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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Adult Humor Movie Release: 1984 DVD Release: 08/27/2002 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish Subtitles: English, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 30 mins Studio: 20th Century Fox Members Wishing: 0 Genres: Comedy, Crime, Parody/Spoof, Crime Comedy, Gangster Film

This spoof of the 1930s and '40s crime stories ranges from the ridiculous to the sublime as it tells the story of Johnny Dangerously (Byron Thames as the young Johnny, Michael Keaton as the older), a devoted son to his ailing mother (Maureen Stapleton), so ill that she needs money for several operations. Johnny has nowhere to turn, and because gangsters tend to flourish in his neighborhood he goes to work for Dundee, a benevolent godfather-gangster type, in order to cover his mother's medical bills. Johnny hides his association with Dundee from his younger brother Tommy (Griffin Dunne) and goes so far as to pay for Tommy's law school fees -- supporting him until Tommy joins the staff of the local (and corrupt) district attorney's office for Burr (Danny DeVito). When Johnny starts working for Dundee, he clashes with the evil Vermin (Joe Piscopo) right from the beginning, but things only get worse. After Dundee decides to retire, Johnny ascends to the helm, and it does not look like Vermin is going to take that sitting down. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

Michael Keaton - Johnny Dangerously
Joe Piscopo - Vermin
Marilu Henner - Lil
Maureen Stapleton - Mom
Peter Boyle - Dundee

Amy Heckerling's broad gangster comedy Johnny Dangerously comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. It would be fair to say that the film has never looked better on home video. A closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo, while a French and a second English soundtrack have been recorded in Dolby Digital Mono. English and Spanish subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include a theatrical trailer. This is a decent release from 20th Century Fox. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide