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Movie Description
In this spoof of effects-heavy action films and James Bond thrillers, Nielsen plays Agent WD-40, who gets called back into duty when a madman thought to have been killed 15 years earlier resurfaces.
Synopsis
As the film's title suggests, "Spy Hard" is an all-out spoof of action and espionage films, in the same vein as the "Airplane" and "Naked Gun" movies. As with those films, the plot (about an armless madman attempting to takeover the world) merely provides an excuse for non-stop sight gags, puns, celebrity cameos and of course, film parodies. Some of the movies spoofed include "Speed," "Mission: Impossible," "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," "Pulp Fiction," and even "Sister Act."
Film Notes
Released theatrically in the USA May 24, 1996.
Color by Technicolor.
Additional cast: John Ales (Kabul), Carlos Lauchu (Slice), and Stephanie Romanov (Victoria/Barbara Dahl).
Additional credit: E.C. Chen (set decorator).
Director Rick Friedberg directed Leslie Nielsen's comedic commercials for Dollar Rent A Car. Two of the screenwriters are the director's 24-year-old son Jason, and his college roommate.
Rated BBFC PG by the British Board of Film Classification.
Industry Reviews
"...[Nielsen] brings the same spirit of deadpan comic earnestness to the role that he brought to his intrepid police lieutenant in the NAKED GUN series..."
New York Times - Stephen Holden (05/24/1996)
Quotations
"Miss Cheevus, is the director available?" -- Dick Steele (LESLIE NIELSEN), to Miss Cheevus (MARCIA GAY HARDEN)
"No, he's married." -- Miss Cheevus, in response.
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