Driving Me Crazy (1991)
Directed by Jon Turteltaub
Genres - Comedy, Science & Technology, Sports & Recreation |
Sub-Genres - Urban Comedy |
Release Date - May 16, 1991 (USA - Unknown), May 16, 1991 (USA) |
Run Time - 88 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - PG
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Synopsis by Clarke Fountain
It probably takes an intimate acquaintance with East Germany's famously awful car, a smoky, noisy two-cylinder lawnmower on wheels, the Trabant 601, to fully appreciate the jokes in this celebrity-filled comedy. In the story, Gunther (German television star Thomas Gotttschalk) is an East German inventor who has journeyed with his homely car to an inventor's convention in Hollywood: he has figured out a way to get his Trabbi to run on turnip juice and zoom like a sports car. When his odd car is stolen, he tries to get it back, but L.A. and it's culture are alien to him and he is very much a fish out of water, despite the friendly advice he receives from Billy Dee Williams as a knowledgeable parking-lot attendant. Look for cameos by Milton Berle and Dom DeLuise, among others. This Trabbi film is a sequel to the enormously popular comedy Go, Trabi, Go.
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comedy, eccentric, hometown, capitalism, car, gangster, immigrant, inventor, on-the-run