Failed Screenwriter’s Notebook

Comedy | Musical | Romance

 

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From the fabulous stage show comes this larger than life musical epic bringing you an all-star cast, the songs of Cliff Richard and an extravaganza of dancing & laughter you’ll never forget. The feel good film of the year.

The story of estranged father & son Altzeimers sufferers (Tony Curtis & Al Pacino) who travel to Ho Chi Minh City to track down their long lost wife/mother (the legendary retired stripper… who might actually be a man – we just don’t know  (Judi Dench)… who now runs a Vietnamese brothel with an iron fist (note: that could also be the name of the brothel?)

  

Al Pacino gets to shout ”Hoochie Mamma!” a lot while somehow Tony Curtis manages to convey a full range of emotions, despite his limited vocabulary: the constantly repeated phrase: “Hoochie mamma?!”