This is a remarkable film in the sense that some Nutmeg connected to producing it walked away and lost interest in it. Whatever he was suffering from infected everyone else on the crew and they decided to play it for laughs, and maybe that was the best thing to do. There was probably seven scripts and 301 re-writes and total chaos on the sets, the action was so trigger happy that Jesse James, Wes Hardin and Bonnie and Clyde would have complained to the censors if they were around. The stars of the show Russel and Costner looked totally lost, has-beens from yesterdays box office. This film was saved by Courtney Cox and the Kid who played her son. If I was re-writing it I would have made it a film centred on these two - a mother and son film who robbed a casino to raise bail money to get Russell out of jail, Costner could have played the crooked Sherriff who wants a share of the loot but gets his just deserts. The Oscar goes to Courtney Cox, and the Kid mentioned gets the Shirley Temple Prize for Best Performance by an under age juvenile.
My re-write would have saved $30 m dollars in production costs and the weapons and bullets saved could have been used on another two films. Was it a good film, No, Did I enjoy it, Yes, the Golden Snip scissors could have shortened it by 30 minutes and no one would have known. The scenery was great, some of the stunts were hard work, but the script was even harded, 5 stars, 10 stars to Cox.
My re-write would have saved $30 m dollars in production costs and the weapons and bullets saved could have been used on another two films. Was it a good film, No, Did I enjoy it, Yes, the Golden Snip scissors could have shortened it by 30 minutes and no one would have known. The scenery was great, some of the stunts were hard work, but the script was even harded, 5 stars, 10 stars to Cox.