Loose Shoes
Loose Shoes (also known as Coming Attractions and Quackers) is a 1978 comedy film directed by Ira Miller and featuring Bill Murray. The film is presented as a series of movie trailers with titles such as The Howard Huge Story, Skate-boarders from Hell and The Invasion of the Penis Snatchers.
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| Directed by | Ira Miller |
| Written by | Varley Smith Ian Praiser Ira Miller Royce D. Applegate |
| Produced by | Joel Chernoff |
| Starring | Bill Murray Howard Hesseman Jaye P. Morgan Buddy Hackett Avery Schreiber Ed Lauter David Landsberg Misty Rowe Susan Tyrrell |
| Cinematography | Jack Beckett |
| Edited by | Alan Balsam |
| Music by | Murphy Dunne |
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| Distributed by | Atlantic Entertainment Group |
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Running time | 84 mins |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The film was originally released on September 1, 1978 as Coming Attractions and promoted with the tagline "The Movie That Makes Fun of the Movies".[1] It was re-released in 1980 under the title of Loose Shoes, capitalizing on the increased fame of Murray (Saturday Night Live, Meatballs) and Howard Hesseman (WKRP in Cincinnati).
The updated title is taken from a 1940s Cab Calloway-style song-and-dance number in the film's final skit, "Dark Town After Dark", which satirizes an infamous 1976 drunken, racist remark made by Gerald Ford's then-Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz (who was subsequently forced to resign) on a plane: "I'll tell you what the coloreds want. It's three things: first, a tight pussy; second, loose shoes; and third, a warm place to shit".
Cast
- Royce D. Applegate as Delmus
- Bill Murray as "Lefty" Schwartz
- Lewis Arquette as Warden
- Howard Hesseman as Ernie Piles, War Correspondent
- Dan McBride as Private Pyle
- Misty Rowe as Louise
- David Landsberg as Duddy Allen
- Brad Ashcraft as Raygoon Gasbar
- Dustin Day as “The Darknipple”
- Alexander Stowe as “Shame of Krakow”
- Avery Schreiber as Theater Manager
- Susan Tyrrell as "Boobies"
- Ed Lauter as Sheriff Bob
- Tom Baker as Billy "Jerk"
- Buddy Hackett as Himself, S.T.O.P.-I.T. Spokesman
- Sean Frye as Bobby, The S.T.O.P.-I.T. Poster Boy
- Jaye P. Morgan as S.T.O.P.-I.T. Nurse
- Sandy Helberg as Biker Eulogist
- Betty Thomas as Biker Chick
- Rod McCary as Clark
- Sid Haig as Lone Stranger
- Larry Hankin as 2nd Veteran
- David Downing as 'Loose Shoes' Singer
- Kinky Friedman as Prisoner
- Harry Shearer as The Narrator of "Darktown After Dark"
External links
- Loose Shoes at IMDb
- Loose Shoes at AllMovie
References
- "Coming Attractions". The Des Moines Register. August 31, 1978. p. 8. Retrieved July 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.