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Spies Like Us (Snap Case)
Spies Like Us
Snap Case
Actors: Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Steve Forrest, Donna Dixon, Bruce Davison
Director: John Landis
Genres: Comedy, Military & War
PG     1998     1hr 42min

Chase and Aykroyd star as U.S. government spies who don't work out exactly as their superiors had hoped. Genre: Feature Film-Comedy Rating: PG Release Date: 8-FEB-2005 Media Type: DVD
     
     

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Actors: Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Steve Forrest, Donna Dixon, Bruce Davison
Director: John Landis
Creators: Bernie Brillstein, Brian Grazer, Erik Disch, Babaloo Mandel, Dave Thomas, Lowell Ganz
Genres: Comedy, Military & War
Sub-Genres: John Landis, Terry Gilliam, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Military & War
Studio: Warner Home Video
Format: DVD - Color,Full Screen - Closed-captioned
DVD Release Date: 11/10/1998
Original Release Date: 12/06/1985
Theatrical Release Date: 12/06/1985
Release Year: 1998
Run Time: 1hr 42min
Screens: Color,Full Screen
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Total Copies: 4
Members Wishing: 0
MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Languages: English
Subtitles: English

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Member Movie Reviews

K. K. (GAMER)
Reviewed on 8/31/2022...
A classic with Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd and others making it such a fun spy comedy flick! A must see!
Jason U. (ah-nold) from COVENTRY, RI
Reviewed on 1/21/2009...
How this movie has such a low rating in here is amazing to me. Classic movie by anyone's standards.
4 of 5 member(s) found this review helpful.

Movie Reviews

Horrible DVD of a great film
Inspector Gadget | On the trail of Doctor Claw | 02/13/2010
(4 out of 5 stars)

"I first saw Spies Like Us when I was a kid, when Chevy Chase was my favourite actor. I must have seen it about fifty times since then and I am almost word-perfect on the script. However, I've never owned the DVD since Warner have never released it in its original 1.85:1 aspect ratio. Thankfully it is currently available in HD on the PlayStation network.

Emmett Fitz-Hume and Austin Millbarge (Chase and Aykroyd) are two lowly government workers who are suddenly promoted to the elite GLG-20 spy status after they are caught cheating on a test. What they don't know is that they are just decoys to draw heat away from the real spies and are promptly dumped straight into enemy territory.

Chase and Aykroyd have great chemistry together and I'm surprised they didn't work together much after this (although they did hook up for The Couch Trip, Caddyshack 2 and Nothing But Trouble). There's loads of fun to had in watching them bumble from one zany situation from the next. And, as this is a Landis film, there are director cameos all over the place. Keep a lookout for Terry Gilliam, Martin Brest, Joel Coen, Sam Raimi etc.

Despite the fanbase, Warner have never showed this film any respect or given special treatment of any kind when it comes to the home video market. As I already said, as of yet the only DVD available is the fullscreen version from 1998. Even the HD version I watched was from a very murky print and has terrible sound. If Warner make a Blu Ray from this master it's still not worth buying.

Give it a rent unless a proper remaster is done. Which is unlikely."