Every Which Way But Loose

Director: James Fargo

Overview

"Clint Eastwood works alongside a monkey in the action-comedy Every Which Way but Loose. Warner's work on this 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer is very good, though a few small imperfections (including edge enhancement and grain) pop up from time to

Product Details

Release Date:	05/07/2002
UPC:	0085391859420
Original Release:	1978
Rating:	PG
Source:	WARNER HOME VIDEO
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:54:00

Special Features

All-new digital transfer; Soundtrack remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1; Production notes; Theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Clint Eastwood	Philo Beddoe
Sondra Locke	Lynn Halsey-Taylor
Geoffrey Lewis	Orville Boggs
Beverly D'Angelo	Echo
Ruth Gordon	Ma
Walter Barnes	Tank Murdock
Roy Jenson	Woody
James McEachin	Herb
George Chandler	Clerk at D.M.V.
Bill McKinney	Dallas
William O'Connell	Elmo
Dan Vadis	Frank
Gregory Walcott	Putnam
Jeannette Louise Cole	Palamino girl
Hank Worden	Trailer Court Manager
Timothy P. Hirvin	MC
Jerry Brutsche	Sweeper Driver
Tim Irwin	Musician
Billie Jackson	Better,Bettor
Janet Cole Notey	Girl at Palomino
Sam Gilman	Fat Man's Friend
Al Silvani	Tank Murdock's Manager
Chuck Hicks	Trucker
Ken Wahl	Actor
John Quade	Cholla
Joyce Jameson	Sybil
Cary Michael Cheifer	Kincaid's Manager
Richard Jamison	Harlan
Jackson D. Kane	Man at Bowling Alley
Jeremy Kronsberg	Bruno
Fritz Manes	Bartender at Zanzabar
Lloyd Nelson	Bartender
Michael Mann	Church's Manager
George Orrison	Fight Spectator
Steve Dorff	Composer
Thelma Pelish	Lady Customer
Tom Runyon	Bartender at Palomino
Bruce Scott	Schyler
Hartley Silver	Bartender
Jan Stratton	Waitress
Guy Way	Bartender
George Wilbur	Church
Chuck Waters	Biker
Jerry Wills	Biker
George Dockstader	Double

Technical Credits

Jeremy Joe Kronsberg

Jeremy Joe Kronsberg	Screenwriter
Robert Daley	Producer
Fritz Manes	Producer
Chuck Gaspar	Special Effects
Wayne Van Horn	Stunts
Bert Hallberg	Sound/Sound Designer

Scene Index

Side #1 --
1. Credits [3:03]
2. Punchy Over Peanuts [2:47]
3. Tricky and Testy [2:36]
4. Brawling for Dollars [3:39]
5. The Palomino [3:07]
6. Lynn Halsey-Taylor [5:24]
7. Black Widows Road Chase [4:39]
8. How Philo Met Clyde [2:44]
9. Squashed Spiders [3:29]
10. No Respect [3:01]
11. Vehicular Horseplay [:12]
12. Rules When Meeting a Lady [5:04]
13. Calling the Cops [2:53]
14. Four for the Road [1:37]
15. Whuppin' the Widows [6:08]
16. Getting Acquainted [3:31]
17. Ma and the Bikers [2:51]
18. Lynn's Whereabouts [2:33]
19. Doing the Town [3:10]
20. Clyde's Date [3:21]
21. Action in Santa Fe [3:09]
22. We Don't Give Up [5:22]
23. Love on the Run [3:15]
24. Cops Go Philo-Fishing [3:16]
25. Showdown With the Widows [7:13]
26. Zanza Bar [8:18]
27. Not Too Smart [3:17]
28. Tank Murdock [3:19]
29. On the Road Again [5:47]
30. End Credits [2:21]

Menu

Side #1 --
Play Movie
Scene Selections
Special Features
Cast & Crew
Clint Eastwood - Philo Beddoe
Behind the Scenes
Theatrical Trailer
Languages
Spoken Languages: English
Spoken Languages: Français
Subtitles: English
Subtitles: Français
Subtitles: Off

Editorial Reviews

Clint Eastwood's entry into the school of "good ol' boy" action comedies that Burt Reynolds popularized with Smokey and the Bandit is far from his best work but doesn't deserve the critical vilification it has received over the years. It's one of Eastwood's less consistent films from this era, primarily due to Jeremy Joe Kronsberg's script; the characters are fitfully amusing but the pacing is too slack and the storytelling too episodic to generate the electric charge of a top-notch slapstick comedy. It also gets bogged down in an array of subplots that are never integrated in a thoughtful or interesting way. Despite these key story flaws, Every Which Way But Loose remains an engaging affair for a few reasons. The first is its lack of pretension: director James Fargo keeps viewers from pondering the weak storyline by treating the film like a live-action cartoon and piling on car chases, bloodless bar brawls, and slapstick with vigor and gusto. The second is the skilled comic performances of the cast: Geoffrey Lewis makes a great deadpan comic foil for Eastwood, Sondra Locke brings the right intensity to her "lady of mystery" character, and Ruth Gordon is a total scene-stealer as the foul-mouthed, ill-tempered Ma. The final and most important reason is Clint Eastwood's performance: his work here reveals a skill for dry comedy that had only been touched on in his other films and his amiable performance reveals a star who is not only willing to act funny but is also capable of poking fun at his own "macho" image. In the end, Every Which Way But Loose is too much of a mixed bag to be given an unreserved recommendation, but it is well worth a look to fans of cartoonish comedies and anyone seriously interested in Eastwood's career.