Protocol
| Year: | 1984 |
| Production Co: | Hawn/Sylbert Movie Company |
| Studio: | Warner Bros |
| Director: | Herbert Ross |
| Writer: | Buck Henry |
| Cast: | Goldie Hawn, Chris Sarandon, Cliff De Young, Ed Begley Jr |
Another stupid cookie cutter 80s comedy the likes of which always starred Goldie Hawn, Shelley Long, occasionally Dolly Parton and their ilk.
I remember a single moment from the film – where the ditzy heroine (Hawn) shows up at an official political function dressed for a poolside barbecue.
In fact, that tells you everything you need to know about this crazy-fish-out-of-water-charms-the-stuff-shirts-and-makes-postive-change comedy as Hawn plays a cocktail waitress who gets a posting in a top Washington job, proceeding to save the day in an arms deal going wrong (etc etc).
See Outrageous Fortune, Down and Out in Beverly Hills or Ruthless People – which are all better – and you'll have seen enough of this particular historical subgenre.
Co-written by Get Smart co-creator Buck Henry.
I remember a single moment from the film – where the ditzy heroine (Hawn) shows up at an official political function dressed for a poolside barbecue.
In fact, that tells you everything you need to know about this crazy-fish-out-of-water-charms-the-stuff-shirts-and-makes-postive-change comedy as Hawn plays a cocktail waitress who gets a posting in a top Washington job, proceeding to save the day in an arms deal going wrong (etc etc).
See Outrageous Fortune, Down and Out in Beverly Hills or Ruthless People – which are all better – and you'll have seen enough of this particular historical subgenre.
Co-written by Get Smart co-creator Buck Henry.