The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
by Colin Higgins
from Universal Studios
This is an energetic, but ultimately mediocre adaptation of the play, directed on Broadway by Tommy Tune. Burt Reynolds is the town sheriff and a regular patron of a local bordello. He wages a public battle to keep it open after it is targeted as the devil's den by a television minister. Charles Durning was nominated for a Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, and there are some lively song and dance numbers featuring Dolly Parton as the madame of the Chicken Ranch. However, this becomes bogged down in too many serious moments for it to be more than a lightweight musical comedy. --Rochelle O'Gorman
Stroker Ace
from Warner Home Video
Oscar-nominated Golden Globe and Emmy-winning superstar Burt Reynolds ("Boogie Nights" "Evening Shade") is Stroker Ace a fast-living hard-driving stock car racer whose high spirited antics finally catch up with him when he's forced into the clutches of a greedy fried chicken magnate who wants him for all he's worth both on and off the track. Co-starring Reynolds' "Deliverance" co-star Ned Beatty.Running Time: 94 min.System Requirements:Pan & Scan English Dolby Mono Interactive Menus Video Format: Standard 1.33:1 (4.3) Enhanced for 16x9 TVs Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: PG UPC: 085391132226
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas [Region 2]
This is an energetic, but ultimately mediocre adaptation of the play, directed on Broadway by Tommy Tune. Burt Reynolds is the town sheriff and a regular patron of a local bordello. He wages a public battle to keep it open after it is targeted as the devil's den by a television minister. Charles Durning was nominated for a Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, and there are some lively song and dance numbers featuring Dolly Parton as the madame of the Chicken Ranch. However, this becomes bogged down in too many serious moments for it to be more than a lightweight musical comedy. --Rochelle O'Gorman
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