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Herbert Ross directed this Nora Ephron-scripted buddy comedy starring Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, and Joan Cusack. Steve Martin plays Vinnie Antonelli, a street smart mobster who agrees to turn state's evidence and is forced to move to Fryburg, California as part of the witness relocation program. Rick Moranis plays the nebbish FBI agent Barney Coopersmith, who is assigned to help Vinnie adjust to small town life. Instead, Vinnie helps Barney come out of his shell, much to the consternation of divorced mother and relentless district attorney Hannah Stubbs (Joan Cusack). ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
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1. Blue sky Credits (My Blue Heaven). [:12]
2. The Wilkinsons move in. [1:56]
3. Barney's troubles. [4:22]
4. Supermarket sweep (Stranger In Paradise, The Boy From New York City). [4:04]
5. Asst. D.A. Hannah Stubbs. [3:01]
6. Barney to the "rescue". [3:43]
7. Thanksgiving down the drain. [3:38]
8. Undercover work at the mall. [2:23]
9. Two dirty rats at the pet shop. [3:17]
10. "I'm wit' chu." [2:55]
11. Old friends reunite. [3:09]
12. Crime wave. [2:09]
13. Big Apple reception committee. [4:47]
14. Tailor-made. [4:19]
15. Caught with pants down. [1:47]
16. A night out-in underwear. [2:02]
17. Merengue! [1:38]
18. Testifying in detail. [5:01]
19. Taken out to the ball game (Surfin' USA). [2:33]
20. Love in frozen foods. [7:05]
21. Fancy footwork by the sea. [1:55]
22. Getting acquainted; a lesson in knocking. [2:56]
23. Barney's new assignment. [2:08]
24. Vinnie's new venture. [2:07]
25. Stinger's get stung. [4:36]
26. Jailhouse blues. [3:38]
27. Disorder in the court. [2:18]
28. On the lam; sharpshooting. [1:40]
29. Amazing himself. [4:07]
30. End Credits (My Blue Heaven reprise). [3:07]
Joseph M. Caracciolo, Jr. Herbert Ross Anthea Sylbert
Editors
Stephen A. Rotter
Screen Writers
Nora Ephron
Set Designers
Jim Bayliss Robert Maddy Nick Navarro Donald J. Remacle
Others
Art Director - Richard G. Berger
Choreography - Lynne Taylor-Corbett
Cinematographer - John Bailey
Composer (Music Score) - Ira Newborn
Costume Designer - Joseph G. Aulisi
Executive Producer - Goldie Hawn
Production Designer - Charles Rosen
Sound/Sound Designer - Al Overton
While it wasn't exactly robbed of Best Picture, My Blue Heaven is a delightful and underrated film. The script by Nora Ephron is simple and entertaining and offers plenty of opportunities for Steve Martin to have fun with his role. It's refreshing to see Martin taking on a goofy character like mobster-with-a-heart-of-gold Vinnie Anotelli amid the countless long-suffering patriarchal roles he filled from the mid-'80s through the '90s, and he's both believable and funny in the part. Also, in perhaps the last example that he's a talented performer, Rick Moranis is a more than capable foil for the scheming and conniving Vinnie. The interaction between the two leads takes up most of the movie and it's that comedic chemistry that makes it so successful. The fact that the movie tanked at the box office could very well be the reason for Moranis' virtual disappearance from anything not about shrinking people and Martin's long string of uninteresting lead roles that followed. Either way, My Blue Heaven didn't deserve the shaft and is more than worthy of another look. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi
