Writer: David S. Ward
Composer: Nick Gravenites
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Howard Hesseman, Peter Boyle, Jane Fonda, Mel Stewart, Morgan Upton, Jessica Myerson, John Savage, Nancy Fish, Roger Bowen
More info: IMDb
Tagline: If you can't beat 'em ... drive 'em crazy!
Plot: A group of misfits decide to leave for a place that they can all be free. Their mode of transportation is a PBY flying boat. The only problem is that the PBY needs a lot of work and they will need jobs to pay for the parts. When they find that they have only 10 days before the PBY is sold for scrap, they decide on borrowing the parts for their trip.
My rating: 5/10
Will I watch it again? No.
Hoo, boy. I don't know what to say. This flick meanders and doesn't feel like there was a complete grasp of what the filmmakers wanted and how to achieve it. Sutherland is either doing a smashing job of looking bored and lazy or he's high. It could be both. Boyle is kind of fun because of his many costume/character changes. He's got the 'lost his marbles' thing down pat. Howard Hesseman is a blast. He's probably my favorite character of the bunch. The misfit band of oddballs doesn't work for me and neither does the lackadaisical pace and vibe of the film. This was writer David Ward's first movie (the Internet says this was made in 1971 and released in 1973) and his next one was THE STING (1973). These two pictures almost couldn't be farther apart in quality. The Warner Bros. DVD has the film in anamorphic widescreen. The only extras are the theatrical trailer (fullscreen), a 4 minute short film made during the film of this movie called, WOULD YOU BELIEVE? PETER BOYLE! and a trailer for DUKES OF HAZZARD: THE BEGINNING. The fuck?
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