A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Jamie Lee Curtis
Wanda Gershwitz
John Cleese
Archie Leach / Executive Producer / Writer
Kevin Kline
Otto
Michael Palin
Ken Pile
Maria Aitken
Wendy
Tom Georgeson
Georges Thomason
Cynthia Cleese
Portia
Patricia Hayes
Mrs. Coady
Geoffrey Palmer
Judge
Mark Elwes
Customer in Jeweler's Shop
Neville Phillips
Manager of Jeweler's Shop
Peter Jonfield
Inspector Marvin
Jeremy Child
Mr. Ian Johnson
Stephen Fry
Hutchison
Ken Campbell
Bartlett
Al Hunter Ashton
Warder
Roger Hume
Locksmith
Roger Brierley
Davidson
Llewellyn Rees
Sir John
Michael Percival
Percival
Kate Lansbury
Magistrate
Andrew MacLachlan
Eebeedee
Roland MacLeod
Vicar
Robert Putt
Policeman at Old Bailey
Pamela Miles
Mrs. Hazel Johnson
Sharon Marino
1st Junior Barrister
Patrick Newman
2nd Junior Barrister
David Simeon
Court Clerk
Charles Crichton
Director / Story
Steve Abbott
Executive Producer
Michael Shamberg
Producer
John Du Prez
Original Music Composer
Alan Hume
Director of Photography
John Jympson
Editor
Priscilla John
Casting
Roger Murray-Leach
Production Design
Stephenie McMillan
Set Decoration
Hazel Pethig
Costume Design
Jonathan Bates
Sound Editor
Colin Wood
Boom Operator
John Wood
Art Direction
Chris Munro
Sound Recordist
Paul Engelen
Makeup Supervisor
George Gibbs
Special Effects Supervisor
Bruce Bigg
Property Master
David James
Still Photographer
Diana Dill
Continuity
Janine Modder
Production Coordinator
Peter Holt
Music Editor
Romo Gorrara
Stunt Coordinator
Gerry Humphreys
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
John Comfort
Associate Producer
Neil Binney
Camera Operator
Simon Hume
Focus Puller
Jimmy Waters
Grip
Graham Hall
Clapper Loader
William Webb
Assistant Editor
Ray Usher
Wardrobe Master
Steve Cornish
Wardrobe Assistant
Jenny Hawkins
Wardrobe Assistant
Lynda Armstrong
Makeup Artist
Barry Richardson
Hairdresser
Melvin Lind
Second Assistant Director
David Skynner
Third Assistant Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 15, 1988
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 49m
Content RatingR
Budget$7,500,000
Box Office$62,493,712
Filming LocationsOld Bailey · Central Criminal Court · Oxford Castle · Wandsworth · Bermondsey · Kensington · Clerkenwell · London Docklands · Maida Vale · Heathrow Airport · Oxford Town Hall · Twickenham Film Studios · Little Venice, United Kingdom
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Wiki.
A Fish Called Wanda is a 1988 slapstick farce heist black comedy film directed by Charles Crichton and written by Crichton and John Cleese. 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.
The picture grossed over $188 million worldwide, becoming the seventh-highest-grossing film of 1988. It received three nominations at the 61st Academy Awards: Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor for Kline, which he would go on to win. 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.