My Blue Heaven

Theatrical Release Date: 1990 08 17 (USA)

UPC: 085391200321

Studio: Warner Home Video

MPAA Rating: PG13   Contains:[Violence, Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Profanity]

Summary: Herbert Ross directed this Nora Ephron-scripted buddy comedy starring Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, and Joan Cusack. Steve Martin plays Vinnie Antonelli, a street smart mobster who agrees to turn state's evidence and is forced to move to Fryburg, California as part of the witness relocation program. Rick Moranis plays the nebbish FBI agent Barney Coopersmith, who is assigned to help Vinnie adjust to small town life. Instead, Vinnie helps Barney come out of his shell, much to the consternation of divorced mother and relentless district attorney Hannah Stubbs (Joan Cusack). ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi

Category: Comedy

Features: Interactive menus

My Blue Heaven

Format: DVD

Release Date: 05/18/1999

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Pre-1954 Standard

Audio: 2 Europe, Japan, Middle East, Egypt, South Africa, Greenland

Runtime: 96 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 --
0. Jump To A Scene
1. Blue sky Credits (My Blue Heaven). [:12]
2. The Wilkinsons move in. [1:56]
3. Barney's troubles. [4:22]
4. Supermarket sweep (Stranger In Paradise, The Boy From New York City). [4:04]
5. Asst. D.A. Hannah Stubbs. [3:01]
6. Barney to the "rescue". [3:43]
7. Thanksgiving down the drain. [3:38]
8. Undercover work at the mall. [2:23]
9. Two dirty rats at the pet shop. [3:17]
10. "I'm wit' chu." [2:55]
11. Old friends reunite. [3:09]
12. Crime wave. [2:09]
13. Big Apple reception committee. [4:47]
14. Tailor-made. [4:19]
15. Caught with pants down. [1:47]
16. A night out-in underwear. [2:02]
17. Merengue! [1:38]
18. Testifying in detail. [5:01]
19. Taken out to the ball game (Surfin' USA). [2:33]
20. Love in frozen foods. [7:05]
21. Fancy footwork by the sea. [1:55]
22. Getting acquainted; a lesson in knocking. [2:56]
23. Barney's new assignment. [2:08]
24. Vinnie's new venture. [2:07]
25. Stinger's get stung. [4:36]
26. Jailhouse blues. [3:38]
27. Disorder in the court. [2:18]
28. On the lam; sharpshooting. [1:40]
29. Amazing himself. [4:07]
30. End Credits (My Blue Heaven reprise). [3:07]

Matthew Tobey

While it wasn't exactly robbed of Best Picture, My Blue Heaven is a delightful and underrated film. The script by Nora Ephron is simple and entertaining and offers plenty of opportunities for Steve Martin to have fun with his role. It's refreshing to see Martin taking on a goofy character like mobster-with-a-heart-of-gold Vinnie Anotelli amid the countless long-suffering patriarchal roles he filled from the mid-'80s through the '90s, and he's both believable and funny in the part. Also, in perhaps the last example that he's a talented performer, Rick Moranis is a more than capable foil for the scheming and conniving Vinnie. The interaction between the two leads takes up most of the movie and it's that comedic chemistry that makes it so successful. The fact that the movie tanked at the box office could very well be the reason for Moranis' virtual disappearance from anything not about shrinking people and Martin's long string of uninteresting lead roles that followed. Either way, My Blue Heaven didn't deserve the shaft and is more than worthy of another look. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi

Cast and Crew: William Hickey  Actor 
Colleen Camp  Actor 
Deborah Rush  Actor 
Daniel Stern  Actor 
Julie Bovasso  Actor 
Robert Miranda  Actor 
Jesse Bradford  Actor 
Randi Pareira  Actor 
Ed Lauter  Actor 
Hank McCann  Actor 
Goldie Hawn  Executive Producer 
Nora Ephron  Producer 
Nora Ephron  Screenwriter 
Ira Newborn  Composer (Music Score) 
Herbert Ross  Director 
Andrew Stone  Producer 
Steve Martin  Actor 
Rick Moranis  Actor 
Joan Cusack  Actor 
Melanie Mayron  Actor 
Carol Kane  Actor 
Bill Irwin  Actor 

Country: USA