A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
- Directed by
- Charles Crichton, John Cleese
- Genre
- heist film, crime comedy film, black comedy film
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 2,452 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 gang of diamond thieves betrays each other after their leader goes to jail. A seductive woman and a barrister get caught up in the search for the hidden loot.
comedicfast-pacedwittyplayfulabsurdcheekylightheartedclever
What happens
A Fish Called Wanda is a 1988 heist comedy film directed by Charles Crichton and written by John Cleese from a story conceived by Cleese and Crichton. It stars Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, and Michael Palin. The film follows a gang of diamond thieves who double-cross one another to recover stolen diamonds hidden by their jailed leader. His barrister becomes a central figure – and jealousies rage – as femme fatale Wanda seduces him to locate the loot. A Fish Called Wanda grossed over $188 million worldwide, becoming the seventh-highest-grossing film of 1988. At the 61st Academy Awards, it was nominated for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay and won for Best Supporting Actor for Kline. A spiritual sequel, Fierce Creatures, was released in 1997. The British Film Institute ranked A Fish Called Wanda the 39th-greatest British film of the 20th century. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Snatch (2000)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.