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Spy Hard

Starring: Leslie Nielsen, Nicollette Sheridan
Director: Rick Friedberg
Original UK Premiere: 1996
Dvd Release: 12th February, 2001
Number Of Discs: 1
Format: PAL, Widescreen, Region 2 Encoding

Subtitled In: Dutch, English
Dubbed In: Italian

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Background Information: Spy Hard
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Spy Hard is a 1996 movie starring Leslie Nielsen, parodying James Bond films & other films in the genre. The soundtrack was written by Weird Al Yankovic. The plot is the standard story of a secret agent who is the only person who can stop the evil genius from taking over the world. The evil genius was wounded in an earlier encounter & no longer has arms; however, he can arm himself by attaching robotic limbs with various weapons attached.
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This is without a shadow of a doubt the most wretched film I have ever had the misfortune of watching. I implore you to give no credibility whatsoever to the other review, which I can only assume was written by a relative of Leslie Nielsen. I awarded it one star with massive reluctance - honestly, I could sit at this terminal for several months & still be unable to convey to you the hitherto unattainable levels of shamelessness that this film aspires, & succeeds, to reach. It is ASTONISHINGLY substandard. I would attempt to include some sort of silver lining to this darkest of clouds, but I fear that this would be like saying that Peter Sutcliffe `wasnt a bad lorry driver, actually. Goodness gracious me - I need to go & have a bath to wipe away the stains of mediocrity that just reviewing this film has bestowed upon me. so very very very very bad.
Biography: Leslie Nielsen
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Leslie Nielsen is an actor & comedian who was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. He studied at the Lorne Greene Academy of Radio Arts in Toronto before going to the United States. Initially a serious dramatic actor, appearing in such 1950s films as the science fiction classic Forbidden Planet, his career shifted later as Nielsen starred in a succession of broad comedies. His comedies include The Naked Gun series, Airplane! & a large number of other spoofs & comedies. He specialised in spoofing popular movie styles & conventions & his movies have sent up Disaster movies, Hospital dramas, Vampire & horror movies, action blockbusters etc His brother, Erik Nielsen, is a former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada. The sibling relationship serves as the premise of an HBO satirical documentary entitled The Canadian Conspiracy in which Leslie Nielsen appears, along with other prominent Canadian born media personalities. Leslie Nielsen has a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6541 Hollywood Blvd & has been inducted into Canadas Walk of Fame. The Naked Gun. From the Files of Police Squad!. Posters Of Naked Gun

Editors Choice: Spy Hard, Naked Gun, Repossessed, The Patriot, Prom Night, Chilly Dogs, Marx Brothers, The Unknown, View DVDology

Biography: Nicollette Sheridan
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Nicolette Sheridan is an English actress who is probably best known for her role as Paige Matheson on the primetime soap opera Knots Landing, from 1986 to 1993. Prime Time category. At the time she was credited as Nicollette Sheridan. She currently plays the role of Edie Britt on the TV show Desperate Housewives. On November 15, 2004, she appeared with Terrell Owens on a sexually provocative introduction to Monday Night Football that led to a rebuke from the NFL & FCC chairman Michael Powell.   at DesperateHousewives .com  . Posters Of Beverly Hills Ninja

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