Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
- Released on
- Runtime
- 100 mins
This is a splendid little sleeper of a movie. Ernie Kovacs was one of the giants of early television. I think he would be pleased with the way Jeff Goldbloom captures his wonky personality. Melody Anderson also distills that of Edie Adams. There is a very basic heart tugging story about the search for Kovacs' two abducted daughters. But at the same time the film is funny --- Cloris Leachman is a hoot as Kovacs impossible mom --- and has many of the offbeat and innovative qualities of the old Kovacs show itself.
This is a splendid little sleeper of a movie. Ernie Kovacs was one of the giants of early television. I think he would be pleased with the way Jeff Goldbloom captures his wonky personality. Melody Anderson also distills that of Edie Adams. There is a very basic heart tugging story about the search for Kovacs' two abducted daughters. But at the same time the film is funny --- Cloris Leachman is a hoot as Kovacs impossible mom --- and has many of the offbeat and innovative qualities of the old Kovacs show itself.
Cast
- Jeff Goldblum
- Melody Anderson
- Madolyn Smith Osborne
- John Glover
- Cloris Leachman
- Joseph Mascolo
- Jordan Charney
- Francis X. McCarthy
- Lois de Banzie
- Murphy Dunne
- Steven M. Porter
- Edie Adams
- Weldon Bleiler
- Bryan Englund
- Soleil Moon Frye
- David Garrison
- Bill Geisslinger
- Mike Genovese
- Gary Grubbs
- Michael Higgins
- Mary Alan Hokanson
- Ryan Michelle Lunsford
- Walter Mathews
- Anne Murray
- Thomas H. Middleton
- Ginger Orell
- Tom Ormeny
- Elsa Raven
- Sue Rihr
- Liam Sullivan
- Robina Suwol
- Heidi Zeigler
- David Eisen
- Sally Stevens
- Fran Bennett
- Arthur Taxier
Director
- Lamont Johnson
Producers
- David Levinson
