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Ante up-for laughter and action aplenty! Mel Gibson is sly gambler Bret Maverick, Jodie Foster is a charming scam artist and James Garner (the original Bret Maverick from the Emmy-winning TV series) is a laid-back lawman in Maverick, the crowed-pleasing hit that deals you a winning hand.
With more twists than a switchback trail and more sleights of hand than a shell game, Maverick is rollicking proof of how the West was fun. A riverboat poker tourney promises a winner-take-all 500,000...and Bret aims to be the winner who does the taking! But first he must cope with the hangman's noose, a runaway stage, a wily Indian chief, outlaws, ingrates, a bagful of rattlesnakes and more close calls than a long-tailed cat in a roomful of rocking chairs. So don't miss the excitement. The jokers - Gibson, Foster and Garner - are wild!
"Fast, funny." Caryn James, The New York Times
"Hilarious. A 10-gallon hit!" Pat Collins, WWOR-TV
Editor's Note
An updating of the classic Western TV series MAVERICK, this comic oater finds our fast-talking, hard-gambling hero surviving many adventures while trying to come up with enough money to play in a high-stakes poker game. Penned by William Goldman with music by Randy Newman. Academy Award Nominations: Best Costume Design.
Plot Summary
Bret Maverick, that charming, amoral gambler of TV fame, is back, and still wreaking comic havoc wherever he goes.| Maverick's out to compete in the Three Rivers Poker Championship, but he's got one small problem: he still needs another three grand for the entrance fee. Soon he's donning disguises, fighting Indians and holding up hooligans... doing anything he must to get that cash.
| Features | Standard Format | | Widescreen Format | | Spanish Subtitles | | French Subtitles | | Dolby Surround Stereo | | English Track | | French Track | | English Subtitles | | Interactive Menus | | Production Notes | | Scene Access |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 6/7/2005 |
| Running Time: 127 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1994 | | Catalog ID: 13374 | | UPC: 00085391337423 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 2.35:1/4:3 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1995) | | | April Ferry, Nominee, Best Costume Design |
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
"...Gibson, Foster and Garner have a ball, and they make the feeling contagious..." 06/16/1994 p.115Sight and Sound
"...Entertaining, amiable....Consistently good to look at..." 08/01/1994 p.46-7 New York Times
"...Fast, funny, full of straight-ahead action and tongue-in-cheek jokes....A smart, new-fangled MAVERICK..." 05/20/1994 p.C1 Entertainment Weekly
"The cast is adorable, the characters are foolproof..." 06/03/1994 p.36 Chicago Sun-Times
"...The first lighthearted, laugh-oriented family Western in a long time....It's fun....One of the pleasures of the film is watching the actors used by director Richard Donner to populate his backgrounds..." 05/20/1994 p.39 James Berardinelli's ReelViews 8 of 10
It has great action sequences, more than a splash of legitimately- funny humor, solid performances from engaging actors, and a script that doesn't demand much mental exercise. This is pure entertainment...
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