Fletch Lives
From The Film Guide
| Fletch Lives | ||
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 The movie poster. | ||
| Directed by | Michael Ritchie | |
| Produced by | Peter Douglas Alan Greisman | |
| Written by | Gregory Mcdonald Leon Capetanos | |
| Starring | Chevy Chase | |
| Music by | Harold Faltermeyer | |
| Cinematography | John McPherson | |
| Editing by | Richard A. Harris | |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures | |
| Release date(s) | Template:Flagicon March 17, 1989 | |
| Running time | 95 min. | |
| Country | US | |
| Language | English | |
| Preceded by | Fletch (1985) | |
| Followed by | Fletch Won | |
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Fletch Lives is a 1989 comedy film starring Chevy Chase. It was directed by Michael Ritchie with a screenplay by Leon Capetanos based on the character created by Gregory Mcdonald. Fletch Lives was released by Universal Pictures. It is a sequel to the 1985 Fletch.
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[edit] Plot summary
Chevy Chase once again plays the reporter Irwin Fletch Fletcher, who learns that he has inherited a mansion in Louisiana. Once arriving, Fletch's Aunt's lawyer is murdered, leaving Fletch to unravel the mystery.
In order to catch the real killers and clear his name, Fletch dons a series of disguises and infiltrates the congregation of television evangelist Jimmy Lee Farnsworth who wants to gain control of Fletch's land in order to build a Christian theme park.
Fletch Lives was filmed in Louisiana.
[edit] Cast
- Chevy Chase as Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher
- Hal Holbrook as Hamilton "Ham" Johnson
- Julianne Phillips as Becky Culpepper
- R. Lee Ermey as Jimmy Lee Farnsworth
- Richard Libertini as Frank Walker
- Randall "Tex" Cobb as Ben Dover
- Cleavon Little as Calculus Entropy
- George Wyner as Marvin Gillet
- Patricia Kalember as Amanda Ray Ross
- Geoffrey Lewis as Ku Klux Klan Leader
- Richard Belzer as Phil
- Phil Hartman as Bly manager
- Dennis Burkley as Joe Jack
[edit] Selected quotes
- "It takes a big man to admit when he's wrong. I am NOT a big man." - Chevy Chase as Fletch.
- "Hey, everybody! Ed the Third here owns Harley-Davidson! We're the Nazis from Natchez!" - Dennis Burkley as Joe Jack.
- "Our families go back for hundreds of years - your great-grandparents owned my great-grandparents and that's how it all started." - Cleavon Little as Calculus Entropy
