Fletch Lives

"When there's more trouble than one man can handle...there's more than one man for the job."

1989 1h 35m EN

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Fletch is a fish out of water in small-town Louisiana, where he's checking out a tumbledown mansion he's inherited. When a woman he flirts with turns up dead, he becomes a suspect and must find the killer and clear his name.

“When there's more trouble than one man can handle...there's more than one man for the job.”

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Cast

Chevy Chase
Irwin 'Fletch' Fletcher
Hal Holbrook
Hamilton "Ham" Johnson
Julianne Phillips
Becky Culpepper
R. Lee Ermey
Jimmy Lee Farnsworth
Richard Libertini
Frank Walker
Randall 'Tex' Cobb
Ben Dover
Cleavon Little
Calculus Entropy
George Wyner
Marvin Gillet

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Michael Ritchie
Writers: Leon Capetanos
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.4× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Fletch Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Michael Ritchie, shot by John McPherson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

ERA

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

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Richard A. Harris shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Chevy Chase and Hal Holbrook and Julianne Phillips carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "When there's more trouble than one man can handle...there's more than one man for the job.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Michael Ritchie directs. John McPherson behind the camera. Harold Faltermeyer scores. Richard A. Harris cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Made its money back 4.4× over at the box office.
237 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Fletch Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Michael Ritchie, shot by John McPherson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Harold Faltermeyer. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Richard A. Harris shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Chevy Chase and Hal Holbrook and Julianne Phillips carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "When there's more trouble than one man can handle...there's more than one man for the job.".
9IMDB entry: tt0097366 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 10 themes, including "journalist", "plantation", "louisiana", "sequel".

The technical file

Cinematography: John McPherson
Original score: Harold Faltermeyer
Editing: Richard A. Harris
Production design: Gary Fettis
Costume design: Anna Hill Johnstone
Makeup / hair: Tom Miller
VFX supervisor: Neil Krepela
Sound: Rick Alexander
Stunt coordinator: Chuck Waters
Runtime: 95 min · 1h 35m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $8,000,000
Box office: $35,150,960
Return: 439% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Fletch Lives (1989)

Part of

Fletch Collection

Fletch is a 1985 comic action-thriller spy film directed by Michael Ritchie and written by Andrew Bergman and is loosely based on Gregory Mcdonald's popular Fletch novels. Tim Matheson, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Geena Davis and Joe Don Baker appear in supporting roles. Fletch fared well from critics and performed well at the box office. It has since developed a cult following and was followed by a 1989 sequel, Fletch Lives. A prequel, Fletch Won, has been in development for over two decades.

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GenerationofSwine2023-01-14
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I can understand a lot of the hate, or at least where its coming from. When I was a little kid and this first came out, most of it went right over my head...now that I am older, much, MUCH, older the fact that they are stereotyping the South in the most negative way possible is crystal clear. But hey, it's still funny and a lot of what they are poking fun at is still true today. I mean, there are places where I make sure my St. Christopher's medal is well hidden out of fear I'll be lynched for being Catholic and I am a white male. I guess what I am saying is that, it is a negative stereotype that certainly only applies to a minority, and a minority that is shrinking every day, but still one that has been well earned. So...chill, its all nothing but jokes, don't be as sensitive as us "PC Liberals" that you are always complaining are too sensitive. They are jokes, they are funny, and as a nation we really need to learn how to laugh at ourselves again.

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