the in-laws

Friday 28th June

Serpentine! Serpentine!

Be prepared to be bowled over by a classic comedy, as tightly crafted as Frasier with all the usual dead pan deliveries from Mr Falk - quite how this film remains so unknown here is a travesty.

Seeing this had been remastered in 4K, I had to share it.

“The In-Laws” is one of the few movies that has the ability to rend anyone who sees it virtually helpless with laughter. A wild 1979 romp that became a cult classic from practically the moment that it was released and has subsequently grown to be generally regarded as one of the all-time classics of screen comedy. When I first saw it I probably didn’t get half the jokes at the time and I still thought it was hysterical. Upon subsequent viewings—and believe me, there have been plenty of those—I would not only get more of the jokes but I would gain an enormous appreciation for how all of its oddball elements come together perfectly.

The leaping-off point of the film is the imminent marriage of the daughter of the exceedingly normal and quiet Manhattan dentist Sheldon Kornpett (Arkin) to the son of Vince Ricardo (Falk), who has been away on business so frequently that Sheldon has not yet actually met his future in-law.

Finally, the two families get together for a dinner during which Vince regales them with increasingly insane stories and Sheldon begs his daughter to call off the engagement.

He gives Vince a second chance the next day when his pending in-law drops by Sheldon’s office and asks him to do one small favor and the mayhem is unleashed. Vince explains, he belongs with the CIA and is working on a case involving a plot based out of Central America to steal dollar engraving plates and took it upon himself. to solve the case. Needless to say, things get far more complicated and Sheldon learns there is a very good chance that Vince was drummed out of the CIA for mental health reasons.

“The In-Laws”, an absolute classic fronted by two of the best (not to be confused with the re-make, which sits alongside the re-make of The Italian Job).

CAST: Peter Falk | Alan Arkin

DIRECTOR: James Whale

SET MENU | THEME: N.Y. American

Welcome glass of Pennsylvanian sparking rose .

Chicken Parmigiana followed by New York baked cheesecake on nut base.

Programme:

6:00pm Event opens with welcoming drinks in the courtyard

7:45pm Dinner served

8:15pm Film starts

9:15pm Interval

11:30 Bar closes

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