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Scavenger Hunt (1979)
Directed by Michael Schultz
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Overview
An eccentric games inventor dies and leaves behind an inheritance worth hundreds of millions of dollars - which will only be given to the person or team, amongst his family and hired help, who wins a madcap scavenger hunt.
Rated PG | Length 116 minutes
Actors
Richard Benjamin | James Coco | Scatman Crothers | Ruth Gordon | Cloris Leachman | Cleavon Little | Roddy McDowall | Robert Morley | Richard Mulligan | Tony Randall | Dirk Benedict | Willie Aames | Stephanie Faracy | Stephen Furst | Richard Masur | Meat Loaf | Pat McCormick | Vincent Price | Avery Schreiber | Arnold Schwarzenegger | Liz Torres | Carol Wayne | Stuart Pankin | Maureen Teefy | Henry Polic II | Hal Landon Jr. | Dale Kalberg | Bobby Rolofson
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/11/2011 | N/A | DVD | N/A | 3.5 stars |
| (Average) 3.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
BTSNAT is our now bi-annual film festival where we watch a series of unknown until shown picks and then a final Brian Trenchard-Smith movie. It was started when some people didn’t get into the famous BNAT film fest and also so that we could program movies that we felt were more up our group of friend’s alley.
As part of our summer version of BTSNAT (version 2.5!) I kicked it off again, but this time with a comedy from director Michael Schultz. He’s well known for comedies as he made Car Wash, Krush Groove, The Last Dragon, & Disorderlies. This plot-thin movie has a huge ensemble cast of 70s famous comedy people: Ruth Gordon, Cloris Leachman, James Coco, Richard Mulligan, Cleavon Little and then guest appearances by Meat Loaf and Arnold Schwartzeneggar.
A famous game maker, Milton Parker (Vincent Price!) dies and deicdes that his $200 million estate will be left to whomever can win a scavenger hunt. That’s it! From there its a 2 hour series of insanity and discovery of people trying to learn to work together.
I had seen this movie when I was younger many times on cable and always had a blast with it. There’s a lot of goofy moments that are still fun to watch and the cast is solid and clearly having a great time with it. Plus, the idea of the scavenger hunt is just fun for me and I even remember winning one for a friend’s birthday back in the day.
Other than the 2 hour runtime I believe it went over fairly with the crowd and I feel a nice, light comedy was a good way to kick off the festival.
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