The Man Who Came to Dinner

Filme para televisão
2000
2 h 56 min

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Adicionar um enredo no seu idiomaCantankerous theatre critic Sheridan Whiteside falls on an icy sidewalk, breaks his hip, and is temporarily stranded at the Ohio home of Richard Stanley and his family. While he's there, Whi... Ler tudoCantankerous theatre critic Sheridan Whiteside falls on an icy sidewalk, breaks his hip, and is temporarily stranded at the Ohio home of Richard Stanley and his family. While he's there, Whiteside turns life upside-down for everyone.Cantankerous theatre critic Sheridan Whiteside falls on an icy sidewalk, breaks his hip, and is temporarily stranded at the Ohio home of Richard Stanley and his family. While he's there, Whiteside turns life upside-down for everyone.

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7,7/10

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Curiosidades
The part of Banjo was originally based on Alexander Woollcott's good friend, Harpo Marx. However, in this production, the character is blatantly patterned after Jimmy Durante, who played the role in the 1942 film adaptation.

Citações
Sheridan Whiteside: I may vomit.

Conexões
Referenced in My Boys: Free Agent (2006)

Trilhas sonoras
What Am I To Do
(uncredited)
Written by Cole Porter
Performed by Byron Jennings

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8/10

Utterly and completely fantabulous

If you're in a mood to laugh yourself silly, this is the play for you. Nathan Lane is at his scenery-chewing best as Sheridan Whiteside (modeled on Alexander Woolcott), a critic, commentator, and friend of the great and near-great who is forced to spend several weeks in the home of a Middle America family for whom "Goodbye Mister Chips" is as high on the cultural scale as they go. Lewis Stadlen is equally hilarious as the manic, irrepressible Banjo (a takeoff of one of the Marx Brothers, but I'm not sure which). Jean Smart is wonderful as the haughty and man-eating Lorraine Sheldon, and Harriet Harris is superb as Maggie Cutler, Whiteside's devoted secretary and Lorraine's nemesis.

To get all the references, you'll need a copy of Who Was Who in Theater, Film, and Opera, but I'm glad they didn't try to update them. It just wouldn't have worked.

Finally, kudos to Ryan Shively (as Sandy, union organizer and June's fiancee)! A talented actor and an all-around great guy (okay, he's my roommate, so I'm a little biased)!