ANY WHICH WAY YOU CAN (DVD/WS/16X9/1.85:1/PROD NOTES/TRAILER/SPAN-SUB/TRAIL DVD

Any Which Way You Can
This sequel to Every Which Way But Loose finds Philo Beddoe (Clint Eastwood) on the road, orangutan companion Clyde in tow, as he makes his way as a bare-knuckle fighter. The action begins with Philo punching out a new victim while Clyde relieves himself on the seat of a police car, setting the tone for the rest of the story. From there, Philo and Clyde return home, where Philo, who still lives with Ma (Ruth Gordon), is offered a contest with Jack Wilson (William Smith), the Mafia-sponsored East Coast bare-knuckle champ. Philo inadvertently saves Wilson's life, but then the Mafia kidnaps his girlfriend (Sondra Locke) to force him to go ahead with the match. Philo and Wilson team up to battle the Mob, but somehow they end up fighting anyway in a grueling climactic sequence. Country music, bikers, the Mafia, an orangutan, pick-up trucks, defecation jokes, fighting, drinking, and swearing -- it's all here in this lowbrow comic stew. ~ Don Kaye, All Movie Guide

Cast Clint Eastwood as Philo Beddoe Sondra Locke as Lynne Halsey-Taylor Ruth Gordon as Ma Boggs William Smith as Jack Wilson Harry Guardino as James Beekman Geoffrey Lewis as Orville Boggs Michael Cavanaugh as Patrick Scarfe Barry Corbin as Fat Zack Roy Jenson as Moody Bill McKinney as Dallas William O'Connell as Elmo John Quada as Cholla Al Ruscio as Tony Paoli, Sr. Dan Vadis as Frank

Crew Glenn Wright - Costume Designer Tom Joyner - First Assistant Director Buddy Van Horn - Director Ronald Spang - Editor Ferris Webster - Editor Robert Daley - Executive Producer Snuff Garrett - Musical Direction/Supervision Joe McKinney - Makeup William J. Creber - Production Designer David Worth - Cinematographer Fritz Manes - Producer Ernie Bishop - Set Designer Chuck Gasper - Special Effects Bert Hallberg - Sound/Sound Designer Jeremy Joe Kronsberg - Screenwriter Stanford Sherman - Screenwriter

Any Which Way You Can
Hard as it may be to believe, this sequel and its predecessor, Every Which Way But Loose (1978), were major hits of the "good ol' boy" school of filmmaking dominated by stars Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds in the late '70s. Featuring car chases, rotund idiot cops or bikers in pursuit, some sort of goofy animal frolic, country tunes, and tee shirt-clad he-men good with their fists and CB radios but emotionally challenged by women, the type came and went (thankfully) in a flash, but wracked up some serious box-office coin. Gleefully embracing the conventions of its bizarre genre, this flimsy excuse for drunken brawling, pratfalls, and lowbrow monkey humor actually works almost as well as the film that preceded it. Director Buddy Van Horn and Eastwood don't pretend to make more of it than it is, and keep the pace taut, the jokes flying -- so that you don't notice the clunkers as much -- and wisely get scene stealer Ruth Gordon to re-up as the protagonist's salty mater. If it all seems a retread of the first flick, well, it is, but it's still funny to see an orangutan give a gang leader the finger and fun to shake your head in disbelief at the door-slamming sound effects every time Clint connects a punch to his opponent's jaw. The first film's weaknesses are all here again as well, notably Sondra Locke in an utterly pointless role as a stone-faced country singer delivering a less persuasive performance than the aforementioned primate. Strictly for fans of a strange, best-forgotten era of artistic drought in the cinema, Any Which Way You Can can nevertheless be enjoyed for its effectively stupid yuks and its status as a relic of its absurd times. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
 

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General Specifications: Language Options: English, French Subtitle Options: English, French Sound Processing: DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel DD1: Dolby Digital Mono Additional Features: All-new digital transfer Soundtrack remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1 Interactive menus Production notes Theatrical trailer Scene access Languages: English & Français Subtitles: English & Français DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1: Theatre Wide-Screen MPAA Rating: PG DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 116 min Part of Series: Clint Eastwood Collection   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 1. Credits [2:31] 2. Taking on the Law [6:28] 3. Defeat Stinks [1:52] 4. Snake Pit [2:46] 5. Unexpected Sights [2:37] 6. Have Another Beer [3:09] 7. Business Handlers [5:15] 8. Tolerably Together [4:55] 9. Right Turn, Clyde [1:47] 10. Guys Not Allowed [3:22] 11. Sleeping Arrangements [:28] 12. Play and Work [2:25] 13. Jog Till You Drop [2:10] 14. Watching Him Work [2:18] 15. Scrap the Caddy [4:52] 16. Tar Without Feathers [3:33] 17. Scrappy About Bakersfield [4:37] 18. Motel Romance [3:26] 19. She's a 10 [4:56] 20. Comings and Goings [3:17] 21. Kidnap and Rescue [2:24] 22. Church- and Fightgoers [2:31] 23. Crosses to Bear [2:55] 24. Pieces of Action [2:18] 25. Looking Out for Philo [3:33] 26. Letting Lynn Loose [4:28] 27. All Bets Are Off [4:08] 28. The Fight Is On [2:16] 29. Bikers Kick Ass [3:58] 30. One-Armed Wonder [3:33] 31. Payoff via Big Tony [5:20] 32. They're Even [2:26] 33. Right Turn Redux [2:57] 34. End Credits [1:41]