Do We All Agree That Midnight Run is the Best Comedy Movie Ever?

Jonathan Mardukas: Why don't you put the cigarette out.

Jack Walsh: Why don't you shut up and leave me alone?

Jonathan Mardukas: Put the cigarette out, Jack.

Jack Walsh: What a...

Jonathan Mardukas: Put the cigarette out.

Jack Walsh: What a pain in the ass this guy is. [takes a drag]

Jonathan Mardukas: I thought you were putting it out.

Jack Walsh: No I'm not putting it out.

Jonathan Mardukas: Why aren't you popular with the Chicago Police Department.

it was a great movie a lot of dry humor ------but the best ever???

NO

Am I only one who thought De Niro and Grodin were both hot in this movie?

"It's not a payoff, it's a gift."

awwwww....

They should never air it when it has been censored and it bleeps all over the place. Just not the same movie.

But, I agree, it is a terrifically funny movie. Both stars are on their game in it.

5 thumbs up!

R3, they were both very handsome, yes.

This film is De Niro looking his best.

Plus he had that tough guy/kicked puppy thing going that made him irresistible.

Grodin is such a dull actor. Didn't think this film was all that. This is around the time when DeNiro started to phone his performances in...

Best, no. Awesome, yes.

Attention! This movie is available for free on Crackle!

Moscone. Bail Bonds.

FUCK NO, OP, you're high.

People will say Airplane!, Anchorman, Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, Life of Brian.

You're not even warm.

Absolutely repulsed by Charles Grodin. IG-nored!

I also agree with R9.

Met Gordon a few times. Nice, nice man.

Gordon = Grodin.

I loved the movie and the Danny Elfman soundtrack.

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

Fatso

The Palm Beach Story

Pee Wee's Big Adventure

There are four better comedies, right there.

Grodin behaved like an asshole during and after the OJ trial. I think he's a borderline racist, especially after hearing some of the comments he made about the jury! Plus, he's really not that funny to me.

Never liked DeNiro

R17 I LOVE The Ghost and Mr. Chicken!

Paramount Pictures was originally interested in backing Midnight Run, but they wanted a big name star opposite De Niro in order to improve the film's chances at the box office. Their production executives suggested that the Mardukas character be changed to a woman and wanted Cher for the role in the hope she would provide some "sexual overtones". When [director] Brest rejected the idea, Paramount suggested teaming De Niro up with Robin Williams, who became eager to get the role and offered to audition for Brest. At one stage Bruce Willis was mentioned as a possible co star.

[QUOTE]Brest rejected the idea

Thank God.

I agree. Just wish I could own it. I keep waiting for it to go on sale on iTunes but it never does.

No, we do not agree.

It wasn't as good as Airplane

REST IN PEACE “DUKE”

MIDNIGHT RUN is "the best comedy ever" just as in another thread Julia Louis-Dreyfus was the "best comedienne ever." Another out-of-the-blue assertion out of touch with taste or reality.

Name a better comedy movie, R27?

No we do mot

It was the movie I went to the night before the first day of the New York bar exam. I passed.

Some Like it Hot.

Airplane.

Clue.

Clueless.

Clue? Clue? Pfft!

Clue? Clueless? Get the fuck outta here. Airplane and Some Like it Hot are great selections but Midnight Run is above them.

Just saw it on Netflix. I had never seen it before and thoroughly enjoyed it. I would say it’s very subtle compared to Airplane or Young Frankenstein.

Good film. Still holds up well.

Are we sure Grodin wasn’t at least bisexual? He pings a bit.

These things go down! These things go down!

At first I thought OP typed "Midnight Express". It made the first 20 comments appear in a whole new light.

That was discs, R38. Not dicks.