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Fletch is a 1985 American comedy thriller film directed by Michael Ritchie and written by Andrew Bergman. Based on Gregory Mcdonald 's popular Fletch novels, the film stars Chevy Chase as the eponymous character. It co-stars Tim Matheson, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Geena Davis and Joe Don Baker.
Deep into an investigation of drug traffic on the city’s beaches, Fletch is approached by a young man (Tim Matheson) with a simple proposition: He wants to be killed. The story is that Matheson is dying of cancer and wants to die violently so his family can qualify for enlarged insurance benefits but Fletch doesn’t buy it.
Fletch is an ace reporter. While working on a story on Drug sales, he is approached by Alan Stanwyck who wants Fletch to murder him to save him from a lingering cancer death. Fletch begins to nose around and finds irregularities in Stanwyck's past and Underhill's Visa Number. — John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>.
Fletch: Directed by Michael Ritchie. With Chevy Chase, Joe Don Baker, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Richard Libertini. While working undercover wisecracking newspaper reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher is offered a large sum by a millionaire with a terminal disease to kill him.
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- Comedy, Crime, Mystery
- Michael Ritchie
- 1985-05-31
- The Film Is Based on A Series of Novels.
- Chevy Chase Is A Big Fan.
- Many of Fletch’s Classic Lines Were Ad-Libbed by Chase.
- Fletch Is A Fan of Using Celebrity and Famous Character Names as His aliases.
- The Film’S Theatrical Poster Features A Scene That Was Cut from The Final Movie.
- Fletch’s Robed Disguise Was Based on A Real person.
- Fletch Has Another Animal House Connection.
- The Hat Fletch Wears in The End of The Movie Is from The USCSS Nostromo.
Since 1974, mystery writer Gregory Mcdonald has written 11 novels featuring the character Irwin Maurice Fletcher. The most recent Fletch novel was written in 1994 (Mcdonald died in 2008).
Fletch star Chevy Chase has cited the comedy as his all-time personal favorite film of which he has been a part.
Director Michael Ritchie would shoot one take that stuck strictly to the script and then let Chase improvise for each additional take. Many of the improvised takes made it into the final movie.
Some examples include Ted Nugent, Babar, Igor Stravinsky, Gordon Liddy, Don Corleone, and Harry S. Truman.
In the poster, Fletch is disguised as a hockey player. Fletch was also supposed to go incognito as a relief pitcher for the L.A. Dodgers (featuring a cameo by then head coach Tommy Lasorda)—but that scene was cut, too.
With his long beard and roller skates, Fletch was meant to resemble the new age spiritual healer and guru Ram Dass (author of Be Here Now).
The banquet that Fletch interrupts is being held for Fred Dorfman, the brother of Kent Dorfman (aka Flounder), one of the frat brothers from Animal House.
Ring any bells? It’s the spaceship from the 1979 sci-fi classic Alien. In fact Fletch wears the same hat that Harry Dean Stanton’s character wears throughout that movie.
- Sean Hutchinson
Aug 30, 2022 · In this mystery/comedy, Chase portrays Fletch, a newspaper reporter who is asked to murder a mysterious millionaire supposedly dying of cancer. However, when the truth is revealed that this man...
Unaware of Fletch's true identity, businessman Alan Stanwyk (Tim Matheson) offers Fletch $50,000 to kill him. Intrigued, Fletch decides to unearth the full story behind the offer.
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- Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
- PG
