Quick Change | 
| Actors: Bill Murray, Geena Davis, Randy Quaid, Jason Robards, Bob Elliot
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  75 reviews
Sales Rank: 1182
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 89 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 39631
UPC: 085393963125
EAN: 0085393963125
ASIN: B0009PVZD2
Theatrical Release Date: July 13, 1990
Release Date: February 14, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
The star of Caddyshack Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day headlines and co-directs this uproarious Big Apple heist-and-pursuit caper. Bill Murray plays Grimm a frazzled urbanite who disguises himself as a clown - and sets out to rob a bank. Geena Davis and Randy Quaid play accomplices in Grimm's daring scheme and Jason Robards is the blustery cop caught up in Grimm's "Clown Day Afternoon." Swiping a million bucks is a snap compared to getting out of town. Grimm and cohorts commandeer a car a cab a bus a baggage tram and a plane (and encounter future stars Stanley Tucci and Tony Shalhoub in hilarious supporting roles) to make what becomes for them a less-than-merry escape. But for comedy lovers Quick Change is a ticket to ride!Running Time: 89 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY UPC: 085393963125 Manufacturer No: 39631
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 Good service June 27, 2009
B. Cloud
My shipment arrived sooner than expected and I paid a very reasonable price. Couldn't be happier in finding a 'hard to find' item.
Good Mix Of Clever and Silly April 13, 2009
Craig Connell (Lockport, NY USA)
This is a clever and entertaining comedy that has some dramatic and romantic touches as well. It's almost two movies-in-one: a dramatic holdup and a comic getaway. The holdup scene does has comedy but is more dramatic. It reminded me of the '70s classic "Dog Day Afternoon" in which the hostages are kept by a couple of robbers and the crooks demand the normal assortment of getaway vehicles. Except in here, ringleader Bill Murray wants a "monster truck" along with everything else. You know with Murray you are going to get outrageous humor and satire.
****spoilers alert**** Anyway, the bulk of the film concerns what happens after the trio - Murray, Randy Quaid and Geena Davis -escape from the holdup scene. The bottom line is that they just can't get out of New York City. One disaster after another keeps happening, and it's all kind funny (and frustrating!). The ending I won't spoil.
Murray plays his normal wise-guy role and Quaid is good as the emotional slapstick-type buffoon. Davis complements the two with her coolness and eye candy for the male audience. Veteran Jason Robards plays the chief detective on the case, and shows comedic touches of his own.
What also is fun to watch nowadays is Tony Shalhoub. When this film came out, hardly anyone knew him. Now he's famous as "Monk" on the television series of the same name. In this film, he plays an Arabic cab driver and you have to see this performance to believe it! A couple of other familiar faces also show up in here, including Bob Elliot from the old radio duo of "Bob and Ray."
There is no sex, no bloodshed, just a lot of jokes but the "R" rating ought to tell you something about the language in here.
 Boring March 4, 2009
Paul A. Spangler
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was hoping for an overlooked gem but found a well deserved overlooked film. They kept wandering around town after a bank heist and had stuff happen to them in different situations. This never changed for the better. It had potential.
Strangely overlooked gem May 19, 2008
K. Swanson (Austin, TX United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
4 stars (why can't we change star ratings after putting the wrong one in?)
I still can't understand why more folks don't know about this flick, one of Bill's better moments. That he also co-directed etc makes it even more impressive. Anyone at all familiar with New York in the 80s will crack up at the Apple humor (this movie is a sly hate letter to NYC), but the plot and its twists are the real stars here, along with all three leads (though Quaid is so good at being annoying that he really becomes annoying!). It starts out fast and slows down, but its 90-minute length keeps it from getting boring. Funny, suspenseful, smart and unique, with a great ending, Quick Change deserves more respect.
All we have going for us is the City February 17, 2008
J. Abercrombi (Honolulu)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
"Quick Change" is just as exciting as it is funny!
This little-known 1990 movie stars Bill Murray who's also wearing another hat as director (as Grimm, the harried NYer,) Geena Davis (as Phyllis Potter) and Randy Quaid (Loomis.) Rounding out the cast in some very comical roles are Jason Robards (as Rotzinger) and Richard Joseph Paul (as Lt. Jameson.)
"Quick Change" has to be one of my all-time, top-five favorite movies because it is so incredibly hilarious and clever. Bill Murrary is especially stupefying. He just has such perfect timing and such perfect face expressions. (I love when Grimm says to the lady on the bus, who's busy shaving a man's head, "you're gonna even that out.") This film is also Mr. Murray's directorial debut and if I didn't know any better I would swear that he has been doing this for years.
The movie is basically the proverbial wish for anyone in NY; get the hell out of the city with a huge bag of money! With the help of his girlfriend, Phyllis, and his brother, Loomis, Grimm attempts to make all his dreams come true!
Some of the funniest, laugh-till-you-can't-stop clips were in the beginning after the clown (Grimm) locks everyone inside the vault. I love it when Phyllis says, "you're all a bunch of pussies" as she's apparently playing along as one of the innocent victims. BTW, when it comes on TV, they replace pussies with "patsies" which sounds even more funny!
Once the gang hit the road they have a few pratfalls and wind up getting lost. I couldn't stop laughing when they stumbled across that jousting match with the two gentlemen with the hoes on the bikes. Loomis tries to ask them for directions, before racing off saying, "it's bad luck just seeing a thing like that..." And, incidentally, did you notice how they just couldn't find their bearing? This is totally believable because NY is horrible driving in. The part where they stopped to ask the construction men for directions was also too comical. Grimm asks them for directions (as they're taking down the signs,) and one of the guys says, "I'm not from around here," just as a lady from across the street screams out the window to them, "shuuuuuuuuuut uuuuup."
After being held up at gunpoint (the crook only got 4 bucks!) Grimm, Phyllis and Loomis go to Phyllis' apartment to change. As they're changing Hal (played by the late, great Phil Hartman) walks in (who is the new tenant) and pulls a gun out as he yells to his wife, "we were held up three times in the Village, I'm not gonna let it happen again." Of course Grimm is able to talk his way out of it though!
They finally find a taxi, but he is pretty out of it. Tony Shalhoub plays the cab driver, an innocent, yet very inept person who doesn't know what the meaning of a red traffic light is! When Loomis sees another cab he opens the door and jumps out; as the car is moving!!
I also love the part when Grimm and co. walk into that old abandoned building (that the mob is occupying!) And Johnny (Stanley Tucci) points a gun on Grimm and says, "this ain't my d-i-c-k in your back," and Grimm says without even blinking, "that's a relief."
They finally make it to Kennedy and decide to split up. Grimm and Loomis go in the men's room to hide their money; as Grimm says, "those darn terrorists make it tough for us bank robbers." As Grimm and Loomis were sharing a stall (Loomis could barely walk after jumping out of the cab) an old man looks on in disgust and says, "you people can keep this city!" Aparently he was disgusted by those noises Loomis was making as Grimm was helping to undress him to get the money taped to his body! Sooooooooooo funny!!!
...With Loomis in a wheelchair, they go rolling for their lives as they run onto the plane, in just the nick of time! Just as they enter the jet, the miserable stewardess says to Grimm, "you think you're late enough." And Grimm says, "oh you must be from around here." I loooooove it!! It just can't get any better than that!!
I have absolutely no idea why the movie is rated-R though? Except for a couple of F words, there is really nothing in this that anyone would find objectionable. If you enjoyed this movie, you may want to pick up the book that it's based on. If you'd like to see Billy Murray (why he has not won an Oscar yet is mind-boggling!) in another awesome movie, I highly recomend What About Bob?.
"Quick Change" is just such a masterful movie for anyone who enjoys comedy, satire, and fast-moving, action pictures! It's never dull and never slow-moving!
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