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Dragnet (1987)
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The line between parody and tribute can be hard to draw, but any marginally hip baby boomer who ever watched Jack Webb's straight-laced Detective Joe Friday caught a glimmer of the comedic vein waiting to be mined beneath Dragnet's gritty Los Angeles streets. In 1987 moviegoers had yet to be crushed under the weight of the 1990s TV remake mania, and Dragnet comes off as fresh and funny. Dan Aykroyd plays Joe Friday, the straight-arrow nephew of Webb's iconic cop. This part was made for him (in fact, he's given top writing credit), and under his steely exterior you can tell he's having a ball delivering those rapid-fire...
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| Dragnet Movie Review by Ron (6/21/2007) |
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'Dragnet' the movie is a parody of 'Dragnet' the television series. It stars Dan Aykroyd as no nonsense detective Joe Friday and Tom Hanks as Pep Streebeck, his hip wise cracking partner. The plot has the two mismatched partners trying to solve a case involving the sleazy publisher of a playboyesque magazine [Dabney...
(complete Dragnet review by Ron)
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