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The Fletch Collection | 
 enlarge | Director: Michael Ritchie
Actors: Chevy Chase, Joe Don Baker, Hal Holbrook, Dana Wheeler-nicholson, Richard Libertini
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.98
Buy New: $12.29
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Rating:  105 reviews
Sales Rank: 5806
Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 193 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: MCAD61102378D
UPC: 025195018579
EAN: 0025195018579
ASIN: B0019HQICW
Release Date: August 19, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Five Star Seller!!! New, factory sealed US Region 1 DVD. Item is 100% guaranteed not to be a bootleg or import. Item is shipped directly from our warehouse. Easy exchange if item defective or damaged in shipped.
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Gregory McDonald's lightweight mystery novel about an undercover newspaper reporter cracking a police drug ring is transformed by screenwriter Andrew Bergman (iBlazing Saddles/i, and writer/director of iThe Freshman/i and iHoneymoon in Vegas/i) into a fairly sarcastic and occasionally very funny Chevy Chase vehicle. Enjoyment of the film pivots on whether you find Chase's flippant, smart-ass brand of verbal humor funny, or merely egocentric. If you don't like Chase, there's really no one else worth watching (Geena Davis is sadly underused). Chase seems born to play I.M. "Fletch" Fletcher, a disillusioned investigative reporter whose cynicism and detached view on life mirrors the actor's understated approach to comedy. Fletcher offers Chase the opportunity to adopt numerous personas, as his job requires numerous (bad) physical disguises, and much of film's humor centers on the ridiculous idea that any of these phony accents or bad hairpieces could fool anyone. These not-so-clever disguises are put to use when Fletch becomes involved in the film's smart but continually self-mocking two-part mystery. As well as trying to gather drug-smuggling evidence against the LAPD for a long-overdue newspaper story, a rich and apparently terminally ill stranger also offers Fletch a large payoff to kill him. While the film does a fairly good job juggling both of these plots, not to mention tossing in a love interest as well, it's subservient, for better or worse, to Chase's memorable one-liners and disguises. Followed by two forgettable sequels that lack both the original's wit and Chase's attention span. --iDave McCoy/i
Description
Follow the clues with Chevy Chase as Irwin #147;Fletch#148; Fletcher in this hilarious 2-movie set, The Fletch Collection! The antics begin with the original comedy Fletch, which follows the reckless investigative reporter - who changes his identity more often than his underwear - as he uncovers police corruption, forbidden romance and murder. The humor continues in Fletch Lives as the newspaper sleuth travels to Louisiana to live the good life but soon finds himself immersed in the kind of troubles that only an ace newsman can solve. It's no mystery that The Fletch Collection is zany, timeless fun you'll enjoy again and again!
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 Fletch Collection September 30, 2008
Kenny Viewer (Kelowna, BC CA)
This is a must have for a Chevy fan. His intelligent style of comedy mixed in with his costumes is great.
Great Movie September 22, 2008
Michael Dugat (Carrollton, TX)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you haven't seen this movie and are not about to purchase it please follow these instructions: br / br /1. Go to UPS or Fed Ex or any shipping store and purchase a large box and tape. br / br /2. Bring empty box home and disconnect all video equipment. br / br /3. Package your television into the box, along with any DVD player or other peripherals. br / br /4. Now ship the box to anyone else, because you don't deserve to waste your equipments lifespan any further. br / br /That is all.
 Fun Times August 30, 2008
OneToughCop (North Carolina)
Chevy Chase is funny, great story and movie. It just lacked enough funny moments. A good cast and this movie help chase a lot. I would definitely recommend for a chase fan.
 A Fletch Collection DVD short review August 21, 2008
James Lewis (Raleigh, NC USA)
Got The Fletch Collection in the mail from Amazon yesterday (8/20/08). Fletch is the same exact disc that is found in the "Jane Doe" edition and Fletch Lives is the same blue disc as in the previous dvd release, that is still available for purchase. The set is almost identical to the "Jane Doe" edition in the sense that there's a slip cover and a single dvd case with a "flipper". There is no digi-pak here folks. The only special features are the same ones on the "Jane Doe" edition. Fletch is in 5.1 Dolby and Fletch Lives only has 2.0 Dolby. Both are in 1.85:1 anamorphic. br /Great buy if you don't own either or if you want to upgrade to save a slight bit of space.
High-point of Chevy Chase's career "its all ballbearings these days", July 2, 2008
Dmitri M. A. Hubbard (Hong Kong)
This movie has more one-liners than a cheap singles bar! br / br /Dr. Joseph Dolan: You know, it's a shame about Ed. br /Fletch: Oh, it was. Yeah, it was really a shame. To go so suddenly like that. br /Dr. Joseph Dolan: He was dying for years. br /Fletch: Sure, but... the end was very... very sudden. br /Dr. Joseph Dolan: He was in intensive care for eight weeks. br /Fletch: Yeah, but I mean the very end, when he actually died. That was extremely sudden. br / br /And so Chevy Chase, reporter managers to bungle his way through many different undercover guises in the way to getting his story... and you will enjoy the ride, because it is funny, and dry and off the wall. br / br /Incidentally I don't know why Chevy Chase seemed to get less funny as he got older. Same thing that happened to Steve Martin.
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