Main Cast: Joyce Van Patten, Kim Basinger, Bruce Willis, John Larroquette, William Daniels, George Coe, Phil Hartman
Release Year: 1987
Country: US
Run Time: 95 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG13
Plot
When speaking of Laurel and Hardy's first feature film Pardon Us, Stan Laurel described it as "a three-story building on a one-story base"-in other words, a 2-reeler stretched and bloated into 6 reels. Much the same could be said of Blake Edwards's Blind Date, though one wonders if Stan Laurel could have even gotten two reels out of its wafer-thin premise. At the outset, yuppie Bruce Willis is warned not to let his blind date, southern belle Kim Basinger, drink anything stronger than lemonade. So what does Willis do the first chance he gets? That's right, kids; he plies poor Basinger with champagne. And then he wonders why his life rapidly goes to hell in a handbasket. In his first starring movie role, Bruce Willis manages to find all sorts of nuances in his one-note role, while Kim Basinger is very funny when she's blotto-at least, for the first five minutes or so. John Laroquette costars as a character straight out of a 1920s bedroom farce; he's also pretty good, even though his dialogue is numbingly unamusing. Blake Edwards is famous for his ability to make a lot out of a little...but there has to be a limit somewhere. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Mark Blum - Denny Gordon; Stephanie Faracy - Susie Davis; Alice Hirson - Muriel Bedford; Diana Bellamy - Maid; P. Randall Bowers - Jail Officer; Paul Carafotes - Disco Dancer; Dick Durock - Bouncer; Jeannie Elias - Walter's Secretary; Brian George - Maitre d'; Ernest Harada - Japanese Gardener; Seth Isler - Delivery Driver; Georgann Johnson - Mrs. Gruen; Susan Lentini - Mugger; Bill Marcus - Street Cop; Lonny Price - [Billy Vera And The Beaters]; Armin Shimerman - French Waiter; Sab Shimono - Mr. Yakamoto; Barry Sobel - Gas Station Attendant; Don Sparks - Street Cop; Tim Stack - Grant; Graham Stark - Jordan the Bedford Butler; Sacerdo Tanney - Minister; Joyce Van Patten - Nadia's Mother; Emma Walton - Mugger; Elaine Wilkes - Mugger; Stanley Jordan - Himself; Billy Vera - Himself; Bob Ari - Bailiff; John Demy - Jail Officer; Noele De Saint Gall - Guest At Wedding; Julia Jennings - Big Blonde; Arlene Lorre - Court Stenographer; Jon Smet - Car Lot Customer; Momo Yashima - Mrs. Yakamoto; Mike Genovese - Jail Officer; Jack Gwyllim - Artist; Mike Murphy - [Billy Vera And The Beaters]
Credit
Peter Smith - Art Director, Trish Caroselli - Associate Producer, Nancy Klopper - Casting, Tracy Tynan - Costume Designer, Mickey McCardle - First Assistant Director, Blake Edwards - Director, Joe Dunne - Second Unit Director, Robert Pergament - Editor, Gary Hendler - Executive Producer, Jonathan D. Krane - Executive Producer, David Permut - Executive Producer, Henry Mancini - Composer (Music Score), Marie Bunel - Musical Direction/Supervision, Tom Bocci - Musical Direction/Supervision, Russell L. Brown - Songwriter, Stanley Jordan - Songwriter, Keith L'neire - Songwriter, Henry Mancini - Songwriter, George Merrill - Songwriter, Shannon Rubicam - Songwriter, Billy Vera - Songwriter, Larry A. Brown - Songwriter, Norman T. Leavitt - Makeup, Rick Sharp - Makeup, Rodger Maus - Production Designer, Harry Stradling, Jr. - Cinematographer, Alan Levine - Production Manager, Tony Adams - Producer, David Permut - Producer, Carl Biddiscombe - Set Designer, Roy Downey - Special Effects, William Randall - Sound/Sound Designer, Joe Dunne - Stunts, Leslie Dixon - Screenwriter, Blake Edwards - Screenwriter, Dale Launer - Screenwriter, Tom Ropelewski - Screenwriter, Michael Alan Eddy - Screenwriter
Blind Date is a 1987 comedy/romance film, directed by Blake Edwards and starring Kim Basinger and Bruce Willis. The film was originally intended for the recently married Madonna and Sean Penn, but both backed out at the last minute. It was Willis' film debut — his character in the film was deliberately written so as to be different from the character he had played in the TV series Moonlighting.
Walter Davis (Bruce Willis) allows his brother, Ted (Phil Hartman) to set him up on a blind date with his wife's cousin, Nadia (Kim Basinger). Nadia is quiet and shy and the two experience some awkwardness with each other. However, as the evening goes on, Nadia begins to drink and behave in a wild manner. To make matters worse, Nadia's jealous ex-boyfriend and stalker, David, (John Larroquette) exacerbates the situation by stalking the couple all night. Walter ends up driven insane by Nadia's mishaps, wreaking havoc at Nadia's friend's party and getting arrested after menacing David with a female mugger's revolver (Walter forces David to do the moonwalk before firing at the frightened man's feet.) Nadia posts $10,000 in bail for Walter and agrees to marry David if he will help Walter escape prison time. Walter attempts to stop the wedding. Chaos ensues.
