DEVIL & MAX DEVLIN (DVD) DVD

The Devil and Max Devlin
The title character, a nasty landlord (Elliott Gould), is killed in a car accident and descends into hell. There he meets the Devil (Bill Cosby), who promises him his life back if he can find three people willing to sell their souls in three months. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide

Cast Elliott Gould as Max Devlin Bill Cosby as Barney Satin Susan Anspach as Penny Hart Adam Rich as Toby Hart Julie Budd as Stella Summers David Knell as Nerve Nordlinger

Crew John Mansbridge - Art Director Leon R. Harris - Art Director Bill Thomas - Costume Designer Irby Smith - First Assistant Director Steven Hilliard Stern - Director Raymond A. de Leuw - Editor Ron Miller - Executive Producer Marvin Hamlisch - Composer (Music Score) Buddy Baker - Composer (Music Score) Carole Bayer Sager - Songwriter Louis Mann - Production Designer Howard Schwartz - Cinematographer Jerome Courtland - Producer Danny Lee - Special Effects Art Cruickshank - Special Effects Willie D. Burton - Sound/Sound Designer Jimmy Sangster - Screen Story Mary Rodgers - Screenwriter

The Devil and Max Devlin
In all of its decades of success, Walt Disney Studios never felt compelled to make anything but G-rated films, so when they finally decided to produce a PG-rated picture in 1981, one would have expected them to have a film so good, so perfect, that changing any of it to achieve a G-rating would be a travesty. But they made The Devil and Max Devlin instead, a sloppy, uneven comedy that might better have been titled "Hell Can Wait." Elliott Gould's good-for-nothing landlord is unconvincing as both a bad guy and a converted good guy, and Bill Cosby once again proves himself unable to play anyone but Bill Cosby, with a turn as the dark lord Satan. There are a couple of forced chuckles, but even they are few and far-between, making the only real interesting part of the whole experience the performance by Streisand-lookalike Julie Budd as an aspiring pop singer. Why the filmmakers did this is uncertain, but the fact that the character is supposed to be Babs is indisputable and kind of fun to speculate about given the songstress and Gould's history. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
 

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General Specifications: Language Options: French Subtitle Options: Sound Processing: DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel Additional Features: 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: 95 min   DVD Chapters: Disc #1 -- The Devil and Max Devlin 1. Opening Titles [10:11] 2. Killed by a Bus [7:26] 3. "What Happened?" [10:14] 4. Uncle Max [9:43] 5. Very Lucky Little Girl [12:54] 6. Speak of the Devil [7:51] 7. "What Do You Want?" [9:40] 8. "Mind If I Join You?" [5:05] 9. Agreement With Dad [8:56] 10. Goodbye [5:39] 11. Concert [5:13] 12. End Credits [2:08]