| A Fine Mess | |
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| Directed by | Blake Edwards |
| Written by | Blake Edwards |
| Produced by | Tony Adams |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Harry Stradling, Jr. |
| Music by | Henry Mancini |
Production company | Blake Edwards Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $15 million[1] |
| Box office | $6,029,824 |
A Fine Mess is a 1986 American comedy film written and directed by Blake Edwards and starring Ted Danson and Howie Mandel.
The film was intended as a remake of Laurel & Hardy's classic short The Music Box"[2] and was to be semi-improvised in the same style as the director's earlier comedy The Party, but studio interference, poor previews and subsequent re-editing resulted in the film becoming a fully scripted chase comedy with very few of the original ideas for the film remaining intact. Writer/director Blake Edwards actually gave television interviews telling audiences to avoid the film. It received overwhelmingly negative reviews and performed poorly at the box office.
- ^ "AFI|Catalog".
- ^ Mann, Roderick (Nov 25, 1984). "MOVIES: EDWARDS' YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY". Los Angeles Times. p. x21.