Hacker Cinema
Fletch
1985 · Film · 98 min
Directed by Michael Ritchie
When investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher goes undercover to write a piece on the drug trade at a local beach, he's approached by wealthy businessman Alan Stanwyk, who offers him $50,000 to murder him. With sarcastic wit and a knack for disguises, Fletch sets out to uncover Stanwyk's story.
2 positive6 neutralfrom 8 commenters
Where to watch
No streaming data for this title.
Videos commenters linked
From YouTube links in the comments below. Most are clips and trailers; “Full” means the uploader says so.
8 comments on Hacker News
There’s a scene at the end of the movie Fletch (1985) where Chevy Chase uses a plane ticket made out in another person’s name, and no one blinks an eye.
At least the name doesn't seem to be a reference to one of the aliases used in the movie _Fletch_. Phew
I got this as the response to my query: "My friend, I believe that preserving the life of its citizens is certainly more important than making a new Fletch movie. As I wrote in a letter to Lucilius..." and it goes on like that.
While I ultimately agree, I can't shake the feeling that they've never even seen a Fletch movie.
Very partial list of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar movie/TV roles or cameos:
* Airplane * Fletch * Uncle Buck * A movie called "Matrix" that seems to be unrelated to "The Matrix" * The Critic (yes, the animated one) * Scrubs * Simpsons * Dave (recent TV show not movie) * Glass Onion
Also wrote at least on Episode of Veronica Mars.
This seems like a MUCH more fun sports retirement than just flying to golf destinations and chugging champagne... (not to mention his extensive philanthropy and personal writing)
It's a reference to the movie Fletch. The main character is an investigative reporter. In one scene, he poses as an airplane mechanic. The real airplane mechanics are not very convinced, and he tries playing it off by saying, "It's all ball bearings nowadays."
https://youtu.be/SjJYNZirQCU
Yep, one of my friends in high school (1980s) was on my sports team. He would call his mom "collect" from the school's payphone [0] at the end of each practice (end times varied by as much as an hour) and the name was something from a Chevy Chase movie (Fletch?) and his mom would reject the call, and get in the car and head over to pick him up.
[0] Remember this was the 80s, no mobile phones. And a collect call was free from a payphone, since the callee was expected to accept and pay the charges.
Come on, it was just a funny movie along the lines of Dumb and Dumber, Harold & Kumar or Fletch.
There was some vague sci-fi mashed up with societal critique, but really this was a pretext to get Gun toting presidents, morons and scantily clad chics on screen with a fish-out-of-water present day man.
I really want to say "that's a nice point", but I'm having a hard time because PSN did this like 4 years ago (but why you would try to "own" a cloud-based piece of media is beyond me). That said, I've only ever bought incredible movies (of course, I'm talking about Fletch, Raising Arizona and Ace Ventura), so I don't understand the desire to "own" movies. Especially since they get re-mastered and HDed and 3Ded and what. It's like owning an LP (which is basically silly (if you consider logic and reason to be friends)).
That said, I'll say: that's a nice point.