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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Mild Violence, Brief Nudity, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language Movie Release: 1984 DVD Release: 10/20/1998 Format: DVD Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 36 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Total Copies: 21 Genres: Comedy, Romantic Comedy, Political Satire, Media Satire

In this routine spoof of government and media foibles, Sunny (Goldie Hawn) is an ordinary cocktail waitress, someone who graduated in the top 75% of her class. When she dramatically prevents the assassination of a visiting dignitary, an Emir (Richard Romanus) from an Arab country. the event puts her dead center at a whirlwind of media attention, and she gets her a job in the protocol department of the government -- nothing that cocktail waitressing can really prepare one to do. Sunny's nemesis is the evil Mrs. St. John (Gail Strickland) who does not appreciate her inane blunders, and with a few cohorts, she schemes to ship Sunny off to join the Emir's harem, in exchange for a military base in his country. The daffy ex-cocktail waitress is not also blind and deaf, and before long, she suspects that something underhanded is in fact, underfoot. Now she has to find out what it is and how to stop it. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

Goldie Hawn - Sunny
Chris Sarandon - Michael
Richard Romanus - Emir
Andre Gregory - Nawaf Al Kabeer
Gail Strickland - Mrs. St. John

Herbert Ross directs Goldie Hawn in the comedy Protocol, which comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer that fails to preserve the original theatrical aspect ratio of the film. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Surround. There are no subtitles. But the soundtrack is closed-captioned. There are no supplemental materials of any consequence. This is a bare-bones release from Warner Brothers. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide