Kurt Russell Retrospective

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Overboard (1987)

Did we mention that Russell has been partnered with Goldie Hawn for decades? Well he has, and here he shares the screen with her as well, adding screwball comedy to the list of his talents. Dean Proffitt is a slob living at one end of the food chain, whilst Hawn is Joanna, socialite extraordinaire and supreme snob. When she gets knocked off her luxury yacht, however, it’s Proffitt who rescues her and takes her to his home to recover. However, she can’t remember her former life and happily slots into Proffitt’s, looking after his kids, cleaning his home and, as you’d expect in any Garry Marshall (Pretty Woman) film, falling in love. Sure, he effectively kidnaps a woman but let’s gloss that because Pretty Woman falls apart fairly quickly if you stare at the central plot for too long, so let’s just not…




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