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Blake Edwards's return to the male-in-meltdown territory he explored in 10 and THAT'S LIFE stars John Ritter as unemployed writer Zach who is not only suffering from writer's block but his drinking is out of control as is his obsessive womanizing and not surprisingly his wife wants to end their marriage. To add to his problems his house has just burned down and his agent is knocking at death's door. But since this is a Blake Edwards comedy Zach has enough charm and relative affluence to continue his pursuits which the director regards with a bemused deatchment. One of his girlfriends sets his piano on fire and another gets him to wear a glow-in-the-dark condom allowing him to engage in a condom duel with her jealous similarly clad rock-star boyfriend. Eventually Zach turns to fatherly bartender Barney (Vince Gardenia) who should have long ago cut off his bar tab and psychiatrist Dr. Westford (choreographer Michael Kidd) and both tell him to stop destroying himself through drink. Ritter rings some surprisingly complex changes in the wildly farcical film and in the condom battle participates in one of the funniest moments ever committed to celluloid while suggesting an interesting new subtext

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This product was added to our catalog on Monday 27 November, 2006.