The Blue Iguana

This article is about the 1988 comedy film. For other uses, see Blue Iguana (disambiguation).
The Blue Iguana
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJohn Lafia
Written byJohn Lafia
Produced bySteve Golin
StarringDylan McDermott
Jessica Harper
James Russo
Tovah Feldshuh
Dean Stockwell
CinematographyRodolfo Sánchez
Edited byScott Chestnut
Music byEthan James
Production
companies
Cinexacto Films
PolyGram Movies
Propaganda Films
Volcanica Films
Distributed byParamount Pictures (United States and Canada)
20th Century Fox (International)
Release date
  • April 22, 1988 (1988-04-22)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$161,398

The Blue Iguana is a 1988 American crime comedy film directed by John Lafia and starring Dylan McDermott, Jessica Harper, Pamela Gidley and James Russo. The plot is about a bounty hunter who is blackmailed into stopping the transfer of twenty million dollars from a Mexican tax paradise into the United States. The film was screened out of competition at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Plot

IRS agents send a private eye (Dylan McDermott) to Mexico to recover money laundered by a banker (Jessica Harper) and her sidekick (James Russo).

Cast

Reception

Roger Ebert gave The Blue Iguana a negative review and described it as "a smart-aleck parody of private-eye movies, but it knows as little about private eyes as it does about parodies, and movies".[2]

References

  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Blue Iguana". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
  2. ^ "The Blue Iguana". RogerEbert.com. April 22, 1988. Retrieved October 4, 2021.


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