The movie 1983 though they did not share any scenes, spies like us 1985 and the couch. Doctor detroit r 1h 29min comedy 6 may 1983 usa a timid college professor, conned into posing as a flamboyant pimp, finds himself enjoying his new occupation on the streets. Doctor detroit 1983 tt0085450 a shy but gentle man named clifford skridlow is a professor of comparative literature at the financiallystrapped fictional monroe college in chicago. Financial analysis of doctor detroit 1983 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. A few of my favorite scenes include the one where aykroyd dresses up as a southern gentleman lawyer to get one of the girls out of trouble the courtroom judge was a real cracker, the scene where we first see aykroyd as doctor detroit, dressed in a scruffy kato kaelin wig, yellow sports jacket, green polyester slacks, white platform boots, and. I cant recommend this thing to even the mildly curious or even fans of dan aykroyd as its not. Mis bijvoorbeeld nooit meer een film van stanley kubrick of meryl streep.
Watch doctor detroit 1983 online free full movie hd. Get doctor detroit dvd and bluray release date, trailer, movie poster and movie stats. Factorys entertainment offerings serve up firstrun feature films, original, contemporary, and. A music video of the song, containing scenes from the movie as well as footage of the band, was released on the were all devo home. Songs from the original motion picture soundtrack doctor. Conned into managing four prostitutes by their pimp, who skips town to escape the mob boss known as mom, clifford draws on his course in medieval literature in his quest to save the women from mom. Doctor detroit represents the worst of the past, present and future of 1983 dan aykroyd. Doctor detroit 1983 a timid college professor, conned into posing as a flamboyant pimp, finds himself enjoying his new occupation on the streets.
It begins with the portrait of an eccentric, mildmannered mope who. Doctor detroit, which opens today at the rivoli and other. Doctor detroit is a very funny movie,dan aykroyd is zany in this movie. If youve read all the instructions, that means youre at the final step, closing the help dialog simply click on the movemie submission form shown behind the help. Doctor detroit 1983 r 89 min comedy 14 november 1983 sweden a. Rent doctor detroit 1983 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix.
When doctor detroit and his girls make their escape from the automobile salvage yard, they drive a wrecker straight through a large sliding wooden gate, which punches a perfectly clean outline of the truck and doctor detroit through the gate. Doctor detroit is a comedy featuring dan aykroyd in the title role of pimp and crime boss. I had not seen advertisements or trailers for the movie, but i knew if dan aykroyd was in it, it had to be funny. Ladies and gentlemen, players and ladies, highlifes and lowlifes, all you trash with cash, allow me to announce the doctor is in. A chance encounter with four beautiful women at a restaurant changes his life forever. In his regular life, doctor detroit is a meek college professor right out of a golden era slapstick comedy like cary grant in bringing up baby or gary cooper in ball of fire or even danny kaye in the remake, a song is born.
Problem is, the resulting precut hole does not match the dimensions of the wrecker or doctor detroit at all. Theme from doctor detroit is an ep by the american new wave band devo, released in 1983 on mca records. Doctor detroit is not, however, quite as predictable as i make it sound. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. It includes the two songs from the doctor detroit movie soundtrack recorded by the band the title song and luvluv, plus a dance mix of the title theme.
Come and experience your torrent treasure chest right here. Original theatrical trailer for 1983s dan aykroyd effort doctor detroit. Clifford skridlow teaches at a small chicago college run by his father. Doctor detroit 1983 stream and watch online moviefone. Doctor detroit has been ranked 4739 times, wins 28. Director michael pressman of movie doctor detroitphoto measures 8 x 10inches. There is a sense in which doctor detroit could be a jerry lewis movie.
Released 1983, doctor detroit stars danaykroyd, howardhesseman, donnadixon, lydialei the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 31 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which. One could let slide the fact that the movies plot does not make one lick of sense if it was funny, but doctor detroit contains nothing but a string of bad comedy sketches trying to pass themselves off as a movie. Doctor detroit 1983 with howard hesseman, donna dixon, dan aykroyd movie. It is the first film aykroyd made after the death of john belushi as well as the first one where he is not sharing the top bill with other actors. Watch doctor detroit starring dan aykroyd in this comedy on directv. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Starring dan aykroyd, howard hesseman, and donna dixon. Doctor detroit 1983 movie mistakes, goofs and bloopers. Rent doctor detroit 1983 starring dan aykroyd and howard hesseman on dvd and bluray.
Watch doctor detroit online stream full movie directv. It stars dan aykroyd as a college professor who gets conned into pretending to be a pimp called doctor detroit. Instead of giving us a standard mope and, later, a standard berserk maniac, he adds all sorts of little character touches that help the whole movie rise above its productionline origins. During his morning jog, professor skridlow crosses paths with flesh peddler smooth walker howard hesseman who is riding in the back of his limo with some of his working girls. Part of that is because of the studied precision of dan aykroyd, in the title role. Introverted geek clifford skridlow dan aykroyd is a professor of comparative literature. While the movie was quite entertaining and amusing, it wasnt really memorable and disappeared soon after. Visit the designated page for your post and click on the thumb to cast your post first vote. Dan aykroyd, fran drescher, donna dixon, lynn whitfield, and lydia lei in doctor detroit 1983. Doctor detroit 1983 cast and crew a pimp howard hesseman on the run trusts his call girls to a meek professor of literature dan aykroyd, who accepts the challenge. I watched this movie when it came out in 1983,i loved it then and still love it now.
Carter, lynn whitfield a shy but gentle man named clifford skridlow is a professor of comparative literature at the financiallystrapped fictional monroe college in chicago. Doctor detroit the 1983 comedy movie featuring dan aykroyd and howard hesseman at the award winning 80s movies rewind. Doctor detroit, 1983 dan aykroyd, mcauniversal doctor detroit was a movie i had not known about until it premiered on cable television. Doctor detroit 1983 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. The film stars dan aykroyd, howard hesseman, lynn whitfield, fran drescher, and donna dixon, with a special appearance by james brown. A pimp howard hesseman on the run trusts his call girls to a. Aykroyd and his costar dixon married soon after the films release. Watch doctor detroit 1983 online for free on 123movies. Doctor detroit, a 1983 movie starring dan aykroyd, was seemingly inspired by or, more precisely, wanted to benefit from the popularity of the blues brothers. Clifford skridlow is a geeky shy academic who somehow has managed to get himself talked into leaving the college his father runs and manage four prostitutes. Doctor detroit is a 1983 american comedy film directed by michael pressman with writing by bruce jay friedman, carl gottlieb, and robert boris. A shy but gentle man named clifford skridlow is a professor of comparative literature at the financiallystrapped fictional monroe college in chicago.
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