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"Night Shift"

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This is an early directorial effort from Ron Howard. It stars Henry Winkler as a failed stockbroker turned morgue attendent whose troubles are exacerbated by being assigned the night shist and a spaced out Micael Keaton (his first film role) as an assistant. Winkler has an uptight overweight fiance and a hooker for a next door neigbor (Shelly Long). Eventually Winkler and Keaton become pimps for Long and other ladies of the evening, taking 10% of their earnings, rather than the 70-90% most pimps take. A series of adventures befalls all the chaacters, with a romance brewing between Winkler and Long. Uneven but enjoyable. I had this on a pan and scan laserdisc but scoffed up the anamorphic wide screen DVD for $5.00.

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Travolta had been pencilled in this film but the part went - tinear 14:41:48 04/08/05 (2)
to Hanks after some arm-twisting.
- Re: Hanks? Tom Hanks? - rico 07:32:57 04/09/05 (1)
  I do not recall seeing him in the film "Night Shift".
  - Sorry, I was a bit unclear: - tinear 09:09:26 04/09/05 (0)
    the part, originally, was set for Travolta, then to Hanks, and finally, it went to MK.
    I read this recently in TNY but I can't put my finger on the article now. I'll try and find it.
Re: "Night Shift" - PdL 00:45:51 04/08/05 (2)
I always liked Michael Keaton. Too bad he dropped out of site. Was it after Batman that he disappeared? I'm not big on those action flicks, but if I recall correctly that movie bombed at the theatre?
I watched "Clean and Sober" and couple months ago and Keaton was very good. Quite convincing as an coke addict - and Morgan Freeman was great as well - too playing a drug/alcohol counselor.
- See Keaton in Jackie Brown. He's excellent. nt - tinear 14:42:35 04/08/05 (0)
  adfsg
- Re: "Night Shift" - jamesgarvin 10:13:24 04/08/05 (0)
  To his credit, he dropped out because he went through a divorce, and had his kids. He cut back on his movie schedule to spend more time with the kids.

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