James garner also happened to portray wyatt earp in the film hour of the gun the following weapons were used in the film sunset. In 1927, legendary lawman wyatt earp james garner comes to hollywood to serve as an advisor to a film studio making a movie about earps life. Staring jennifer edwards, joe dellesandro, mariel hemingway and malcolm mcdowell. On the set of the silent picture, he gets to know tom mix bruce willis, an actor who specializes in westerns, who has been hired to portray earp. Sunset 1988 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Written and directed by blake edwards, the movie stars bruce willis as legendary western actor tom mix and. The film critics pretty much unanimously took a stinky squat. For each film, we use the first date on which it was made available to the public, which might include international theatrical or domestic video releases that were a few days, or sometimes more, earlier than the domestic uscanada theatrical release. Miscellaneous notes and facts about sunset, 1988, directed by blake edwards, with f william parker, charles noland, katie morgan. Sunset 1988 tom mix and wyatt earp team up to solve a murder at the academy awards in 1929 hollywood. Movie times, buy movie tickets online, watch trailers and get directions to amc sunset place 24 in south miami, fl. Sunset is a 1988 film released by tristar pictures. Sunset is a film directed by blake edwards with bruce willis, james garner, malcolm mcdowell, mariel hemingway, year.
Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. In july of 1988 when the then image was taken by spectrum photographer nancy rhodes, the phoenix plaza shopping center was nearing completion. Director blake edwards departed from his customary sex farces to direct an unusual satirical western comedythriller. Overview of sunset, 1988, directed by blake edwards, with katie morgan, jerry tullos, bill applegate, at turner classic movies. Sunset, a 1927 play novel by isaac babel sunsets poem, also known as soleils couchants or setting suns, a set of six poems, or a sixpart poem, by victor hugo. Sunset the 1988 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. Having retired from a life of gunfights and peacekeeping, the great wyatt earp james garner has landed a job as adviser to a western movie about himself. This movie was a spoof of the early movie industry, with a murder mystery thrown in. Whilst making a silent film about the life of the legendary lawman wyatt earp, veteran actor tom mix bruce willis discovers that the real earp james garner. The movies disorienting and visually austere style takes some getting used to. It seems to have fallen on the movie as well as its subject.
Unlike most costume dramas, sunseta moving hungarian character study set in budapest during 19isnt a movie you can easily get lost in. Based on an unpublished novel by rod amateau, the plot has mix and earp team up to solve a murder in hollywood in 1929. Sunset is a 1988 american crime mystery western film written and directed by blake edwards and starring bruce willis as western actor tom mix, who teams up. Sunset pg by hal hinson washington post staff writer april 29, 1988 when james garner makes his entrance as wyatt earp in the new blake edwards film sunset, dressed all in black and. Sunset is a 1988 comedy directed by blake edwards and starring james garner as the legendary lawman wyatt earp, who, during the late 1920s, travels to hollywood to serve as an adviser to popular actor tom mix bruce willis, who is portraying earp in a movie. Started acting during her studies and has played in short and feature films ever since. Everything you need to know about sunset movie 2019.
Find movie and film cast and crew information for sunset 1988 blake edwards on allmovie. Not long after making each others acquaintance, they find out that earps exgirlfriends. This list shows all films released in 1988, including films that went directtovideo, or only got an international theatrical release. Willis and wyatt earp james garner try to make a movie together. One of the biggest flops of 1988, blake edwards sunset is highly uneven, but gorgeous period production values and the easygoing charm of garner and willis save it. The two stumble upon a murder that has apparently occurred on the set but. The film critics pretty much unanimously took a stinky squat over it. Sunset on dvd 043396700994 from sony pictures home entertainment. Sunset quotes 1988 blake edwards directed this movie in 1988 title sunset year 1988.
Graduated in scriptwriting at the university of theatre and film arts in budapest hungary in 20. Financial analysis of sunset 1988 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. With bruce willis, james garner, malcolm mcdowell, mariel hemingway. In 1927, legendary lawman wyatt earp james garner comes to hollywood to serve as an advisor to a film studio making a movie about earps. And nowhere was the party crazier, sleazier or more glamrockin than the sunset strip, where big. High resolution official theatrical movie poster for sunset 1988. Bruce willis tom mix, james garner wyatt earp, malcolm mcdowell alfie alperin, mariel hemingway cheryl king, kathleen quinlan nancy shoemaker. He meets silent screen cowboy star tom mix bruce willis. Edwards is the right man to make this kind of doubleedged movie valentine, but theres an unconscious irony in his sunset. The story is based on rod amateaus novel sunset, which was loosely based on fact as earp actually did serve as technical adviser for some early. Sunset is a 1988 american crime mystery western film written and directed by blake edwards and starring bruce willis as western actor tom mix, who teams up with lawman wyatt earp, portrayed for the second time in a theatrical film by james garner.
It takes place in budapest in 19, with a distinctly disturbing coda in the wartime. Blake edwards tristardelphi tony adams us 1988 107 mins. Sunset 1988 trivia 26 add new although the plot is mostly fiction, wyatt earp and tom mix were reallife friends. Sunset builds its fictional story around a reallife relationship the friendship that developed between sheriff wyatt earp and western screen star tom mix in 1920s hollywood. Sunset, a 2018 hungarian film directed by laszlo nemes. Even now, after repeated viewings, i still enjoy the thrill and onrush of nostalgia at seeing two largerthanlife characters meeting up and running roughshod over vintage tinseltown. Amc sunset place 24 south miami, florida 33143 amc.
This article may feature affiliate links to amazon or other companies, and purchases made via these links may earn us a small commission at no additional cost to you. Its a murder thriller set in the hollywood of the late 1920s, at the dawn of the sound era, and its about how wyatt earp is hired to be a technical adviser on a film about his life a film starring tom mix. Sunset is a 1988 film written and directed by blake edwards, starring bruce willis as legendary western actor tom mix and james garner as legendary lawman wyatt earp a role garner had previously played in john sturges 1967 film hour of the gun. Dudes, hunker down and sip a rusty cuppa nostalgia, and let this movie tell you all about it. The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by movie quotes. And with a little help from legendary silent western film star tom mix. Sunset 1988 movie bruce willis, james garner, malcolm mcdowell. Mix tried to get hollywood to produce a movie about earp, but they werent interested. Sunset 1988 trailer hd bruce willis james garner youtube. Starring bruce willis, james garner, malcolm mcdowell, mariel hemingway.
Me neither, but bruce as the first cinema cowboy is not to. Its a murder thriller set in the hollywood of the late 1920s, at the dawn of the sound era, and its. Released by quartet records in 2012 containing music from sunset 1988. Written and directed by blake edwards, the movie stars bruce willis as legendary western. In this feature coscripted by director blake edwards and rod amateau bruce willis and. Sunset internet movie firearms database guns in movies. Tom mix and wyatt earp team up to solve a murder at the academy awards in 1929 hollywood. Find everything you need for your local movie theater near you. James garner plays wyatt earp, who comes to hollywood to be a technical consultant on a film produced by movie mogul and chaplin arbuckal type malcolm mcdowell. Shakedown on the sunset strip 1988 movie moviefone. Sunset 1988 movie bruce willis, james garner, malcolm. Sunset, when released in 1988, didnt do diddly in the box office.