"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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Topic - "Night Shift" - rico 12:59:17 04/07/05 (6)

Travolta had been pencilled in this film but the part went - tinear 14:41:48 04/08/05 (2)

Re: Hanks? Tom Hanks? - rico 07:32:57 04/09/05 (1)

Sorry, I was a bit unclear: - tinear 09:09:26 04/09/05 (0)

Re: "Night Shift" - PdL 00:45:51 04/08/05 (2)

See Keaton in Jackie Brown. He's excellent. nt - tinear 14:42:35 04/08/05 (0)

Re: "Night Shift" - jamesgarvin 10:13:24 04/08/05 (0)

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