DVD. 1994 feature film. Stars Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, & James Garner. 127 min. Rated PG. Dolby dig. Standard & wide screen. Sound in Engl. & French. Subtitled in Engl., French , & Spanish. W/ filmographies, production notes, & scene ac cess. CC.
Bret Maverick, that charming, amoral gambler of TV fame, is back, and still wreaking comic havoc wherever he goes.
Maverick's out to compete in the Three Rivers Poker Championship, but he's got one small problem: he still needs another three grand for the entrance fee. Soon he's donning disguises, fighting Indians and holding up hooligans... doing anything he must to get that cash.
An updating of the classic Western TV series MAVERICK, this comic oater finds our fast-talking, hard-gambling hero surviving many adventures while trying to come up with enough money to play in a high-stakes poker game. Penned by William Goldman with music by Randy Newman. Academy Award Nominations: Best Costume Design.
Copyright 1994 Icon Productions.
Filmed in Technicolor; in Anamorphic.
Rated BBFC PG by the British Board of Film Classification.
Maverick Reviews:
"...Gibson, Foster and Garner have a ball, and they make the feeling contagious..."
-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
"...Entertaining, amiable....Consistently good to look at..."
-- Philip Kemp, Sight and Sound
"...Fast, funny, full of straight-ahead action and tongue-in-cheek jokes....A smart, new-fangled MAVERICK..."
-- Caryn James, New York Times
"The cast is adorable, the characters are foolproof..."
-- Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
"...The first lighthearted, laugh-oriented family Western in a long time....It's fun....One of the pleasures of the film is watching the actors used by director Richard Donner to populate his backgrounds..."
-- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)
Fun for the Entire Family Entertaining movie! Something fun for everyone. Mel Gibson is as charming as usual, James Garner is a natural in this part and Jodie Foster is delightful. Highly recommend! Submitted by a reviewer (Bowie, Maryland) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo 1 of 1 found this helpful.
Movie is Ultimate...... Maverick does all the magic in Providing the great entertainment to all the viewers....Melgibson performance is really Awsome...charm of Jodie Foster makes more interesting.... Overall its a movie which deserves to be in my personal library........ Submitted by visitprabhakar ("Bangalore,Karnataka,INDIA") Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
Good for a few laughs As always,Mel Gibson is fun to watch,but the jokes get old pretty quick. Submitted by Blake (Brandon,MS) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
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