See No Evil, Hear No Evil

"MURDER! The blind guy couldn't see it. The deaf guy couldn't hear it. Now they're both wanted for it."

1989 1h 42m EN

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6.8

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6.8

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★6.8TMDB · 1,127🥫29%Rotten Tomatoes●44Metacritic★6.8IMDB · 62,506

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Synopsis

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A murder takes place in the shop of David Lyons, a deaf man who fails to hear the gunshot being fired. Outside, blind man Wally Karue hears the shot, but cannot see the perpetrator. Both are arrested, but escape to form an unlikely partnership. Being chased by both the law AND the original killers, can the pair work together to outwit them all?

“MURDER! The blind guy couldn't see it. The deaf guy couldn't hear it. Now they're both wanted for it.”

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Cast

Richard Pryor
Wallace 'Wally' Karue
Gene Wilder
Dave Lyons
Joan Severance
Eve
Kevin Spacey
Kirgo
Alan North
Braddock
Alexandra Neil
Sally
John Capodice
Scotto
Tonya Pinkins
Leslie

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Arthur Hiller
Writers: Gene Wilder, Earl Barret, Eliot Wald
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 7

ERA

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37 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Arthur Hiller, shot by Victor J. Kemper. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Stewart Copeland. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Robert C. Jones shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 7

ERA

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Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder and Joan Severance carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "MURDER! The blind guy couldn't see it. The deaf guy couldn't hear it. Now they're both wanted for it.".

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7 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0098282 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Arthur Hiller directs. Victor J. Kemper behind the camera. Stewart Copeland scores. Robert C. Jones cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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137 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Directed by Arthur Hiller, shot by Victor J. Kemper. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Stewart Copeland. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Robert C. Jones shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder and Joan Severance carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "MURDER! The blind guy couldn't see it. The deaf guy couldn't hear it. Now they're both wanted for it.".
7IMDB entry: tt0098282 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 9 themes, including "blindness and impaired vision", "friendship", "deaf", "villainess".

The technical file

Cinematography: Victor J. Kemper
Original score: Stewart Copeland
Editing: Robert C. Jones
Production design: Robert Gundlach
Costume design: Ruth Morley
Makeup / hair: Toy Van Lierop
Sound: Richard Portman
Stunt coordinator: Conrad E. Palmisano
Runtime: 102 min · 1h 42m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $18,000,000
Box office: $46,900,000
Return: 261% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes: 29% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 44/100
IMDB rating: 6.8/10 · 62,506 votes
MPAA: R

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kevin20192024-09-20
★ 8/10
"See No Evil, Hear No Evil" is a very entertaining film and it is the perfect vehicle for the combined talents of Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder simply because it takes a straight forward central idea - Pryor is blind and Wilder is deaf - and it proceeds to place the pair in a succession of outrageous situations which quite frankly only they could perform as realistically as they do. This film also serves up a really generous ration of genuine laughs and it provides an empowering and positive attitude towards disability and as Wilder's character David Lyons comments at one point they are the least well equipped men to be doing what they are doing, but instead of this obstacle being a deterrent and a reason to give up it only serves to propel them forward.

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