Goldie Hawn portrays the delightful Sunny Davis in this quirky movie. Sunny is a cocktail waitress that always seems to be on intimate terms with Murphy. Anything that can usually does go wrong for her. When she sees a man with a gun, and thwarts his plans, it is revealed later that an assassination was going to take place. Sunny has saved the Emir, and in the process takes a bullet in the tush. She is turned into a media darling overnight. A grateful government gives her a job in the protocol office, but that is only what appears to be on the surface. The Emir has decided that he wants Sunny for his next wife, and thus a deal is struck. When Sunny discovers what her government has done on her behalf, Washington will never be the same. I enjoyed Goldie and Chris Sarandon. They have chemistry, and great comedic timing.
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Funny and makes you think
Added 7/11/2007
In her classic somewhat dizzy but always likeable role, Goldie Hawn plays Sunny Davis, an unassuming, average gal who happens to stumble into some unbelievable circumstances. Sunny is a cocktail waitress in Washington, DC, who while standing outside watching a crowd scene, happens to be standing next to a guy who pulls a gun. In an act of heroics, she grabs the gun and thwarts his attempt on an Arab royal. She becomes a media darling afterward, appearing on many covers of magazines and being praised for her act. A government department, in an effort to cash in on this gal's 15 minutes, invites her to become a representative of the Washington Protocol department, preforming acts of international diplomacy. She bungles through much of it, but approaches things with a sense of humor and brings a lightheartedness to the otherwise stuffy parties and duties. In an odd twist, Sunny was unknowningly promised to the Emir whose life she saved as a wife. She is then traded to him in exchange for military supplies and loyalty. A rather quirky movie that had always been in my favorite list.
While the humor is obvious (fish out of water, culture and class conflict, etc.), there are some lessons to be learned. Sunny is and all American gal who doesn't know much about the world she lives in. Indeed, when she is brought before a committee to investigate the goings on of her trade to the Emir, she spells it out by saying that she is responsible for all the problems. She bought all the fame and fortune and glam without knowing what she was getting. She never read the paper, never read the Declaration of Independence before taking some visiting dignitaries to see it, and never watched the news. She wasn't concerned with those things. But once she was thrust into the middle of it, she suddenly was. How many of us will end up in this situation? Very few. But we do owe it to ourselves to be more informed and see the forest from the trees. Perhaps her example will serve for some change.
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Needs a widescrren release
Added 1/15/2006
WB needs to rerelease this in widescreen. It ain't right to release widescreen filmed movies on dvd in Full screen only
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one of those decent 80's comedies
Added 9/8/2003
Protocol is one of those movies that you can watch one day and find humoress but then not remember much about it for a long time this is like most 80's comedies. Goldie Hawn puts up a great preformance and you got to love Goldie Hawn after all she is kate hudson's mom and man is Kate Hudson hot
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A great feel good movie. Except that the quality of the DVD. It flickers threw the first hour. I think they could have put more effort in the manufacturing.
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Goldie Hawn portrays the delightful Sunny Davis in this quirky movie. Sunny is a cocktail waitress that always seems to be on intimate terms with Murphy. Anything that can usually does go wrong for her. When she sees a man with a gun, and thwarts his plans, it is revealed later that an assassination was going to take place. Sunny has saved the Emir, and in the process takes a bullet in the tush. She is turned into a media darling overnight. A grateful government gives her a job in the protocol office, but that is only what appears to be on the surface. The Emir has decided that he wants Sunny for his next wife, and thus a deal is struck. When Sunny discovers what her government has done on her behalf, Washington will never be the same. I enjoyed Goldie and Chris Sarandon. They have chemistry, and great comedic timing.
18 out of 19 people found this helpful.
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Funny and makes you think
Added 7/11/2007
In her classic somewhat dizzy but always likeable role, Goldie Hawn plays Sunny Davis, an unassuming, average gal who happens to stumble into some unbelievable circumstances. Sunny is a cocktail waitress in Washington, DC, who while standing outside watching a crowd scene, happens to be standing next to a guy who pulls a gun. In an act of heroics, she grabs the gun and thwarts his attempt on an Arab royal. She becomes a media darling afterward, appearing on many covers of magazines and being praised for her act. A government department, in an effort to cash in on this gal's 15 minutes, invites her to become a representative of the Washington Protocol department, preforming acts of international diplomacy. She bungles through much of it, but approaches things with a sense of humor and brings a lightheartedness to the otherwise stuffy parties and duties. In an odd twist, Sunny was unknowningly promised to the Emir whose life she saved as a wife. She is then traded to him in exchange for military supplies and loyalty. A rather quirky movie that had always been in my favorite list.
While the humor is obvious (fish out of water, culture and class conflict, etc.), there are some lessons to be learned. Sunny is and all American gal who doesn't know much about the world she lives in. Indeed, when she is brought before a committee to investigate the goings on of her trade to the Emir, she spells it out by saying that she is responsible for all the problems. She bought all the fame and fortune and glam without knowing what she was getting. She never read the paper, never read the Declaration of Independence before taking some visiting dignitaries to see it, and never watched the news. She wasn't concerned with those things. But once she was thrust into the middle of it, she suddenly was. How many of us will end up in this situation? Very few. But we do owe it to ourselves to be more informed and see the forest from the trees. Perhaps her example will serve for some change.
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Needs a widescrren release
Added 1/15/2006
WB needs to rerelease this in widescreen. It ain't right to release widescreen filmed movies on dvd in Full screen only
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