Modern Problems
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| Modern Problems | |
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 Modern Problems DVD cover |
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| Directed by | Ken Shapiro |
| Produced by | Alan Greisman Michael Shamberg |
| Written by | Ken Shapiro Tom Sherohman |
| Starring | Chevy Chase Patti D'Arbanville Dabney Coleman Mary Kay Place Nell Carter |
| Music by | Dominic Frontiere |
| Cinematography | Edmond L. Koons |
| Editing by | Michael Jablow |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | December 25, 1981 |
| Running time | 89 mins. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | Unknown |
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Modern Problems is a 1981 comedy film written and directed by Ken Shapiro and starring Chevy Chase, Patti D'Arbanville and Dabney Coleman. The film grossed $26,154,211 in the United States. A DVD release of the film was issued in 2005.
Max Fidlder (Chevy Chase) is an air traffic controller whose life is slowly going down the drain. His girlfriend has just left him because he becomes jealous of any man she is with, and then everywhere he goes he can't help but run into her with another man, which drives him mad. Then, one night while he's driving, a truck spills nuclear waste all over the place right in front of him, and his sunroof is wide open due to a broken handle. The next day, he notices that he is has developed telekinetic powers. Now, whenever Max becomes jealous he pulls some sort of stunt to stop the good evening of his ex-girlfriend and her new "friend". Finally, he sees himself becoming a monster, and by a fortuitous stroke of lightning, gives his powers to the maid (Nell Carter).
[edit] Trivia
Chase narrowly escaped electrocution during the filming of Modern Problems in 1980. During a sequence in which Chase's character wears 'landing lights' as he dreams that he is an airplane, the current in the lights short-circuited and arced through Chase's arm, back, and neck muscles.
Contains Dabney Coleman's only on-screen nude scene.
[edit] External links
Modern Problems at the Internet Movie Database
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