The 1990s were notorious about the Hollywood study that published films about the same work at the same time: "Tomb" and "Wyatt Erp", "Volcano" and "Dante Top" and "Armageddon" and "Deep Impact" are among the most famous high -profile examples. Before all, the decade began with one of the strangest double windows based on Henry Hill's memoirs, real life in Newoufor Gangster who ended up in the Witness Protection Program after testifying to his old friends from Mafia. One film was Martin Scorsese's "Goodfellas", and the other was a sequel to a variety, though it first hit the theaters: the fish comedy from Herbert Ross fish "My Blue Sky".

Incredibly, the two films came from the same source. Hill's story was already highly profile thanks to his part of the 50 convictions of the Luces family crimes, but gained even more widespread attention with the publication of "Wizguy: LifeVato: Life in Mafia" in 1985. buried. The story had an extra wrinkle after Hill entered witness protection; Despite the obvious danger to himself, his wife and his children, he was unable to fully adapt to the ordinary life and later began the program for further criminal behavior.

Chickens, a journalist at Yorkyork with a lifelong interest in the Mafia, conducted a detailed study, including numerous interviews with Hill for "Wiseguy". Also present during many of their conversations were the wife of chickens, Nora Efron, the director who He wrote Rob Rainer "When Harry Meeted Sally ..." And he wrote and directed classics like "sleepless in Seattle". Efron even had his own phone calls with one -on -one with Hill for the minutes of life in witness protection, and those conversations gave the idea of ​​"my blue sky" starring Steve Martin and Rick Moris. Despite being the first time outside the gate in August 1990 - Goodfelas premiered in September - Crime Comedy has since been overshadowed by Goodfellas and standing as a forgotten entrance to Martin's film. Let's take a closer look at how to play and whether your time is worth.

Winnie Antonelli (Steve Martin) is a frightening mafia housed in the Federal Witness Protection Program as he is preparing to testify against his former Newoujork associates. His new home is Friburg, California, a sedative city of white on the outskirts of San Diego, where he is under the watchful eye of the FBI's strict agent, Barney Coopersmit (Rick Moris). Neither Winnie nor his wife, Linda (Deborah Rush), are too thrilled for changing the site, and she quickly calls him to step down and go back to the big city.

Winnie slides back to her old criminal ways, landing in warm water with Daudi County lawyer Hannah Stubs (Anoan Kuzak). She wants to break him up for his minor crimes, but fortunately Barney does not allow a small bust to endanger the key role of Winnie in the upcoming trial in the crowd. The two men tie, and Winnie finds extra friendship when he discovers that Friburg is home to Billy Sparrow (William Chicky), an old friend from the back East and a whole gang of former wise guys. During the dinner, the reformed mobsters tell Winnie that the government is only checking until it testifies. In addition, he will have to get a job like all regular folks. Dissatisfied with that idea, he proposes to come together to start a criminal wave with Barney on hand to get him out of trouble when he is arrested again.

If you've ever sat there at the end of Gudfelas you wonder what life like "snook" for uninvited criminal like Henry Hill, then "My Blue Sky" provides a fun scenario. It's a light comedy that plays almost exactly as you expected, working better in previous scenes when Vinnie gladly breaks the law and leads circles around Barney and Hannah. Nora Ephron was one of Hollywood's funniest writers, and Herbert Ross was one of the most offensive directors around, so there is nothing controversial or stubborn, even by accident. Winnie is a darling under heavy speech and silk suits, and the inevitable last clash with Hitman sent to erase is quite ruthless. In other words, "My Blue Sky" may be based on the same story in real life, but it is totally contrary to Goodfelas.

"My Blue Sky" is a fun divert that never reaches the comics that suggest its terrible premise. It's pretty confusing when you think talent is included; Steve Martin and Rick Moris were still at the top, Nora Efron just got an Oscar nomination for writing "When Harry Meeted Sally ...", and director Herbert Ross followed a significant hit on the box office with "Steel Magnolia".

Unfortunately, the film is badly hidden, and the evils are not given much to work. Ephron's script continues to put Winnie in fun situations, but very few scenes reach its full potential. It is almost like Ross to work from Ephron's early draft to develop the story and use the characters further. To make matters worse, the film never gets a chance to flow because slim material is constantly interrupted with meaningless mutual titles that decay the story in mainly laughter chapters.

Martin and Moris may have been able to insert some of their own energy into "My Blue Sky" if they weren't so wrong. Martin was reportedly initially attracted to the project to play the role of the FBI agent. That would make sense as the film appeared when Martin gravitated from his wild and crazy days to little more serious roles and His performance in "aircraft, trains and cars" He has proven that he can be a great direct man. Instead, he seems to be ill as light as Winnie, giving him a little superficial Bragadio and a half accent to the wise man, but also radiates to the feeling that Martin himself was not convinced of playing the role.

Against Martin, Moris plays Barney almost fully upright, which did not make the most of his comics. It would be far more fun to see how he threw himself against the type of heavy-duty man-playing pocket-sized gangster, of course, worked miracles for the similar OEO pessi in Goodfelas. Like the third wheel, Anoan Kuzak will not do much except for us and provide a Love -bearous interest in Barney, which is an additional loss of comical talent. As a result, we remain with a sporadic fun farce that rarely ranks between Steve Martin's best movies.