Product Details

• Actors: Michael Emil, Irene Forrest, Zack Norman, Richard Romanus, Patrice Townsend
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Fox Lorber
• DVD Release Date: March 18, 2003
• Run Time: 88 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00007M5HO
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #203,381 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Sitting Ducks" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best "scam" movie ever!, April 20, 2003

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E. Kohen (Santa Fe, NM USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sitting Ducks (DVD)

One slick-tongued oily hustler (Zack Norman) plus one twitchy, neurotic accountant (Michael Emil) hook up to pull an ultimate scam: stealing from the thieves. Of COURSE it becomes an out-of-control run for the border, with a mix of wonderfully goofy characters, all of whom have their OWN scams working. Jaglom gets magnificent performances out of his cast, so much so that at times it feels more like a documentary than a "movie". There's not a moment in this film I don't enjoy, and it made me aware of Jaglom in a way I've never been aware of a director before. Alas, none of his other films seem to live up to this one in my mind, and Zack Norman's cool-but-slimy persona gets unbelievably tiresome in his other Jaglom films. This is a great one, though, for everyone involved. I have watched it over and over and enjoy it every time.

4.0 out of 5 stars Da-Da-Da-Da.... SUNNY-SIDE-UP!, November 23, 1999

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Nathan Southern - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sitting Ducks [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Henry Jaglom's third film, "Sitting Ducks," represents the unfamiliar viewer's best introduction to the idiosyncratic filmmaker. The picture deftly blends Jag's jarring, Brechtian cinematic devices (jump cuts, unrhythmic editing, overlapping dialogue, heavy improvisation) with a linear narrative. At times, the basic story (Michael Emil and Zack Norman rip off the mob and head to Florida in a limousine with a bread-filled suitcase) satirizes conventional Hollywood genres, notably the gangster film & Crosby/Hope "Road" movie. Unlike "Always" and "Someone to Love," the humour here is broad and gritty... the film carries a sharp edge. And for once, it's almost impossible to lose interest in Jaglom's dialogue. (Emil and Norman's ad-libbed conversations are laugh-out-loud hilarious!) On top of all this, Jaglom tossed in "Sunny-Side-Up," a theme song by guitar-playing Richard Romanus w/character sing-alongs, and created a masterpiece. Incidentally, this is the only film where Henry (as a mob boss with a ridiculous hairstyle) dies a violent death at the end.