Matt Dillon: The Flamingo Kid - Movie

The Flamingo Kid
Cast :	Matt Dillon, Hector Elizondo
Director :	Garry Marshall
Studio :	MGM/UA Video
Format :	Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen
Released Date :	December 21, 1984
DVD Released Date :	August 05, 2003
Language :	English (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Audience Rating :	PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
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Customer Reviews

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Date	July 10, 2005
Summary	Master OF The Rare Laserdiscs Movies.
Content	I have The Flamingo Kid ON LASER DISC!! And I own it on DVD too,'tis one of my Favorite Comedies 80s movies.,You'll love this movie :)

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Date	August 06, 2003
Summary	'THE FLAMINGO KID'
Content	MATT DILLON OFFICIALLY BECAME A SUPERSTAR AS HE SHINES IN THIS SURPRISINGLY EFFECTIVE 1984 COMEDY. DILLON STARS AS A COLLEGE AGED BROOKLYN YOUTH WHO AGAINST HIS FATHERS (HECTOR ELIZONDO) WISHES LANDS A SUMMER JOB AT AN UPPER CLASS LONG ISLAND BEACH CLUB. THERE DILLON MEETS A SUAVE CAR DEALERSHIP OWNER (RICHARD CRENNA) WHO IS ALSO THE FAT CAT GIN RUMMY KING OF THE FLAMINGO BEACH CLUB. THERE ARE PLENTY OF LAUGHS AS WELL AS TOP NOTCH ACTING AND GREAT DIRECTING BY GARRY MARSHALL. LOOK FOR NICE SUPPORTING ROLES GIVEN BY JESSICA WALTER AND JANET JONES WHO WE DISAPPOINTINGLY NEVER REALLY SAW MUCH OF AFTER THIS SOLID PERFORMANCE.

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Date	July 02, 2002
Summary	Sweet Ginger Brown
Content	Good coming of age movie set in 1963 about a guy, his Dad, and the bi wig aouto dealer and card shark. Plus you get to see one of the great butts in film history when Janet Jones in her film debut gets out of the pool.

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Date	November 29, 2001
Summary	"Dad, how many potatoes do you think you'll eat b4 u die?"
Content	I fell on the floor with above line by Matt Dillon, to his father, perfectly played by Hector Elizando. And many other lines as well. Dillon is a young impressionable kid from working-class Brooklyn who is in awe of the part played by Richard Crenna, a charming charlton. Dillon's character is swept up by wealth and the beautiful people and Crenna's character undoubtedly likes the attention. So Jeffrey hangs on to every word and goes home at night and repeats them. It doesnt take long for his true-to-his word father to catch on and call him on it. The differences in class and values come to a head when Elizando and Crenna meet. Funny and very entertaining.

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Date	September 07, 2000
Summary	Summer the way it used to be...
Content	Whoa! Trip to yester year.... Matt Dillon is outstanding in one of his earlier and most memorable flicks. A great story well told, we learn that father really does "know best", and that the old-fashioned values are the only substantial anchor. Fisher Stevens as Hawk is awesome in his first "named" role. Also good is Janet Jones (better-known now as Wayne Gretzky's wife)--heaven only knows why she never received another significant role. Too bad the film was marred by a couple of iterations of the PG-13 word and a nude sex scene (sensitive body parts hidden...)--I would like to have shown this one to my kids.

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