Product Details

• Actors: Susan Dey, Tom Hulce, Michael Bowen, Christopher Walker, Shirley Jo Finney
• Directors: Robert Dornhelm
• Writers: Michael Ventura
• Producers: Philip B. Epstein, Ralph E. Cotta, Walter Shenson
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Polygram Video
• VHS Release Date: February 11, 1997
• Run Time: 88 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304362404
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #379,928 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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"I love that everyone is really an actress, is really a singer," confesses the ever hopeful Susan Dey, a bartender turned singing strip-o-gram still waiting for her big break. So, apparently, does director Robert Dornhelm, an Austrian who brings a fresh eye and an easygoing sympathy to a familiar story. Dey's new roommate, pizza delivery guy/budding songwriter Tom Hulce, is hopelessly in love with her while she falls madly into bed with her delightfully deluded duplex neighbor Michael Bowen, an Austrian bodybuilder ("body sculptor," he's quick to correct) waiting to become the next Schwarzenegger. The modesty of this 1986 American indie is infectious: they may never get their break, but the little family they make will provide the support they need along the way. Cheech Marin costars as Bowen's training-gym boss, and that's Cassandra ("Elvira") Peterson as the gym receptionist. --Sean Axmaker

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fun movie filled with quirky characters., June 2, 1999

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This review is from: Echo Park [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Echo Park is an extremely funny movie, filled with some classic humor presented by a trio of truly quirky characters. Perhaps Susan Dey's best movie of all time! The character that is an Arnold Schwarzenegger wannabe is terrificly funny! This film is more timely now than ever!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun!, September 20, 2010

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This review is from: Echo Park (DVD)

This is a fun, light comedy featuring a young Tom Hulce and Susan Day with a charming cast of characters! The humor is excellent, the situations and dialogue are genuinely funny and the actors are all really excellent in their quirky roles. Don't look for a boffo Hollywood finish when they all finally "make it" to the top of show business. That's just not in the cards, but the story is quite entertaining to the very end.

If you are looking for a good romantic comedy for a girls' night in, you won't go wrong with Echo Park.

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I Like Echo Park - the neighborhood, November 24, 1998

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This review is from: Echo Park [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The movie itself isn't bad, but what I like best is the locale. Echo Park is a neighborhood that, while it might not be the safest place, has a lot of character. I also enjoyed watching a younger Tom Hulce work with an offbeat script. The ending is too abrupt and the movie gets rather bizarre at times, but at least it is unique. And it is more unique in a good, rather than bad sense.