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Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786305968894
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6305968896
Label: Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment
Release Date: January 16, 2001
Running Time: 91 minutes
Sales Rank: 41003
Studio: Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: April 28, 2000
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Two salesmen (Danny DeVito and Oscar winner Kevin Spacey) and a company researcher (Peter Facinelli) set up shop in a hotel suite in Wichita, Kansas, on a business trip. They hope to sell their particular brand of industrial lubricants to the elusive Mr. Fuller. Spacey and DeVito are seasoned pros, while Facinelli is excited about his first business trip. DeVito is going through some kind of mid-life crisis; Spacey is all about the sale and little else; and the new kid is naive, moral, and extremely religious. Once the characters are established, nothing much happens. They talk. They prepare for their sales party, and they talk. The event starts, but the movie quickly cuts to the mess in the room afterward so they can talk about what happened during the party. Even when Facinelli is given an invite to hang out with Mr. Fuller at a private party, the camera stays behind in the hotel room to listen to Spacey and DeVito talk. Talk talk talk. Based on the play by Roger Rueff, who also wrote the screenplay, The Big Kahuna never really feels like a movie, probably because it's all talk and no story, set in a hospitality suite that increasingly feels like a prison. --Andy Spletzer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - One of the most underrated movies of all time; a true masterpiece!
This brilliant film was overlooked by pretty much everyone and this is a shame because it happens to be one of the most thought provoking movies of the last 20 years. In this day of huge, bloated budgets and more and more computer generated graphics, it's refreshing to see a movie about real people who talk like regular, everyday individuals who are going through trials and triumphs like the rest of the world. All of the three main actors give fine performances as well, but the stand out is Danny ... Read More
Rating: - The Big Kahuna
For any fan of Kevin Spacey this is a must see film. As a chamber piece it it snaps with excellent performances from all actors. As our characters come more and more sharply into focus the push and pull between the sense of doom or triumph becomes less and less about the achievement of their business gaols and more about their own self discovery, and how they will share these insights with each other. A must see for fans of films that focus on great dialog as apposed to action and FX.
Rating: - Perfect casting!
This adaptation of Roger Rueff's play does not add more action just because it is in movie format. While not an action/adventure flick, this movie packs some really dramatic interactions. Three men on a business trip, all with complicated inner issues, try to focus on their sales objective, which is to land the "Big Kahuna" as new account. The casting of this movie was inspired. Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Peter Facinelli work well together and ring true as the characters they play. Wonderful ... Read More
Rating: - One of the best movies ever made!
For a movie that basically takes place in a hotel room the entire time this movie is great in every since of the word. I can relate to each of the three characters in this movie especially Kevin and Danny's roles.
Rating:  - How Suite It Ain't
As a rule, I enjoy films based on plays because they frequently retain the discipline of theatre and avoid the cheap, sleazy, lazy, and gratuitous attention-getting devices for which movies are so well known. These pictures often boast well-developed characters, evolving situations that reveal complex motives, thereby building drama, and carefully hewn dialogue. The Big Kahuna, sadly, is a horse of another color - like Glengarry Glen Ross without the edge, energy, and exquisite contrapuntal timing.
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