Der Mann aus San Fernando (1978)
60KDer Mann aus San Fernando: Directed by James Fargo. With Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Beverly D’Angelo. The San Fernando Valley adventures of trucker turned prize-fighter Philo Beddoe and his pet orangutan Clyde.
“Every Which Way But Loose is directed by James Fargo and written by Jeremy Joe Kronsberg. It stars Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Beverly Du0026#39;Angelo and Manis The Orangutan.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt surprised the studio executives, even had them sweating about the release, but the adventures of Philo Beddoe (Eastwood) and his pet Orangutan proved to be a smash hit at the box office.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBeddoe is a trucker who also happens to make money by bare knuckle fighting, and heu0026#39;s very good at it. Clyde the orangutan is a full on personality himself, and between them they wind up being trailed by vengeful coppers and a very incompetent motorcycle gang. Philou0026#39;s brother Orville (Lewis) is along for the ride and polar opposite love interests come into play via Lynn Halsey-Taylor (Locke) and Echo (Du0026#39;Angelo).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ePlot is very thin on the ground, we are in fact viewing a series of events that are mined for comedy purpose – which totally work. Action comes by way of the punch ups Philo gets into, with Eastwood as always proving to be one of the better punch throwing actors of his generation, while Lewis shines bright as the best friend and voice of reason to Philo.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe love story sub-plot involving Lynn and Philo – and its subsequent revelations – feels a touch out of place, since this is such a chilled and relaxed comedy picture. Which is the key, the makers know what they are doing, they are having fun and ask the audience to do the same. The public lapped it up and ensured that a sequel of similar tropes would follow. That also proved to be popular since it was more of the same.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOpen the beer and popcorn and just run with it, it was never meant to be high art etc. 7/10”
