9pm Saturday A FISH CALLED WANDA (1988) R – A comedy starring John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Kevin Kline.
In London, four very different people team up on a jewel heist, then try to double-cross one another for the loot, complicated by their efforts to fool a very proper barrister.
Four career cons team up to commit armed robbery - Barrister Archie (John Cleese) who falls in love with sexy thief Wanda (Jamie Lee Curtis). But Wanda is using her charms on fellow partner-in-crime Otto (Kevin Kline), a dim-witted, intellectual psychopath.
Meanwhile, Otto is eyeing henchman Ken (Michael Palin), who is obsessed with a fish (called Wanda). As the plan unfolds, they attempt to double-cross each other for the loot.
The film has a very macabre honor: in 1989, Danish man Ole Bentzen actually died laughing while watching it. A cardiac arrest struck him down, as his heart rate reached an estimated 250-500 beats per minute. Watch with caution.
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