MY BLUE HEAVEN (DVD/ST/FR-SUB/SCENE ACCESS) DVD

My Blue Heaven
Herbert Ross directed this Nora Ephron-scripted buddy comedy starring Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, and Joan Cusack. Steve Martin plays Vinnie Antonelli, a street smart mobster who agrees to turn state's evidence and is forced to move to Fryburg, California as part of the witness relocation program. Rick Moranis plays the nebbish FBI agent Barney Coopersmith, who is assigned to help Vinnie adjust to small town life. Instead, Vinnie helps Barney come out of his shell, much to the consternation of divorced mother and relentless district attorney Hannah Stubbs (Joan Cusack). ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Cast Steve Martin as Vinnie Antonelli Rick Moranis as Barney Coopersmith Joan Cusack as Hannah Stubbs Melanie Mayron as Crystal Rybak Carol Kane as Shaldeen Bill Irwin as Kirby

Crew Richard G. Berger - Art Director Lynne Taylor-Corbett - Choreography Joseph M. Caracciolo, Jr. - Co-producer Herbert Ross - Co-producer Anthea Sylbert - Co-producer Joseph G. Aulisi - Costume Designer Herbert Ross - Director Stephen A. Rotter - Editor Ira Newborn - Composer (Music Score) Charles Rosen - Production Designer John Bailey - Cinematographer Goldie Hawn - Producer Nora Ephron - Producer Andrew Stone - Producer Donald J. Remacle - Set Designer Nick Navarro - Set Designer Robert Maddy - Set Designer Jim Bayliss - Set Designer Al Overton - Sound/Sound Designer Nora Ephron - Screenwriter

My Blue Heaven
While it wasn't exactly robbed of Best Picture, My Blue Heaven is a delightful and underrated film. The script by Nora Ephron is simple and entertaining and offers plenty of opportunities for Steve Martin to have fun with his role. It's refreshing to see Martin taking on a goofy character like mobster-with-a-heart-of-gold Vinnie Anotelli amid the countless long-suffering patriarchal roles he filled from the mid-'80s through the '90s, and he's both believable and funny in the part. Also, in perhaps the last example that he's a talented performer, Rick Moranis is a more than capable foil for the scheming and conniving Vinnie. The interaction between the two leads takes up most of the movie and it's that comedic chemistry that makes it so successful. The fact that the movie tanked at the box office could very well be the reason for Moranis' virtual disappearance from anything not about shrinking people and Martin's long string of uninteresting lead roles that followed. Either way, My Blue Heaven didn't deserve the shaft and is more than worthy of another look. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
 

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General Specifications: Language Options: English, French Subtitle Options: Sound Processing: 2: PCM stereo Additional Features: Interactive menus DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1: Pre-1954 Standard MPAA Rating: PG13 DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 96 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 0. Jump To A Scene 1. Blue sky Credits (My Blue Heaven). [:12] 2. The Wilkinsons move in. [1:56] 3. Barney's troubles. [4:22] 4. Supermarket sweep (Stranger In Paradise, The Boy From New York City). [4:04] 5. Asst. D.A. Hannah Stubbs. [3:01] 6. Barney to the "rescue". [3:43] 7. Thanksgiving down the drain. [3:38] 8. Undercover work at the mall. [2:23] 9. Two dirty rats at the pet shop. [3:17] 10. "I'm wit' chu." [2:55] 11. Old friends reunite. [3:09] 12. Crime wave. [2:09] 13. Big Apple reception committee. [4:47] 14. Tailor-made. [4:19] 15. Caught with pants down. [1:47] 16. A night out-in underwear. [2:02] 17. Merengue! [1:38] 18. Testifying in detail. [5:01] 19. Taken out to the ball game (Surfin' USA). [2:33] 20. Love in frozen foods. [7:05] 21. Fancy footwork by the sea. [1:55] 22. Getting acquainted; a lesson in knocking. [2:56] 23. Barney's new assignment. [2:08] 24. Vinnie's new venture. [2:07] 25. Stinger's get stung. [4:36] 26. Jailhouse blues. [3:38] 27. Disorder in the court. [2:18] 28. On the lam; sharpshooting. [1:40] 29. Amazing himself. [4:07] 30. End Credits (My Blue Heaven reprise). [3:07]