My Blue Heaven (film)

Movie
German title	The rascal from the mafia
Original title	My Blue Heaven
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1990
length	92 minutes
Age rating	FSK 6
Rod
Director	Herbert Ross
script	Nora Ephron
production	Herbert Ross, ; Anthea Sylbert
music	Ira Newborn
camera	John Bailey
cut	Robert M. Reitano , ; Stephen A. Rotter
occupation
	Steve Martin : Vincent Antonelli ("Vinnie"); Rick Moranis : Barney Coopersmith; Joan Cusack : Hannah Stubbs; Melanie Mayron : Crystal; Bill Irwin : Kirby; Carol Kane : Shaldeen; William Hickey : Billy Sparrow; Deborah Rush : Linda; Daniel Stern : Will Stubbs; Jesse Bradford : Jamie; Corey Carrier : Tommie; Troy Evans : Nicky; Seth Jaffe : Umberto Mello; Robert Miranda : Lilo Mello; Ed Lauter : Underwood; Julie Bovasso : Vincent's mother; Arthur Brauss : Judge; Carol Ann Susi : Filomena;

My Blue Heaven is an American comedy film of Herbert Ross from the year 1990 .

action

Mafioso Vincent Antonelli testifies to the FBI and charges his accomplices. He is accepted into the witness protection program and hidden under a different identity in the Californian city of Fryburg. Agent Barney Coopersmith protects him.

Antonelli again commits several violations of the law. The prosecutor Hannah Stubbs wants to prosecute him for the theft of the car, Antonelli serves up absurd excuses. Coopersmith shows up and simply takes Antonelli with him. He justified this step to the public prosecutor by saying that Antonelli's testimony in two mafia trials was more important.

Coopersmith and a friend at the FBI want to use the time to catch a fraudster who deals in counterfeit credit cards. As soon as Coopersmith realizes that it is Antonelli, he calls off the action.

Stubbs, divorced mother of two, accidentally flushes her child's turtle down the drain. Antonelli sees her on the way to a pet shop, follows her and meets an old friend who used to be a mafioso. He learns that there are many people living in the area who have been accepted into the witness protection program.

Antonelli brings Coopersmith to New York to celebrate. His accomplices steal water containers that seem to him to be unsaleable. Antonelli came up with the idea of exhibiting the empty containers in public places in order to raise money for the promotion of children's sports. Stubbs has him arrested for the fraud, but it turns out that the money is really being used to promote children's sports.

Two killers targeted on Antonelli are disarmed and arrested. In the end, Coopersmith and Stubbs become a couple.

Reviews

Rita Kempley described in the Washington Post on August 18, 1990 the casting of the role of Vincent Antonelli with Steve Martin as "absurd". Joan Cusack appears "upholstered like a sofa".

The lexicon of international films described the film as "a lively comedy that is completely tailored to the main actor."

background

The film was shot in California . It grossed approximately $ 23.6 million in US cinemas .

Web links

My Blue Heaven in the Internet Movie Database (English)
My Blue Heaven at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
My Blue Heaven at Metacritic (English)
My Blue Heaven in the online film database
My Blue Heaven in the German dubbing index

Individual evidence

[1] Critique by Rita Kempley

[2] My Blue Heaven. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .

[3] Filming locations for My Blue Heaven

[4] Business Data for My Blue Heaven