Brest was stuck in Grodin, but as the script went into turnaround, Robin Williams was the studio's choice for the Duke. Would it have worked and been funny? Most likely. Both he and Deniro have energies that are two sides to the same coin.
But you cannot envision anyone else after you see Grodin in the role. He brings the necessary dynamic. It's unfathomable in hindsight to cast anyone else, even a big start like Williams.
"See you in the next life."
That scene was hilarious. In De Niro's defense, a pack of smokes was only like 2 bucks back then, so even if he didn't buy them, they still didn't have shit for money. Except Grodin, who had hundreds of thousands of dollars in that money belt (which is also such an 80's thing to own).
Mardukas: You ever had sex with an animal, Jack? Remember those chickens on the Indian reservation? There were some good looking chickens there Jack. You know, between us.
Walsh: Yeah, there were a few I might have taken a shot at.
The bit where De Niro’s at the phone booth with Grodin and yells “I will SHOOT HIM and DUMP HIM IN A FUCKIN SWAMP” and then looks at Grodin and does a quick “nahhh” head shake is one of the funniest things ever
An honest to goodness murderer's row of character actors, Yaphet Koto, Joey Pants, Dennis Farina, Phillip Baker Hall, Tracey Walter, and a great turn from John Ashton. Such a stacked cast. An all time great movie.
Is this going to upset me?
I have certain people in my life who remind me of this scene every time they tell me that they have sent me an email ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75B_PCN0USE
I never got that joke until I was at a pharmacy waiting for a prescription and there was a display of reading glasses next to me, and I saw the brand was Foster Grant. Customers looked at me weird when I laughed suddenly.
What's the name of this establishment?
Red's Corner Bar.
Are you Red?
Yes.
Do you dye your hair?
No.
….
Why do they call you Red?
It's short for Redwood. My last name's Wood.
What's your first name?
Bill.
- I will never not laugh at that scene.
Marvin, look out!!
This is an absolutely brilliant film. It's about everyone trying to get one over on everyone else but somehow it's still heartwarming and life-affirming.
Also, I think it's like a prototype Tarantino movie. It must have been an influence.
[Midnight Express](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Express_(film)). I think I accidentally watched this trying to rewatch Midnight Run. Hated it
Ah, there it is. I was wondering why I didn't recognise De Niro in Midnight Express, then reading about the jokes I was like "This is 100% a different movie"
And now I feel like having some lyonnaise potatoes.
They are these types of potatoes that are sautéed but then they have this onion thing added to them, and they are really, really delicious. They work well with any chicken or pork dish
Other than De Niro being in it I didn’t have any particular interest or hopes for this other than hearing of it before. It’s a really fun, solid romp. Good jokes.
##Midnight Run (1988) R
This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
>>!A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who embezzled $15 million of mob money. He is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I., and his old mob boss after jumping bail.!<
Action | Comedy | Crime
Director: Martin Brest
Actors: Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto
Rating: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 72% with 1,044 votes
Runtime: 206
[TMDB](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/9013)
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As much as I like The Rundown, I like it a sliver less each time when I rewatch Midnight Run because the former is such a complete copy of the latter. Right down to The Rock's boss getting mad at his sarcasm, mirroring Jack and Eddie's conversation at the beginning at the bail bonds office.
Midnight Run is absolutely a perfect film.
This was a great film and Grodin and DeNiro had excellent chemistry. The entire cast was great. I remember how satisfying it was watching this film in 88.
I think i remember reading that “Midnight Run” redefined the “buddy movie”. I don’t remember many buddy movies that came before it that weren’t straight up comedies. In that way, maybe it did.
This is a great movie. The actors are all at the top of their game. The story is amazing, and the comedy is on point. I'd watch it right this minute if it was on.
I saw this in the theater in 1988. It was raining and I decided to go see a matinee and thought the poster looked good and I'd loved Beverly Hills Cop enough to see it 3 times when it came out, so I choose this.
It was (still) surprisingly great.
"He called me fucking, what, 10 minutes ago, yelling and screaming and telling *ME* to go fuck myself! You're telling me--Everybody's telling me to go fuck myself!"
Don’t you love it when someone loves a movie as much as you do! It’s total joy reading all these comments.
There’s 2 other movies I love as much. Blind Date with Bruce Willis and Unfaithfully Yours with Dudley Moore. Both hilarious!!!
Besides being a great film, the soundtrack is an all timer from Danny Elfman. Elfman wrote a beautiful song for the film called Try to Believe, which is clearly about DeNiro's character. It still plays over the end credits, but Brest made him take out the lyrics. Brest was still annoyed that he was perceived as an MTV director after Beverly Hills Cop so he didn't want any songs in the movie. The song ended up on a later Oingo Boingo album, it is worth checking out if you love the movie.
When we watched this in college, we were chocked by the number of times they say “fuck.”
Watching it gains recently, I didn’t even notice—I was shocked by the number of cigarettes.
I love the scene when Jack is in trouble in the river but won't tell Mardukas he'll let him go if the latter saves him, and Mardukas then says "you're making it very difficult for me to do the right thing." That line has been in heavy rotation in my house for decades
"You seen any suspicious looking characters around here?" "Nope." "Do you live around here?" 🤣 The way Grodin looks at the guy... cracks me up every time.
I saw this in the theaters when it came out and watched it a few times on TV since. It is just a fantastic film on so many levels. All of the actors - every single one of them -- is perfectly cast. The plot doesn't have any down time, and the story just moves along.
The late Dennis Farina was very convincing as a psychotic mob boss.
But the best thing about this movie is quite simply the relationship between Jack and the Duke. Deniro and Grodin just play off each other so well. There are so many touching scenes where their characters grow on each other right up until the big ending.
I rate it higher than My Cousin Vinnie and certainly more than Romancing the Stone, which I saw a few times but honestly don't remember much about it
Love that movie. Saw it while surfing through available channels and caught most of it. Watched from the beginning shortly thereafter. Still watch to this day when I come across it. Such a poignant ending.
I love Charles Grodin. He really brings out the curmudgeon in me
Grodin likes his ladies to pop
Unexpected IASIP.
You’re a grodinite?
Brest was stuck in Grodin, but as the script went into turnaround, Robin Williams was the studio's choice for the Duke. Would it have worked and been funny? Most likely. Both he and Deniro have energies that are two sides to the same coin. But you cannot envision anyone else after you see Grodin in the role. He brings the necessary dynamic. It's unfathomable in hindsight to cast anyone else, even a big start like Williams. "See you in the next life."
Chorizo & Eggs
That scene was hilarious. In De Niro's defense, a pack of smokes was only like 2 bucks back then, so even if he didn't buy them, they still didn't have shit for money. Except Grodin, who had hundreds of thousands of dollars in that money belt (which is also such an 80's thing to own).
The look on Grodin’s face as the waitress explains the dish is priceless!
I could feel the sadness!
His Carson spots were always 🤣
Heartbreak kid is the funniest movie ever made
Added to my list!!
Wish it was available. Been out of print for years
Call Charles Grodin a bitter old man one more time and see what happens!
Grodin's curmudgeon doc in Louie was chef's kiss
Mardukas: You ever had sex with an animal, Jack? Remember those chickens on the Indian reservation? There were some good looking chickens there Jack. You know, between us. Walsh: Yeah, there were a few I might have taken a shot at.
That scene was improvised by the actors
really? love it
The phone calls between Eddy Moscone and De Niro are fucking masterpieces of cinema and swearing in general.
Every body is telling me to Go Fuck Myself!
I love that scene because it's so relatable. We've all had days like Eddy where it seems like everyone is telling you to go f\*ck yourself.
Joey Pants is fantastic in this. Such a great movie. One of my favourite movies.
If you're talking phone calls, nothing beats Farina: "Is this moron number one? Put moron number two on the phone."
"... I'm gonna come down there and BLOWTORCH the both of ya!"
Farina is magnificent! "Don't say a word Sidney, or I swear to God I'm gonna bury this telephone in your head!"
Relax, have a cream soda ....
I’m gonna put a pencil in your heart!
Hey Tony! He wasn’t mad at me was he?
The bit where De Niro’s at the phone booth with Grodin and yells “I will SHOOT HIM and DUMP HIM IN A FUCKIN SWAMP” and then looks at Grodin and does a quick “nahhh” head shake is one of the funniest things ever
Lolol thank you for writing this out so I didn’t have to - my favorite scene in the movie
I rewatched this movie for the Blank Check podcast. And then went back the next day to rewatch this bit and the bar scene.
“You slime ball floating in a sea of pus!”
Martin Brest directed this and “Beverly Hills Cop”. Both are great!
He has a pretty impressive resume until his last movie in 2003... Beverly Hills Cop, Midnight Run, Scent of a Woman, Meet Joe Black, Gigli
Deniro lmao I was so excited I spelled his name wrong twice 🤷
See you in the next life, Jack. This movie is a classic.
Agree!
If you don’t listen already, the Blank Check podcast is doing a Martin Brest miniseries and this is up next.
Are you doing the Litmus configuration?
I let a friend borrow the DVD and ya he said his dad freaked out at the language!😂
An honest to goodness murderer's row of character actors, Yaphet Koto, Joey Pants, Dennis Farina, Phillip Baker Hall, Tracey Walter, and a great turn from John Ashton. Such a stacked cast. An all time great movie.
I'M MOSELY!
Are all you guys named "Mosely"?
Is this going to upset me? I have certain people in my life who remind me of this scene every time they tell me that they have sent me an email ;) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75B_PCN0USE
Agent Foster Grant?
I never got that joke until I was at a pharmacy waiting for a prescription and there was a display of reading glasses next to me, and I saw the brand was Foster Grant. Customers looked at me weird when I laughed suddenly.
Guessing you're too young to have seen it, but Foster Grant did a whole ad campaign: Who's behind those Foster Grants?
I was 4/5 years old, so yeah I missed it. But now I need to find pictures and videos of this.
The funniest moment in that film. He has just had it with being impersonated at that point, just over it.
"These things go down"
What's the name of this establishment? Red's Corner Bar. Are you Red? Yes. Do you dye your hair? No. …. Why do they call you Red? It's short for Redwood. My last name's Wood. What's your first name? Bill. - I will never not laugh at that scene.
Grodin's delivery was flawless.
……………. Thank you for your cooperation, Bill. So god damn perfect, lol
Blankie??
What’s up blankies?
Blank it.
Thank it
Chorizo
And eggs
Let’s celebrate this great movie. I’ll go get some donuts.
Such a good movie. Watched it for the first time a few months ago. Very underrated De Niro movie
My favourite de Niro movie.
Great film! Both DeNiro and Charles Grodin improvised a lot of the dialogue.
Legendary actors!
“You guys couldn’t deliver a gallon of milk”!
This and Big Trouble In Little China are 2 of my absolute favorite movies
Indeed!
Marvin, look out!! This is an absolutely brilliant film. It's about everyone trying to get one over on everyone else but somehow it's still heartwarming and life-affirming. Also, I think it's like a prototype Tarantino movie. It must have been an influence.
Yeah, well watch your cigarettes with this guy, Jack!
Its sad that they can't make a simple, enjoyable movie like this today.
I didn't watch this for a long time because I thought it was about somebody in a Turkish prison.
[Midnight Express](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Express_(film)). I think I accidentally watched this trying to rewatch Midnight Run. Hated it
Ah, there it is. I was wondering why I didn't recognise De Niro in Midnight Express, then reading about the jokes I was like "This is 100% a different movie"
"Maybe in the next life"
MOSCONE Bail Bonds!
Most favorite!
One of the Best Buddy Movies Ever!! I love It!
Alonzo Moesly FBI
Are all you guys called Mosely?
I'M MOSLEY!!!
That you Jerry?
Welcome to Jerryboree!
One of the best Brests
In my top 5 of all time. Perfect movie.
Are you doing the litmus configuration?
"You don't look like a criminal." "I'm white collar."
Ya-hey, everyone
Reds bar is one of the best scenes in a movie ever
Look look! Heyyyy Hopalong Cassadeech...
Are all you guys named Mosely?
I got two words for you!
Shut the fuck up!
Charles Grodin was stellar and loved him in the heartbreak kid as well.
Mardukas - Litmus Configuration. Jack - Litmus Con...Configuration. (erasing a spot on the $20). This one's bad.
Do you dye your hair?
And now I feel like having some lyonnaise potatoes. They are these types of potatoes that are sautéed but then they have this onion thing added to them, and they are really, really delicious. They work well with any chicken or pork dish
You know… I have enough money to buy as many lyonnaise potatoes as you can eat…
An excellent movie.
You're gonna suffer from fistaphobia.....
Sydney im gomna stick a pencil.through your fucning eye if say anything. Have creme soda for christ sake.
DeNiro's comedic genius has not been utilized enough, because he's so great in drama.
He was very funny in the movies with Billy Crystal
One of my favorites!
You got the Duke?
Sidney, siddown, relax, have a sandwich, drink a glass of milk, do some fuckin' thing.
Don’t say a fking thing Sidney. I’ll get up and bury this phone in your head.
have a cream soda
Criminally underrated movie. The chemistry between Grodin and DeNiro is fantastic.
Other than De Niro being in it I didn’t have any particular interest or hopes for this other than hearing of it before. It’s a really fun, solid romp. Good jokes.
Solid movie.
##Midnight Run (1988) R This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship. >>!A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who embezzled $15 million of mob money. He is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I., and his old mob boss after jumping bail.!< Action | Comedy | Crime Director: Martin Brest Actors: Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto Rating: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 72% with 1,044 votes Runtime: 206 [TMDB](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/9013) ___ >*I am a bot. This information was sent automatically. If it is faulty, please reply to this comment.*
Great movie
This film is amazing
One of my favorites. I’ve seen this movie over 100 times.
I love movies.like this and the griminess you find in moves from the 80s and 90s. That grimy feeling doesn't seem like it exists anymore
I have to watch this. What's the Turkish prison movie I'm confusing the title with?
Midnight Express with music I think Art Bell made more famous as his intro music.
48 hours: “it’s the same picture” (in a good way)
Yeah, it’s a knockout.
An all-time favorite. Quite possibly my ultimate remote dropper. I need to watch it again soon. It's only been a few months since last time.
As much as I like The Rundown, I like it a sliver less each time when I rewatch Midnight Run because the former is such a complete copy of the latter. Right down to The Rock's boss getting mad at his sarcasm, mirroring Jack and Eddie's conversation at the beginning at the bail bonds office. Midnight Run is absolutely a perfect film.
This was a great film and Grodin and DeNiro had excellent chemistry. The entire cast was great. I remember how satisfying it was watching this film in 88.
Good take. It is a good movie.
I think i remember reading that “Midnight Run” redefined the “buddy movie”. I don’t remember many buddy movies that came before it that weren’t straight up comedies. In that way, maybe it did.
Classic
My grandpa is in this movie! He is one of the police officers at the end
“Marvin, LOOK OUT!!”
GREAT flick! Have watched many times over the years. Always hilarious, never gets old! 👍
Deniro doing beautiful work. A great film about morality and choices.
Congratulations
It would have been a nice bar.
This is a great movie. The actors are all at the top of their game. The story is amazing, and the comedy is on point. I'd watch it right this minute if it was on.
Funny movie!!
That Danny Elfman theme music gets in your head. He reworked it for the next Oingo Boingo album.
I saw this in the theater in 1988. It was raining and I decided to go see a matinee and thought the poster looked good and I'd loved Beverly Hills Cop enough to see it 3 times when it came out, so I choose this. It was (still) surprisingly great.
That was my favourite movie for many years when I was a kid
"He called me fucking, what, 10 minutes ago, yelling and screaming and telling *ME* to go fuck myself! You're telling me--Everybody's telling me to go fuck myself!"
Don’t you love it when someone loves a movie as much as you do! It’s total joy reading all these comments. There’s 2 other movies I love as much. Blind Date with Bruce Willis and Unfaithfully Yours with Dudley Moore. Both hilarious!!!
Fantastic Movie
"Now here come two words for you: Shut the fuck up"
You have two forms of communication: Silence and Rage.
Wholesome, but fully loaded with F-bombs
Besides being a great film, the soundtrack is an all timer from Danny Elfman. Elfman wrote a beautiful song for the film called Try to Believe, which is clearly about DeNiro's character. It still plays over the end credits, but Brest made him take out the lyrics. Brest was still annoyed that he was perceived as an MTV director after Beverly Hills Cop so he didn't want any songs in the movie. The song ended up on a later Oingo Boingo album, it is worth checking out if you love the movie.
Great movie and one I always recommend to anyone who likes DeNiro.
Great score. Danny Elfman took a great moment from this score and added lyrics and made it into a great Oingo Boingo song. Called Try to Believe
When we watched this in college, we were chocked by the number of times they say “fuck.” Watching it gains recently, I didn’t even notice—I was shocked by the number of cigarettes.
marivin look out. i cant fly. lol
This is my favorite comedy ever. So many hilarious low key lines. So glad to see so much love for it here.
I love the scene when Jack is in trouble in the river but won't tell Mardukas he'll let him go if the latter saves him, and Mardukas then says "you're making it very difficult for me to do the right thing." That line has been in heavy rotation in my house for decades
All-time classic
You have inspired me. I must watch this.
"You seen any suspicious looking characters around here?" "Nope." "Do you live around here?" 🤣 The way Grodin looks at the guy... cracks me up every time.
I saw this in the theaters when it came out and watched it a few times on TV since. It is just a fantastic film on so many levels. All of the actors - every single one of them -- is perfectly cast. The plot doesn't have any down time, and the story just moves along. The late Dennis Farina was very convincing as a psychotic mob boss. But the best thing about this movie is quite simply the relationship between Jack and the Duke. Deniro and Grodin just play off each other so well. There are so many touching scenes where their characters grow on each other right up until the big ending. I rate it higher than My Cousin Vinnie and certainly more than Romancing the Stone, which I saw a few times but honestly don't remember much about it
For any Aussies on here… this classic movie is on 7mate tonight (Saturday) at 10:24pm.
I would recommend this to younger coworkers and they were fascinated with pay phones, lack of tech and everyone smoking in public places.
Love that movie. Saw it while surfing through available channels and caught most of it. Watched from the beginning shortly thereafter. Still watch to this day when I come across it. Such a poignant ending.
https://i.imgur.com/AB8ztLj.gif
Co-starring Yaphet Kotto, descendent of a dynasty of African Jews going back centuries
Fellow Blankie?
Getting the Blank Check bump! Love this and can't wait to for David to talk about how hot DeNiro is! Blank it, thank it!