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My Blue Heaven
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A 1990 Slice of Life Romantic Comedy film directed by Herbert Ross, written by Nora Ephron, and starring Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, and Joan Cusack.Vincent "Vinnie" Antonelli (Martin) is a wise-cracking, flashy ex-mobster who has entered the Federal Witness Protection Program and is adjusting to suburbia with the help of Barney Coopersmith (Moranis), an FBI agent assigned to protect him, whose wife just left him for her own selfish reasons.When Vinnie gets into trouble for committing some local crime, he gets arrested by local District Attorney Hannah Stubbs (Cusack), who is not at all happy that someone like him is being under the watch of Barney and vents at the FBI agent when they first meet. The reason for all of Hannah's frustration is because she's a divorced mom stuck raising her two sons.But as the movie progresses, Vinnie learns to shape up, and Barney and Hannah realize their feelings for each other.A sequel of sorts to GoodFellas, released one month after My Blue Heaven. Based — albeit loosely — on Henry Hill's time in witness protection and written by Nicholas Pileggi's wife Nora. Most of the research for both this film and Pileggi's novel Wiseguy, the basis for GoodFellas, was done in the same sessions with Hill. | |
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Instantly Proven Wrong | |
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Instantly Proven Wrong: Crystal, immediately smitten with Vinnie, tells Hannah that he makes the hairs on the back of her neck stand up. Hannah says that's never happened to her, and then she meets Barney. | |
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Marry Them All | |
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Marry Them All: Vinnie has three wives over the course of the movie. And not a single divorce (that is seen or mentioned, at least). | |
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Bilingual Bonus | |
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Bilingual Bonus: Vinnie's (probably fictional) dog is named "Vaffanculo." Hannah's reaction to this indicates she not only understood it, but provides context for the audience that this was Not A Nice Thing To Name A Dog.note It basically translates to "Go do it in the ass" or, more colloquially, "go fuck yourself." | |
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Witness Protection | |
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Witness Protection: The whole premise is how much trouble Vinnie has in dealing with the new lifestyle required by the program. There are some technical inaccuracies (including the FBI running the program rather than the US Marshals), but they don't change the premise. | |
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Embarrassing Nickname | |
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Embarrassing Nickname: While undercover as someone from Vancouver, Barney is unfortunate enough to get the nickname of "Dicky", much to his dismay. | |
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Even Evil Has Standards | |
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Even Evil Has Standards: When Vinnie's put on the stand, the cross examination tries to discredit him by pointing out all the perks of being in Witness Protection. Vinnie then continues by pointing out he also never gets to see his parents or friends again and that his wife left him. He finishes by saying it's true that he's only saying these things because of the government deal — but he gave his word that he'd tell the truth, and that's what he's doing. Of course since Vinnie is a Consummate Liar, you have to take everything he says with a grain of salt. | |
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Character Development | |
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Character Development: Vinnie becomes more responsible and it's implied he really does come to love and care about the town. Barney loosens up and learns to enjoy his life; Hannah does the same. | |
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Crapsaccharine World | |
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Crapsaccharine World: The mobsters in Witness Protection feel this way about Fryburg. Vinnie's testimony at trial sums it up: | |
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Bad Liar | |
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Bad Liar: Vinnie is a Consummate Liar who can say anything with a straight face, but he's not always very good at coming up with the lies themselves. "Why do you need 25 copies of it?" "In case I want to read it more than once!" Also subverted, since Vinnie pulls off some brilliant lies with few hints at his true intentions, such as when he cons Barney into letting him off the cuffs at the airport, and especially when Vinnie insists he doesn't like guns. | |
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Blatant Lies | |
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Blatant Lies: Vinnie is pretty shameless about stating obvious lies with a straight face. His trick is to wholeheartedly sell the lies 100% and never, ever actually admit that he's lying even when he's been caught (except once). | |
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Honor Before Reason | |
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Honor Before Reason: Hannah demands that Vinnie spit out the mint he took from Crystal. He does, right into her hand, and she hands it back to her. All three of them seem to recognize that nothing good comes from the situation. | |
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Blasting It Out of Their Hands | |
| My Blue Heaven / int_4cbc7f95 | comment |
Blasting It Out of Their Hands: Despite claiming that he Doesn't Like Guns, Vinnie proves to be quite the sharpshooter when dealing with the two hit men: | |
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Fake–Real Turn | |
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Fake–Real Turn: Vinnie gets bored with life as a suburbanite, so he begins a scam that involves getting donations of loose change to "renovate the little league park." At first he plans on just pocketing the money and getting out of town. By the end of the movie, not only does the local little league team have a new place to play, Vinnie is coaching them. | |
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Bunny-Ears Lawyer | |
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Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Completely subverted with ADA Hannah. She searches Vinnie's trunk without a warrant, socializes with a suspect, goes back on a plea bargain, and, at the end, seems to ignore Vinnie's criminal behavior. | |
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Bavarian Fire Drill | |
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Bavarian Fire Drill: Vinnie talks Barney into handing over his wrinkled suit trousers so he can take them downstairs to get pressed, treating it as Serious Business, when his actual plan is to give his F.B.I. handler the slip. Barney stands alone in his boxers for a moment before realizing that he's been had. | |
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Disgusting Public Toilet | |
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Disgusting Public Toilet: Vinnie doesn't like to use public toilets as shown in two scenes. | |
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Here We Go Again! | |
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Here We Go Again!: The pair of hitmen sent to kill Vinnie end up in Witness Protection as well. They even live in the same town and have married Vinnie's first and second wives. | |
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Belligerent Sexual Tension | |
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Belligerent Sexual Tension: Shown between Barney and Hannah when they first meet. | |
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Witless Protection Program | |
| My Blue Heaven / int_78fdd115 | comment |
Witless Protection Program: There are two instances of the bad guys finding the informer (under witness protection as Tom Wilkinson). The first time is when he decides to go out dancing with his FBI handler and attracts too much attention. The second is when he is caught committing crimes in the small town he's been hidden in and the assistant district attorney indicts him under his real name. Another failing of the witness protection program is that they seem to relocate all of their witnesses to the same half-dozen small towns. The feds had retired so many mobsters in the town Vinnie is sent to, when Vinnie meets all of them, he half-jokingly suggests they have enough guys to start their own crew. | |
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Consummate Liar | |
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Of course since Vinnie is a Consummate Liar, you have to take everything he says with a grain of salt. | |
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Creature of Habit | |
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Creature of Habit: Barney starts as this, to the point that his wife leaves him because he never changes anything about his routine and is not fun anymore. | |
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What Happened to the Mouse? | |
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What Happened to the Mouse?: Despite the mob now knowing where Vinnie and many other ex-mobsters live, no one is moved and the assassins are there as well. | |
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Sharp-Dressed Man | |
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Sharp-Dressed Man: Vinnie loves his shiny suits, and makes sure Barney gets one, too. His Little League coach's outfit is even a nice suit in the team colors, complete with baseball pinstripes. | |
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Foreshadowing | |
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Foreshadowing: Hannah insists that her town is not the dumping ground for the FBI's criminal elements. She has no idea how wrong she is. | |
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Everyone Chasing You | |
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Everyone Chasing You: The movie's climax following the escape from the courtroom. | |
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NiceToTheWaiter | |
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Nice to the Waiter: Vinnie tips multiple people throughout the movie, none of whom are even in a service position, and are just people he's enjoyed interacting with. Barney gives him the $100 back, but Vinnie finds a way to slip the money into the nice flight attendant's pocket. | |
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Karma Houdini | |
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Karma Houdini: Vinnie is a criminal who has no real remorse and continues to commit crimes on a daily basis... and is voted the Man of the Year. | |
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Be Careful What You Wish For | |
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Be Careful What You Wish For: At the beginning of the movie, Barney expresses a very strong desire to go undercover, staking somebody out in the middle of nowhere and tons of take-out and overtime. When he is put in an undercover position later, he's right at the beginning of his relationship with Hannah and they're both miserable being apart. | |
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Straight Man and Wise Guy | |
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Straight Man and Wise Guy: Barney and Vinnie | |
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"Eureka!" Moment | |
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Another failing of the witness protection program is that they seem to relocate all of their witnesses to the same half-dozen small towns. The feds had retired so many mobsters in the town Vinnie is sent to, when Vinnie meets all of them, he half-jokingly suggests they have enough guys to start their own crew. | |
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Lightbulb Joke | |
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Lightbulb Joke/So Unfunny, It's Funny: "What's the difference between a light bulb and a pregnant woman? You can unscrew a light bulb." | |
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Comedic Underwear Exposure | |
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Comedic Underwear Exposure: Happens to Barney when Vinnie rebels yet again while they stay at a New York hotel. | |
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Distracted by the Sexy | |
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Distracted by the Sexy: Vinnie in the grocery store when he sees Chaldean. | |
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Under Strange Management | |
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Under Strange Management: Vinnie is a former New York mobster in witness protection who attempts to run a scam based around raising money to "renovate the little league park". One thing leads to another, and he finds himself coaching a suburban little league team. | |
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Running Gag | |
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Running Gag: Barney never seems to remember to unfasten his seat belt before trying to get out of the car. On the 3rd and final time, he becomes aware of this habit. | |
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Titled After the Song | |
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Titled After the Song: With Fats Domino's version appearing on the soundtrack. | |
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Flock of Wolves / int_7f4c4e5b | |
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Gangster Fiction / int_7f4c4e5b | |
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I Lied / int_7f4c4e5b | |
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Minor Flaw, Major Breakup / int_7f4c4e5b | |
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My Blue Heaven | |
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Pac-Man Fever / int_7f4c4e5b | |
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