- Switch (film)
Infobox_Film
name = Switch
caption =
imdb_id = 0103016
amg_id = 1:48196
director =Blake Edwards
writer =Blake Edwards
starring =Ellen Barkin Bruce Payne Jimmy Smits JoBeth Williams Lorraine Bracco Tony Roberts Perry King
producer = Tony Adams
music =Henry Mancini Don Grady
cinematography=Warner Bros.
released =10 May , 1991runtime = 103 min.
language = English
budget ="Switch" is a 1991 film by
Blake Edwards .Ellen Barkin plays asexist ,chauvinist man who is murdered andreincarnated as a beautiful woman.ynopsis
Steve Brooks (
Perry King ) is a notoriously sexist man with a preference for blondes. One night, three women wronged by him gang up to murder him after seducing him into thinking that they want to have a four-way with him in a hot tub.Given the way Steve has treated women, God isn't sure if Steve should go to Heaven or not. His one chance to redeem himself is to find one woman who truly loves him for who he really is. Otherwise, he becomes the personal property of the Devil (
Bruce Payne ). However, the Devil suggests making it more difficult for Steve by forcing him to return as a woman--an idea embraced by God. Steve is thus sent back to Earth as a woman, Amanda Brooks (Ellen Barkin ), and now must deal with all of the things women deal with on a daily basis--makeup, high heels, décolletage, and panting, pawing macho males just like him.It takes a while for Steve/Amanda to get the hang of being female. Sitting down with his/her legs spread wide open just like a guy is just one behavior the new Amanda has to unlearn. Amanda must also convince Steve's old friends, such as his best friend Walter (
Jimmy Smits ) that she is really Steve.Meanwhile the Devil has a bet to win so he pops suddenly from time to time, leering and smiling, trying to tempt Steve/Amanda away from his/her soul-saving goal. This film was a loose remake of the 1964 film
Goodbye Charlie ."Mystery Science Theater 3000"
Although not a success at the box-office, this film was indirectly referenced numerous times throughout the long-running series "
Mystery Science Theater 3000 ". In the original television spots for the film, Jimmy Smits' name was announced in an unusual way: "Ellen Barkin. "Switch". Jimmy Smits. Starts Friday." The writers of "MST3K" found it amusing that Smits' name was announced after the title and not announced as "also starring Jimmy Smits" or "with Jimmy Smits", only as "Jimmy Smits". [ cite book| last=Beaulieu | first=Trace | authorlink=Trace Beaulieu | coauthors="et al." | title=The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Amazing Colossal Episode Guide | pages=164 | year=1996 | publisher=Bantam Books | location=New York | isbn=0-553-37783-3 ] Smits became arunning gag on the series: in various episodes, a character of the show would say "Jimmy Smits" whenever the word "switch" was uttered or sometimes for seemingly no reason at all.Notes
External links
*imdb title|id=0103016|title=Switch
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