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Maxie (1985)
Released By: HBO Video   Rating: PG   In Theaters: N/A
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Studio: HBO Video
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Paul Aaron
Language: English
Official Website: N/A
Theatrical Release: N/A
Home Video Release: N/A
Cast: Barnard Hughes, Glenn Close, Harry Hamlin, Mandy Patinkin, Ruth Gordon, Valerie Curtin
Published ID: 2519
UPC: 027616883292,
Plot: In this comedy, an ordinary woman finds herself sharing both her home and her body with a ghost who has a pronounced wild streak. Jan (Glenn Close) and Nick (Mandy Patinkin) are a couple moving into an apartment in an old Victorian house in San Francisco. Jan is a straight-laced secretary working for a Catholic bishop, while Nick deals in used books. While stripping some old wallpaper in their new home, they discover a message written on the wall, which their flaky landlady Mrs. Lavin (Ruth Gordon) informs them was written by Maxie, a high-spirited flapper who had a career in silent films before dying in a car wreck on her way to audition for D.W. Griffith. Out of curiosity, Jan and Nick rent a video of one of Maxie's films to see her in action, but it just so happens that Maxie's ghost still lives in the house -- and is looking for a human host. Maxie's spirit enters Jan's body and makes her presence known at the most inconvenient times; suddenly mild mannered Jan is kicking up her heels, swilling gin, starting arguements, and acting like a flaming youth straight out of the 1920s. Nick finds Maxie a good bit more exciting than Jan and even tries to launch Maxie back into a movie career by having her audition for a remake of Cleopatra opposite Harry Hamlin; Jan, however, just wants to have her body to herself again. Maxie proved to be one of the last screen appearances for veteran actress Ruth Gordon, who died several weeks before the film was released. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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Added 5/5/2009
my experiance with ordering from amazon have been good, although the movie I am reviewing was only watched once before the case broke (the protector flap broke off) most likely a well loved movie......
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LOVE THIS MOVIE!
Added 11/15/2007
I have loved this movie for years. I love Glenn Close in this movie so much. A total departure for Fatal Attraction that's for sure. I love the story line and the relationship between Mandy Patinkin and GC. It's very cute. Can't wait for this to come out on DVD.
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Go peddle it else where the good's look damaged !
Added 7/24/2007
I love this film , I have it on VHS . I just refuse to pay for what theyre asking for on DVD , please "Cleopatra and Gone with the wind " didnt ask for that price . Ill wait until I see $19.95 .
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Disappointed by Production of Tape
Added 7/24/2007
Great movie,excellent acting and story/line but this product unlike most VHS pre-records is done in EP mode rather than the top quality SP mode (and niether the seller or the price tag would suggest that your'e purchasing anything but the best replication available) and the tracking static is impossible to control,it's either present at the top of the screen or the bottom.

Purchasers should be forwarned of this especially if it's their intent to make a VHS to DVD conversion. In fairness to the product,if you can live with the static (from the Tracking)you'll probably find it to be minute enough to look beyond, especially since Maxie (G.Close's)role is that of a Flapper from the Twenties when static was commonplace........
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Best Movie Ever
Added 3/12/2007
I am fortunate to own Maxie on VHS, however over the years the color is beginning to fade and the quality isn't as good as it originally was. I have watched this movie many time and I have to give credit to Ruth Gordon for the wonderful job that she did in this outstanding movie. I have been waiting for several years for Mixie to come out on DVD. This movie won't be a disappointment. It only continues to get better and better.
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