| | | When there's more trouble than one man can handle...there's more than one man for the job.
Features: DVD, Dolby Surround Sound, English, Spanish, French
Laid-back L.A. investigative reporter I.M. Fletcher (Chevy Chase) daydreams about living the genteel life of of a southern plantation owner while he's en route to check out the Louisiana mansion left to him by his long-lost aunt. Reality intrudes, however, when he arrives and finds the place in a state that's close to falling down--but an estate that a mysterious someone is willing to pay a quarter-million dollars for. What's going on? Fletch decides to unravel the mystery and finds the trail littered with corpses, attempted murder, a scamming TV evangelist, redneck lawmen and a sludge-dumping industrialist. It all comes down to a hilarious confrontation when Fletch unmasks the bad guy on national television!
"...superior sequel" Rita Kempley, Washington Post
Editor's Note
Director Michael Ritchie and Chevy Chase team up once again for FLETCH LIVES, with Chase reprising the role of Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher, newspaper journalist and master of disguise. When his recently deceased aunt bequeaths her decrepit manor to him, Fletch travels down south to rural Louisiana. Initially, things go well, especially when he hooks up with a flirtatious southern belle. But when he wakes up the morning after, he's shocked to find that she has been murdered. In order to catch the killers and clear himself, the intrepid, chameleon-like Fletch must infiltrate the congregation of Jimmy Lee Farnsworth (R. Lee Ermey), a greedy local preacher who wants to gain control of Fletch's land in order to build a Bible-themed amusement park. Written by Leon Capetanos, FLETCH LIVES crackles with the same blend of rapid-fire dialogue and visual jokes as the original, making it a solid sequel that works on its own terms. By thrusting the big city character into a shady small Southern community, Chase is given an entirely new field on which to play. It's this contrast--especially between himself and R. Lee Ermey--that provides the film with its loudest laughs.
Plot Summary
Trouble follows Fletch, the master-of-disguise reporter, to Louisiana, where he's inherited a ramshackle plantation that someone else is willing to kill to possess. The microscopic termite scene is a classic.
| Features | Audio: English, French, Spanish Dolby Surround | | Subtitles: French, Spanish | | Widescreen Version | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Universal |
| Release Date: 2/14/2006 |
| Running Time: 95 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1989 | | Catalog ID: 21969 | | UPC: 00025192196928 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Memorable Quotes| "It takes a big man to admit when he's wrong. I am not a big man."----Fletch (Chevy Chase) |
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| | Professional Reviews | USA Today
"...Funny..." 03/17/1989 p.4DThe Washington Post 5 of 10
As studio caper comedies go...Fletch Lives at least has an acerbic, if nasty vitality... Whether the lines are funny, tasteless or not-so-funny, Chase keeps popping 'em... and director Michael Ritchie makes everything move along to a frenetic zydeco soundtrack. Sooner or later, you'll find yourself laughing at something. - Desson Howe
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