For some reason i just got the feeling like it's a TV movie, and not an actual movie like Kramer vs. Kramer or Being There (Which are from 1979 as well)
The Score, The Plot, it was TV movie like, Anyone know if it is?
If it was a TV movie, IMDB would have labelled it as such. Do you seriously see Pacino doing a TV movie in 1979?
shareOn the DVD extras there is an interview with Barry Levinson who co-wrote it with Valerie Curtain (who had previous writing experience from television sitcoms). Levinson states that initially they tried to sell the idea as a television series, but none of the networks were interested. I watched it again a couple nights ago. The last time was thirty-one years ago (1985). Watching something after thirty years of living can give you some insight that was lacking at the age of seventeen and I caught what you're talking about. It does have a television feel to it. I could easily see the television roots in the way the characters were written. Al Pacino's character would be the cynical crusader battling the system while trying to keep his integrity. There is his partner with his many issues and they have the wise-cracking secretary who keeps the practice going. Pacino will have his colorful longtime clients who will expect him to be their babysitter and there is the cute senile grandfather. Even the soundtrack had a television feeling to it. It's still a very watchable movie and I actually think it's held up well, but there it's roots was in television. Good observation.
shareI just saw it again yesterday since I am on vacation and bored and found a movie channel website online.
This is what I thought, that this would actually have made a good television show (without the s-words, f-words and pictures of women with too much pubic hair). Had a Hill Street Blues kind of vibe to it, and it was perfect for the era.
Well it was the late seventies and big hair was in style.
shareIt's basically the score, it was very "tv series".
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