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Pure Luck

  • 1991
  • PG
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
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Danny Glover and Martin Short in Pure Luck (1991)
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An accountant with super bad luck is sent in search of a missing boss's daughter, also an incredibly unlucky person.An accountant with super bad luck is sent in search of a missing boss's daughter, also an incredibly unlucky person.An accountant with super bad luck is sent in search of a missing boss's daughter, also an incredibly unlucky person.

  • Director
    • Nadia Tass
  • Writers
    • Francis Veber
    • Herschel Weingrod
    • Timothy Harris
  • Stars
    • Martin Short
    • Danny Glover
    • Sheila Kelley
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    • IMDb RATING
    5.8/10
    7.9K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Nadia Tass
    • Writers
      • Francis Veber
      • Herschel Weingrod
      • Timothy Harris
    • Stars
      • Martin Short
      • Danny Glover
      • Sheila Kelley
    • 57User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
    • 36Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Trailer 1:37
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    Martin Short
    Martin Short
    • Proctor
    Danny Glover
    Danny Glover
    • Campanella
    Sheila Kelley
    Sheila Kelley
    • Valerie
    Sam Wanamaker
    Sam Wanamaker
    • Highsmith
    Scott Wilson
    Scott Wilson
    • Grimes
    Harry Shearer
    Harry Shearer
    • Monosoff
    Jorge Russek
    Jorge Russek
    • Inspector Segura
    Rodrigo Puebla
    • Fernando
    John H. Brennan
    • Tyler
    Jorge Luke
    Jorge Luke
    • Pilot
    Abel Woolrich
    • Prisoner
    Patricia Gage
    Patricia Gage
    • Secretary
    Ariane Pellicer
    • Girl at Club
    Alexandra Vicencio
    • Nurse
    Sharlene Martin
    • Nurse
    Rubén Cristiany
    • Hotel Porter
    Flavio Castillero
    • Doorman
    Maria Rosa Manzini
    • Girlfriend at Hotel Bar
    • Director
      • Nadia Tass
    • Writers
      • Francis Veber
      • Herschel Weingrod
      • Timothy Harris
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Martin Short sports red hair in this film rather than his natural dark brown hair he usually has. This stems from his work on "Clifford" for Orion Pictures which had been filmed around this time. Rather than change it from the dutch-boy hair cut featured in that film, he wore it in a perm instead to give it a wacky, unlucky look.
    • Goofs
      When Eugene gets the car stuck in the sand on the side of the road, Raymond is pointing a gun at the guy who kidnapped Valerie. The gun changes from a Colt to a Baretta several times between shots.
    • Quotes

      Airport Employee: You'll have to itemize the contents of your bag so we can compensate you for any damage Mr. Proctor.

      Campanella: Do we have to do that now? We're going to miss our flight.

      Eugene Proctor: Usually my bags just get lost.

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Barton Fink/Double Impact/Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll/Pure Luck/The Commitments (1991)

    User reviews57

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    It can cheer up your day

    Is a great funny film that can cheer up any day of your life and keep you thinking on some of the scenes after it's been finished.

    The combination between Danny Glover and Martin Short even when is a bit strange it really works out in a funny way and how the story been such a simple plot can take you from the desert to end up in the waterfalls in the beautiful Mexico.

    There is a certain American humor that i can enjoy a lot, this film belongs to that type, because even when is about bad luck and how funny that could be, is never over the top and you are just waiting what would be the next thing to happen.

    I didn't stop laughing.
    • 0llin
    • Oct 16, 2004
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 9, 1991 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Hoàn Toàn May Mắn
    • Filming locations
      • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada(The scene in the beginning where they are driving over the granville bridge with the mountains & Bank of Montreal tower in the backround)
    • Production companies
      • Hivemind
      • Silver Lion Films
      • Universal Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $17,010,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $22,641,969
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $5,010,810
      • Aug 11, 1991
    • Gross worldwide
      • $24,941,969
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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