Blind Date (1987)
- Starring:
- Kim Basinger, Bruce Willis, (more)
- Director(s):
- Blake Edwards
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13
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When speaking of Laurel and Hardy's first feature film Pardon Us, Stan Laurel described it as "a three-story building on a one-story base"-in other words, a 2-reeler stretched and bloated into 6 reels. Much the same could be said of Blake Edwards's Blind Date, though one wonders if Stan Laurel could have even gotten two reels out of its wafer-thin premise. At the outset, yuppie Bruce Willis is warned not to let his blind date, southern belle Kim Basinger, drink anything stronger than lemonade. So what does Willis do the first chance he gets? That's right, kids; he plies poor Basinger with champagne. And then he wonders why his life rapidly goes to hell in a handbasket. In his first starring movie role, Bruce Willis manages to find all sorts of nuances in his one-note role, while Kim Basinger is very funny when she's blotto-at least, for the first five minutes or so. John Laroquette costars as a character straight out of a 1920s bedroom farce; he's also pretty good, even though his dialogue is numbingly unamusing. Blake Edwards is famous for his ability to make a lot out of a little...but there has to be a limit somewhere. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 95 mins
Complete Cast:
- Kim Basinger - Nadia Gates
- John Larroquette - David Bedford
- Phil Hartman - Ted Davis
- Mark Blum - Denny Gordon
- Alice Hirson - Muriel Bedford
- Sacerdo Tanney - Minister
- Elaine Wilkes - Mugger
- Billy Vera - Himself
- John Demy - Jail Officer
- Julia Jennings - Big Blonde
- Mike Murphy - [Billy Vera And The Beaters]
- Tim Stack - Grant
- Barry Sobel - Gas Station Attendant
- Armin Shimerman - French Waiter
- Bill Marcus - Street Cop
- Georgann Johnson - Mrs. Gruen
- Ernest Harada - Japanese Gardener
- Jeannie Elias - Walter's Secretary
- Paul Carafotes - Disco Dancer
- Jon Smet - Car Lot Customer
- Mike Genovese - Jail Officer
- Diana Bellamy - Maid
- Bruce Willis - Walter Davis
- William Daniels - Judge Harold Bedford
- George Coe - Harry Gruen
- Stephanie Faracy - Susie Davis
- Joyce Van Patten - Nadia's Mother
- Emma Walton - Mugger
- Stanley Jordan - Himself
- Bob Ari - Bailiff
- Noele De Saint Gall - Guest At Wedding
- Arlene Lorre - Court Stenographer
- Graham Stark - Jordan the Bedford Butler
- Don Sparks - Street Cop
- Sab Shimono - Mr. Yakamoto
- Lonny Price - [Billy Vera And The Beaters]
- Susan Lentini - Mugger
- Seth Isler - Delivery Driver
- Brian George - Maitre d'
- Dick Durock - Bouncer
- P. Randall Bowers - Jail Officer
- Momo Yashima - Mrs. Yakamoto
- Jack Gwyllim - Artist
- Director(s):
- Blake Edwards
- Writer(s):
- Blake Edwards, Dale Launer, Leslie Dixon
- Producer(s):
- David Permut, Tony Adams
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13(Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Adult Situations)
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