Film Forum

(1992, Jonathan Lynn) “My biological clock is ticking!” Summoned to rural Alabama to spring his cousin from a murder rap, Brooklynite lawyer Vincent LaGuardia Gambini (Joe Pesci) and fiancée Mona Lisa Vito (Marisa Tomei) are in for some big culture shock. Stellar performances by Austin Pendleton, Fred Gwynne (TV’s Herman Munster), Pesci and Tomei – the latter in a rare Oscar-winning comedy performance. Following the screening, Bruce Goldstein will interview the director Jonathan Lynn (Nuns on the Run, Clue, etc.) and co-creator of the hit Britcoms Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister). 35mm. Approx. 119 min.