Larry le dingue, Mary la garce

Titre original : Dirty Mary Crazy Larry

1974
PG
1h 33min

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6,6/10

8,1 k

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Peter Fonda and Susan George in Larry le dingue, Mary la garce (1974)

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Une jeune femme en quête d'aventure se joint à un fou du volant que poursuit un policier acharné.Une jeune femme en quête d'aventure se joint à un fou du volant que poursuit un policier acharné.Une jeune femme en quête d'aventure se joint à un fou du volant que poursuit un policier acharné.

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6,6/10

8,1 k

MA NOTE

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Anecdotes
Vic Morrow, playing 'Franklin', insisted on a $1 million life insurance policy before he would film any scenes involving the helicopter, and said that if he wouldn't be insured, he would walk off the picture. His wish was granted, and he very reluctantly agreed to fly in the chopper. When asked why he wanted the policy, Morrow replied "I have always had a premonition that I'll be killed in a helicopter crash!" Of course, on July 23, 1982, Morrow was indeed killed, along with two children, when a helicopter was brought down by special effects explosions, right on top of them while they were filming La Quatrième Dimension (1983). Morrow was decapitated by the helicopter's main rotor, as was one of the children. The other child was crushed to death. Incidentally, famed stunt coordinator Gary McLarty, who was one of the passengers inside the helicopter that killed Morrow, also appears in this movie as a State Trooper.

Gaffes
The first getaway car is repeatedly referred to as a 1967 or 1968 Chevy by the police. It is actually a 1966 Impala and the differences between the model years are obvious.

Citations
Hanks: [hot in pursuit] I'm gonna eat your lunch, you long-haired faggot!

Versions alternatives
Several scenes cut from the original theatrical release were re-inserted for some television cuts of the film: Among these is a scene in the walnut grove after the collision with the fruit truck where Mary (Susan George) chides Larry (Peter Fonda) about not being literate enough to understand a quote from a book. Another occurs where four hoods at the swap meet are being interviewed by the police after Larry, Mary, and Deke tear off in the souped up Dodge Charger. The houdlums stall the officer's questions by commenting back and forth about what kind of engine was in the Charger.

Connexions
Edited into L'homme qui tombe à pic (1981)

Bandes originales
Time (Is Such a Funny Thing)
Written by Danny Janssen and Bobby Hart
Sung by Marjorie McCoy

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It's worth the pain. Really.

I too watched DMCL again last month after a period of many years, and I have to say that I love it, even though it's truly crap. The dialogue's hackneyed, the plot's over-simplistic and filled with randomly-inserted chunks of juvenile self-indulgence and Susan George's performance tends to make me claw at my ears like a mangy dog but if, like me, you hate what the computer age has done to the car chase, you can't help but enjoy it.

The fact is, you've got a bright yellow '69 Charger at full pelt, outrunning a bunch of genuine Mopar pursuit cars and being rammed by a helicopter - filmed on a road, with a camera. What more do you want? In terms of real action, with no digital effects, speeded-up film or dodgy miniatures, it's up there with The Gumball Rally. And yes, the scene with Vic Morrow standing at that crossroads as the helicopter swoops down to meet him does have a certain resonance.

This film is pretty poor, make no mistake, but as an example of how cars were crashed in the good old days I reckon it should be in a museum...