Leonard Part 6

Leonard Part 6 (1987)

Our world is in safe hands.

After separating from his wife, Leonard Parker quit the spy business and became a restaurateur. His wife refuses to speak with him, and his daughter, who changes her career more often than her clothes, has begun dating a man old enough to be Leonard's father! On top of it all, the government has asked him to come back and save the world again.

Date of release
1987-12-18
TMDB
2.8 / 10 (74)
Runtime
1h 25m
Genres
Action, Comedy, Science Fiction
Director
Paul Weiland

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 3 · Nominations: 5. Including: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture; Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor; Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay

Leonard Part 6 is a 1987 American spy parody film. It was directed by Paul Weiland and starred Bill Cosby, who also produced the film and wrote its story. The film also starred Gloria Foster as the villain Medusa Johnson and Joe Don Baker. The film was shot in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Production

Bill Cosby says he got the idea for the film from watching a Rambo film. He said he thought to himself "Man, there's got to be a place for a hero who has to deal with a heavy who's got a bigger gun than he has." Cosby described the lead as a "high-tech comic-book character." He said, "I've put stuff in here for the women, I've put stuff in here for the kids."

Asked years later about his work on the film, director Paul Weiland recalled:

It was a terrible mistake. ... When anyone gets into that position (Bill Cosby's position of power in the 1980s), they are surrounded by sycophants and no one tells them the truth. But Cosby just wasn't funny. I couldn't tell him directly. I'd say it feels slow, and he'd say, 'You worry about construction, let me worry about funny.'

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