Hopscotch (1980)
- Directed by
- Ronald Neame
- Genre
- comedy film, spy film, comedy thriller
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 181 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A former CIA agent grows tired of his bosses and decides to write a tell-all memoir. He outwits his former handlers as they try to stop him from publishing it.
lightheartedcleverwittyplayfulslyamusingbriskunderstated
What happens
Hopscotch is a 1980 American comedy spy film directed by Ronald Neame and starring Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Sam Waterston, Ned Beatty and Herbert Lom. The screenplay was written by Bryan Forbes and Brian Garfield, based on Garfield's 1975 novel. Garfield took the title of his book from the children's playground game, "wherein a player has to retrieve 'an elusive object' while hopping on a sidewalk from space to space. One false step or clumsy move could mean falling and landing on one's backside." Matthau's performance received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy at the 38th Golden Globe Awards. In 2002, the Criterion Collection released the film on DVD, followed by a 2K restoration on Blu-ray in 2017. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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