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Features: DVD, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Trailers
Determined to finally make "The Big Commitment," low-rent private-eye Jack Singer (Nicolas Cage) proposes a whirlwind Vegas marriage to his long-suffering girl Betsy (Sarah Jessica Parker). But before they can say "I do," Jack loses Betsy...in a poker game to a slick and sinister card-shark, Tommy Korman (James Caan). In wild, love-crazed pursuit of his shanghaied fiancŽe, Jack flies from Vegas, to Hawaii, and then back to Vegas again--hitching a return flight with the charitable "Flying Elvises" (sky-diving Elvis impersonators), leading to the most outrageous finale in recent screen history!
"...[a] laugh-out-loud valentine..." Rita Kempley, Washington Post
"Screamingly funny!" Jeffrey Lyons, Sneak Previews
Editor's Note
Before Jack and Betsy take the plunge to become man and wife, Jack loses her in a poker game. In a wild, love-crazed pursuit to win her back, Jack flies from Vegas to Hawaii and then back to Vegas again hitching a return flight with the "Flying Elvises" (a group of sky-diving Elvis impersonators).
Plot Summary
Private detective Jack Singer promised his mother, on her deathbed, that would never marry. Now, his girlfriend Betsy is threatening to leave him if he doesn't marry her. Jack decides, despite his fear and guilt, to give in to Betsy's demands. They fly off to Las Vegas where, in an attempt to postpone the wedding, Jack joins in a "hospitality" poker game with professional gambler Tommy Korman, who cheats Jack out of $65,000. Tommy offers Jack a deal: if Jack lends Tommy his girlfriend -- who coincidentally is the spitting image of Tommy's dead wife -- Tommy will forget about Jack's debt. Jack convinces Betsy to go along, and then, worried that he might lose Betsy forever, frantically tries to break up their weekend.
| Features | Spanish Subtitles | | French Subtitles | | Collectible Booklet | | Original Theatrical Trailer | | English 5.1 Surround Dolby Digital |
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Release Information
| | Studio: MGM |
| Release Date: 1/15/2008 |
| Running Time: 97 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1992 | | Catalog ID: 114102 | | UPC: 00027616809421 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Available Subtitles: French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Golden Globe (1993) | | | Nicholas Cage, Nominee, Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture-Comedy/Musical |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...Bergman arrives in the very big time....A virtually nonstop scream of benign delirium, pop entertainment as revivifying as anything you're likely to see..." 08/28/1992 p.C8USA Today
"...Many uproarious bits....[Nicolas Cage gives] a funny, over-the-top performance..." 08/28/1992 p.5D Los Angeles Times
"...[Cage] once again displays the quintessential air of frenetic desperation....Sarah Jessica Parker not only looks appropriately attractive but also brings an essential down-to-earth sanity to the role..." 08/28/1992 p.F1 Chicago Sun-Times
"...There is a cheerfully rising tide of goofiness in Andrew Bergman's HONEYMOON IN VEGAS that is typical of his work..." 08/28/1992 p.35 Uncut
3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t fleetingly glitters with winning charm." 02/01/2007 p.105 Total Film
3 stars out of 5 -- "Nic is on satisfyingly manic form, Caan is effortlessly menacing..." 03/01/2007 p.125 Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide 8 of 10
Engaging farce from writer-director Bergman has enough twists, turns, and cockeyed humor to keep things lively from start to finish... including a corps of "flying Elvises."
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