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The Survivors (1983)

Starring: Walter Matthau, Robin Williams Director: Michael Ritchie Rating: R (Restricted) Format: DVD
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)

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Product Details

  • Actors: Walter Matthau, Robin Williams, Jerry Reed, James Wainwright, Kristen Vigard
  • Directors: Michael Ritchie
  • Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language: English, Spanish
  • Subtitles: Chinese, English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish
  • Region: Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
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  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rating: R (Restricted)
  • Studio: Sony Pictures
  • DVD Release Date: April 23, 2002
  • Run Time: 102 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0000633R5
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #20,911 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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    #41 in  Movies & TV > Comedy > Comedy Stars > Robin Williams
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At the height of urban paranoia and the birth of survivalist movement in the 1980s, director Michael Ritchie decided to team Robin Williams and Walter Matthau. Talk about an odd couple; yet it actually might have worked, with Matthau's hang-dog deadpan and Williams's manic energy, were it not for a limp script by Michael Leeson. Williams and Matthau play two victims of Reaganomics, unemployed acquaintances who witness a robbery and identify one of the participants to the police, an act that turns them into targets for the robber in question, who comes looking for them. Williams's response: become a one-man arsenal and join a training camp for militant survivalists. But the comedy is neither sharp enough nor sufficiently smart to pull it off; Matthau is the calm center while Williams's comedy rockets all around him, to surprisingly little effect. --Marshall Fine


Product Description

Two unemployed men become the targets of a hit man whom they disarmed during a robbery attempt in this comic runaway adventure. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 05/13/2008 Starring: Robin Williams Walter Matthau Run time: 102 minutes Rating: R

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One of my all time favorite Comedies, April 11, 2003
Robin Williams is masterful as a zany survival nut who is being taken advantage of by a scheming businessman preying on fear that society will break down...Walter Matthau is the perfect straight man/foil for Williams...

Even though this is an older movie it is a theme which is still timeless...Is society getting ready for the "Big Flush" and how do responsible people respond to it?...

Williams and Matthau provide one very funny solution.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars It shouldn't work, but it does . . ., May 21, 2005
The comic premise of this movie is a good one. Two passing acquaintances are thrown together trying to escape a hit-man with bad nerves and colitis---well-played by Jerry Reed. I think Williams does carry the movie, but his repartee with Reed is some of the funniest writing (more likely improvisation) I've ever heard. Whatever this movie lacks is made up for in the scenes pitting Williams' "Donald" against Reed's bad guy. Those scenes are worth the cost of the whole movie. I'm amazed and also happy this one was released on DVD.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars robin williams is hilarious in this film, April 27, 2004
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this movie is a genuine treasure to watch. sit back and enjoy one of robin william's best roles. walter matthau and jerry reed round out the cast in a twisting comedy about life, getting fired, and giving society the finger. enjoy
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5.0 out of 5 stars A comedy with a drama in the background
This is a very funny story about three people put in an unusual situation. The drama part is the underlying story that stimulates the hilarious actions by Robin Williams; his... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Lynda Garner

3.0 out of 5 stars Great movie of two characters you wouldnt think could pull it off together
I bought Surviivors due to being a big fan of Robin Williams... the story seems, like some comedies, a bit out of touch, but the directors pulls it together nicely creating a... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Karim A. Abouseda

5.0 out of 5 stars A Masterpiece of comedy that went unnoticed.
This is one of the funniest movies of the 80's. Why it wasn't more popular is a mystery right up there with why a horrible show like "Seindfeld" was so popular and a brilliant... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Nathan J. Stalker

3.0 out of 5 stars A Pleasant Diversion
Walter Matthau and Robin Williams team up in an accidental joining of miseries. Enter Jerry Reed, who enters their life as a hit-man who himself has bottomed out. Read more
Published on September 14, 2007 by Timothy Donahue

5.0 out of 5 stars lots of laughs
We really love this movie..It arrived on time and we have been laughing ever since. Thank you
Published on May 13, 2007 by Jonathan C. Neeley

5.0 out of 5 stars funny
i thought that this movie was funny.It first started out when these two guys got fired then a robber comes into a resturant where they were and the guy played by robbin williams... Read more
Published on November 12, 2006 by creature king

2.0 out of 5 stars What kind of man gives cigarettes to trees?
As I watched The Survivors, I couldn't help but wonder what was going through the mind of director Michael Ritchie when he was presented with the script. Read more
Published on May 27, 2006 by A. Gyurisin

5.0 out of 5 stars Killing us with laughter
Both Robin Williams and Walter Matthau lose their jobs and then meet by chance in a restaurant; while there they become victims of a robbery attempt but scare the robber away... Read more
Published on September 27, 2005 by Bomojaz

5.0 out of 5 stars Great movie
One of my all time favorite movies. You can like this movie if you are for or against guns.
Published on July 22, 2005 by Mr. Flex

4.0 out of 5 stars "The Survivors" improves with time
1983's "The Survivors" is one of those rare films that when i first saw it , i didn't care much for but over the years it seems to improve after... Read more
Published on February 17, 2005 by J V

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