Inside Moves

Inside Moves (1980)

It'll make you feel good again, and that ain't bad.

After a failed suicide attempt leaves him partially crippled, Rory begins spending a lot of time at a neighborhood bar full of interesting misfits. When Jerry the bartender suddenly finds himself playing basketball for the Golden State Warriors, Rory and the rest of the bar regulars hope his success will provide a lift to their sagging spirits. Will Jerry forget his friends? What about his junkie hooker girlfriend and her pimp?

Date of release
1980-12-19
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (35)
Runtime
1h 53m
Genres
Drama
Director
Richard Donner

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

Inside Moves is a 1980 American drama film directed by Richard Donner from a screenplay by Valerie Curtin and Barry Levinson, based on the novel of the same name by Todd Walton. The film stars John Savage, David Morse, Diana Scarwid and Amy Wright. At the 53rd Academy Awards, Scarwid was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her performance.

Production

In his 2006 audio commentary for Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut, Richard Donner states that he agreed to direct Inside Moves only to take his mind off being fired and replaced from Superman II. He referred to Inside Moves as "the smallest film I could do that was just very near and dear to me, at that point, and I felt this is going to take my mind totally off that." The film marked the return to the screen by disabled veteran Harold Russell…

Donner's biographer James Christie relates how Donner would often confuse cinematographer László Kovács with his fellow Hungarian cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond. When Zsigmond visited the set, Donner had T-shirts made up that read "MY NAME IS NOT LÁSZLÓ" and "MY NAME IS NOT VILMOS" for each of them. Later, they switched shirts and confused everyone.

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