Oscar

Name: Oscar
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1991-04-26
Duration: 1 h 49 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Marisa Tomei, Vincent Spano, Ornella Muti, Tim Curry

In crime and comedy, timing is everything.

Oscar (1991)

Timing: 1:49 (109 min)

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Video for the film Oscar — Oscar Trailer - Sylvester Stallone (1991)

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Release date

1991-04-26

Country

United States

Production

Silver Screen Partners IV, Touchstone Pictures, Joseph S. Vecchio Entertainment

Genre

Comedy

Budget

$35 000 000

Box office

$23 562 716

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Director

John Landis

Actors

Sylvester Stallone, Marisa Tomei, Vincent Spano, Ornella Muti, Tim Curry, Peter Riegert, Chazz Palminteri, Martin Ferrero, Harry Shearer, Kirk Douglas
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Scenario

Claude Magnier

Producer

Leslie Belzberg, Alex Ponti, Joseph S. Vecchio

Camera operator

Mac Ahlberg

Composer

Elmer Bernstein

Artist

Bill Kenney

Audition

Jackie Burch

Editing

Dale Beldin, Janet L. Wattles
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Short description

Angelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Despite having no experience in making money in a legal fashion, Snaps sets about to keep his promise.

What's left behind the scenes

Once, after the filming period ended, a fire broke out on the set, destroying many sets, actors' trailers – including Tim Curry's personal trailer – all the costumes, and 21 priceless vintage cars. It was later discovered that a security guard hired to watch over the cars had set the props on fire.
The film poster featuring Sylvester Stallone and the clock are references to the legendary scene from Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor's comedy 'Safety Last!' (1923).
Filming took place from September 10th to November 1990.
In the early 1980s, the idea arose to film this movie with John Landis as director and John Belushi in the lead role. Belushi passed away, and the project was almost abandoned until it was revived nearly a decade later with Sylvester Stallone as the main character.
Sylvester Stallone always wanted to act alongside Kirk Douglas. Once, his dream almost came true in Ted Kotcheff's action film 'First Blood' (1982), but Douglas left the project shortly before filming began, and Richard Crenna was cast instead. Now, when Stallone was approached with an offer to work with John Landis, he agreed on the condition that Douglas would be one of his co-stars.
The horse that one of the main character's associates bet on was nicknamed High Hat. The same nickname was given to Harpo Marx's horse in Sam Wood's sports comedy 'A Day at the Races' (1937).