- Getting Away with Murder (1996 film)
Infobox Film
name = Getting Away with Murder
caption =
director =Harvey Miller
producer =Penny Marshall Frank Price
writer = Harvey Miller
starring =Dan Aykroyd Jack Lemmon Lily Tomlin Bonnie Hunt
music =John Debney
cinematography =Frank Tidy
editing =
distributor =Savoy Pictures
released = 1996
runtime = 92 min.
country = USA
awards =
language = English
budget =
amg_id = 1:135430
imdb_id = 0116405"Getting Away with Murder" is a 1996 comedy film written and directed by
Harvey Miller . The film starsDan Aykroyd ,Jack Lemmon ,Lily Tomlin andBonnie Hunt .This was the final project for veteran writer and director Harvey Miller. [http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117905162.html Getting Away with Murder] , Variety, Daniel Kimmel, April 15, 1996]
Plot
Jack Lambert's (Dan Aykroyd) neighbor Max Mueller (Jack Lemnon) is revealed on the TV news to be the escaped Nazi
war criminal Karl Luger who was sentenced to death by the courts. Under the constant duress of the news media's allegations, Mueller plans to flee to South America.Angered that Mueller might never pay for his crimes,Lambert takes the drastic step of poisoning him by injecting
cyanide into some of the fruit in Mueller's apple tree, from which he regularly makes freshly juiced apple juice. At first the police believe it's a suicide, which upsets Lambert so much that he mails them a cryptic letter to reveal that it was actually a murder to carry out the court sentence and to revenge all the lives taken.And then the plot takes several not so comedic twists.http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=990CE1D81039F931A25757C0A960958260 Getting Away with Murder] , NY Times, Janet Miaslin April 12, 1996] [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,293895,00.html Getting Away with Murder] , Entertainment Weekly, Erin Richter, August 23, 1996 ] The TV news, again, reveals that Mueller was mis-identified, he's innocent. Feeling guilty, Lambert does penance by dumping his fiancee Gail (Bonnie Hunt)and marrying Mueller's daughter Inga (Lily Tomlin). However, after the wedding, Lambert receives information assuring him of Mueller's guilt.
Reviews
It received poor reviews and was panned by critics. [ [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/getting_away_with_murder Getting Away with Murder] , Rotten Tomatoes] [ [http://www.reelviews.net/movies/g/getting_away.html Getting Away with Murder] , Reel Views, James Berardinelli, 1996] Some of the elements that were faulted in varying ways include: Nazi
war criminal s, TV news,vigilantism , poisoned apples.References
External links
*imdb title|id=116405|title=Getting Away with Murder
*amg movie|id=1:135430|title=Getting Away with Murder
*
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
