Comedy-Deal of the Century

Beta Tape Deal of the Century Comedy….11339…Color…99 min….Warner Home Video….Starring…Chevy Chase, Sigourney Weaver, Gregory Hines with, Wallace Shawn, Richard Libertini and Vince Edwards…. A deal like this can blow up in your face! Fast-talking Eddie Muntz is a super salesman. Unfortunately, he works in a business where you can really make a killing. Eddie sells weapons. He sells little one that can kick off a riot, and bigger ones that can trigger a world war. But don t worry. Eddie won t sell weapons to just anybody. Only to folks with a suitcase full of money. Chevy Chase stars in William Friedkin s devilish satire of the international arms trade, Deal of the Century. It s a side-splitting peek behind the scenes at an industry that sells big bangs for big bucks – and shoulders a big responsibility for the current sorry state of global relations. Sigourney Weaver co-stars as Catherine deVoto, the amitious widow who turns Muntz on to a multi-million-dollar deal involving robot warplanes and dummy dictators. Gregory Hines plays Eddie s partner Ray, an ex-pilot whose high-flying conscience leads him into a double-cross dogfight that nearly gets everybody wiped out. The climax comes at a major weapons show, "Arms for Peace 84 -one of the most bizarre bazaars in film history. But according to Friedkin and screenwriter Paul Brickman (Risky Business), the reality that makes headlines is even stranger. As in real life, Muntz s weapons systems sometimes wind up in the wrong hands – or in both hands. "Sworn enemies shop for weapons side by side," Friedkin continues. "The people in this business are like little kids playing with toys. The only thing is that these toys can destroy the world." Deal of the Century is a very funny movie about a very serious subject – and if your laughter is a little nervous, you re beginning to get the point.