Harvey J. Goldenberg Movies
Two hapless psychics unwittingly aid a criminal in his quest to obtain a mystic relic in this farcical adventure. Street smart beauty-school dropout Sylvia Pickel (Cyndi Lauper) navigates life with the counsel of a spirit named Louise, while genteel Nick Deezy (Jeff Goldblum) has the ability to "read" an object's past just by holding it. Harry Buscafusco (Peter Falk) is the treasure hunter who brings them together for a trip to Ecuador to find his missing son. Nick and Sylvia don't get on at first, their animosity only amplified by various slapstick escapades that find them posing as siblings and hobnobbing with monied jet-setters. Eventually, Buscafusco's missing-child premise turns out to be a ruse; his true intentions envelop Nick and Sylvia in serious peril just as they're beginning to let down their guard and fall for one another. The action climaxes in a special effects-laden jungle sequence. Vibes marked the screen debut of pop singer Cyndi Lauper, whose single "Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China)" graces the closing credits. Despite the poor box-office results of Vibes and the generally poor reviews for her performance, Lauper would go on to earn an Emmy award for a guest stint on TV's Mad About You and appear with Christopher Walken in the indie drama The Opportunists. ~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Cyndi Lauper, Jeff Goldblum, (more)
- 1987
- PG13
This romantic comedy is based on a true story that happened in California in 1944. Sonny Wisecarver (Patrick Dempsey) is 15 year old who has an affair with his older neighbor Judy (Talia Balsam). The two run off and get married, but a stern judge has the union annulled. Sonny is hauled before the same judge when he gets involved with another older woman (Beverly D'Angelo), and the publicity makes him the object of affection for millions of young women who believe Sonny has something special. Michael Constantine and Betty Jinnett play Sonny's concerned parents. Carl Reiner is the uncredited narrator, and the real-life Elliott "Sonny" Wisecarver has a cameo appearance as a mailman. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Patrick Dempsey, Beverly D'Angelo, (more)
- 1978
Flo (Polly Holliday) makes a valiant effort to balance her classes at night school with her customarily wild night life. When all else fails, Flo places herself in the hands of no-nonsense Alice (Linda Lavin), who sets up a regimen that makes the US Marine Corps look like a bunch of wusses. With this episode, Alice moved from its long-standing 9:30PM (EST) Sunday slot to an 8:30 berth. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1977
This TV movie stars Jon Rubinstein as a Nassau County assistant D.A. named Dan Corey. Yes, he's idealistic, and yes, he butts his head against (drum roll) THE SYSTEM. His current case involves a battered woman who claims to have killed her doctor husband in self defense. Corey, flying in the face of the Politically Correct Brigade, doesn't believe her (he says he has "bad vibes", which should give you an idea when this film was made). Corey: For the People was the pilot for a series that didn't make it. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1975
Susan Dey inaugurated her long and successful campaign to shuck her Partridge Family image in the made-for-TV Cage Without a Key. Dey plays a teenager mistakenly convicted for murder (some mistake!) She is sentenced to a grim woman's penal institution straight out of a Linda Blair movie. As she struggles against the iniquities of prison life, her friends and relatives on the outside fight for justice. A shockingly substandard effort from accomplished TV director Buzz Kulik, Cage Without a Key is credible only in its exterior scenes, filmed at Las Palmas School for Girls in City of Commerce, California. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
This crime-caper film from director Gower Champion stars George C. Scott as a visionary thief. He doesn't merely intend to rob a bank; his plan is to steal the whole bank. This is accomplished by lifting the structure with house-moving machinery in the dead of night, then painting it pink and squirreling it away in a trailer park. The Bank Shot was based on a novel by Donald E. Westlake who also wrote the book that became 1972's The Hot Rock. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1972
Fed up with the irreverence of Hawkeye (Alan Alda) and Trapper (Wayne Rogers), Frank Burns (Larry Linville) and Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan (Loretta Swit) apply for a transfer to another M*A*S*H unit. Unwilling to lose their two favorite patsies, Hawkeye and Trapper hatch a scheme to prevent Frank and Hot Lips from leaving. Before long, the 4077th has succumbed to "gold fever" when our two favorite army doctors pretend to have struck it rich. Its title a reference to The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, "Major Fred C. Dobbs" first aired on March 11, 1973. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1972
The action in this episode alternates between "business as usual" at the 4077th and a tacky USO Show headed by second-rate comic Jackie Flash (Joey Forman). Thing of it is, nothing that Jackie says or does is nearly as funny as the average goings-on within the M*A*S*H unit. One of the many plot strands involves one Captain Kaplan (Harvey J. Goldenberg), whose tour of duty is over, but who is convinced that disaster will befall him if he attempts to leave for home. "Showtime" was originally telecast on March 25, 1973, as the final episode of M*A*S*H's first season. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1972
The Yuletide season is anything but an occasion of joy and goodwill for Bob and his patients. While Bob struggles with the irritations of last-minute shopping and mercenary merchants, his therapy group copes with hostile and unpleasant memories of Christmases past. Hoping to solve everyone's problems, Bob invites the entire group to a Christmas party in the Hartley apartment. Written by David Davis and Lorenzo Music, "His Busiest Season" was appropriately broadcast on December 23, 1972. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bob Newhart, Suzanne Pleshette, (more)
