Search - Wrongfully Accused on DVD

MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Adult Humor, Profanity Movie Release: 1998 DVD Release: 12/22/1998 Format: DVD Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 26 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Total Copies: 3 Genres: Comedy, Parody/Spoof, Absurd Comedy

Pat Proft directed this satire on The Fugitive with a plot parody of the 1993 Harrison Ford movie, which in turn was inspired by the 1963-67 ABC television series with David Janssen. Violinist Ryan Harrison (Leslie Nielsen) romances the wife (Kelly Le Brock) of his benefactor (Michael York), a man murdered by mercenaries. Naturally, Ryan gets blamed. Headed for Death Row, he's on a bus involved in a train accident and escapes in order to locate the real killer -- a one-armed, one-legged, one-eyed man. Tracking Ryan is Lt. Fergus Falls (Richard Crenna). Other movies lampooned here include Titanic, Clear and Present Danger, Chinatown, Mission Impossible, and North by Northwest. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

Leslie Nielsen - Ryan Harrison
Richard Crenna - Lt. Fergus Falls
Kelly LeBrock - Lauren Goodhue
Melinda McGraw - Cass Lake
Michael York - Hibbing Goodhue

Spoofing such films as The Fugitive and Mission: Impossible, this DVD is loaded with extras, making this poorly received film worth checking out on DVD. Director Pat Proft is very funny in his interviews in the behind-the scenes featurette, and interviews with the rest of the cast are also highly entertaining. Extras-wise, there's a theatrical trailer, TV spots, cast and crew bios, hilarious interactive menus, production notes, a great slide show of photos, and even a trivia game (DVD-ROM users only). There's even a special-effects featurette where F/X guys show their work on specific scenes, including green-screen shots and before-and-after effects composite shots. The only flaw to the disc -- and it's a major flaw to the DVD collector -- is that the film is available only in full-screen standard format. It's as if the producers of this DVD put their time and energy into everything but the movie. ~ Arthur Borman, All Movie Guide