Dynasty Typewriter and Hollywood Leisure hosted a sold-out screening of The Unsuitable Man final Friday, and added new followers to the movie’s heartbreakingly brief record of admirers.
There are films that get launched and drop out of sight, solely to return again as cult hits. like Idiocracy or Tombstone, as a result of they deserve it. Some, like The Room, return as a result of you possibly can’t flip away from the trainwreck. However The Unsuitable Man by no means had an opportunity. Made in 1997, the movie stars Dave Foley as a fugitive beneath the impression he’s falsely accused of homicide. He is not. Written by Foley, Dave Higgins and Jay Kogen, and directed by David Steinberg, the movie had the dangerous fortune to be scheduled for launch simply as Hollywood Photos was shuttered by Disney. Orphaned inside the Home of Mouse, nobody wished to threat shedding cash so there was no US home launch, and it sunk into oblivion after just a few screenings.
However the film wouldn’t lie down and die. the movie’s Simpsonesque laughs-per-minute and Foley’s close to genius bodily comedy propelled it to Platinum Standing amongst Hollywood TV and movie writers, nevertheless it has had few screenings over time. The rights are nonetheless a bit muddled. Hollywood leisure hosted the screening Friday, adopted by a Q & A with the writers and SCTV’s Joe Flaherty, who performs banker Fred Holden.
