Couples and robbers
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In this wry British comedy, a pair of newlyweds decide that they lack the material accoutrements of modern life. They impulsively steal a luxurious car from a gay couple, enjoy their honeymoon and return the vehicle with a pair of tickets to the ballet. While their victims attend the performance, the twosome strip their apartment. In the ironic conclusion, the police and the perpetrator arrive together.
, Two couples - one with all the riches that dreams are made of, the other with only dreams and schemes - are brought together by the plotting of the poorer couple. A pair of newlyweds wander through the city streets, bickering about their poverty, until they are distracted by the opulent home of a lawyer. Impulsively, the couple makes off with the lawyer's vehicle for one night of extravagant indulgence. This charming and sophisticated comedy reveals much about contemporary values. Nominated for an Academy Award (Best Short Live Action) in 1981
, Two couples - one with all the riches that dreams are made of, the other with only dreams and schemes - are brought together by the plotting of the poorer couple. A pair of newlyweds wander through the city streets, bickering about their poverty, until they are distracted by the opulent home of a lawyer. Impulsively, the couple makes off with the lawyer's vehicle for one night of extravagant indulgence. This charming and sophisticated comedy reveals much about contemporary values. Nominated for an Academy Award (Best Short Live Action) in 1981
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In this wry British comedy, a pair of newlyweds decide that they lack the material accoutrements of modern life. They impulsively steal a luxurious car from a gay couple, enjoy their honeymoon and return the vehicle with a pair of tickets to the ballet. While their victims attend the performance, the twosome strip their apartment. In the ironic conclusion, the police and the perpetrator arrive together.
, Two couples - one with all the riches that dreams are made of, the other with only dreams and schemes - are brought together by the plotting of the poorer couple. A pair of newlyweds wander through the city streets, bickering about their poverty, until they are distracted by the opulent home of a lawyer. Impulsively, the couple makes off with the lawyer's vehicle for one night of extravagant indulgence. This charming and sophisticated comedy reveals much about contemporary values. Nominated for an Academy Award (Best Short Live Action) in 1981NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.
, Two couples - one with all the riches that dreams are made of, the other with only dreams and schemes - are brought together by the plotting of the poorer couple. A pair of newlyweds wander through the city streets, bickering about their poverty, until they are distracted by the opulent home of a lawyer. Impulsively, the couple makes off with the lawyer's vehicle for one night of extravagant indulgence. This charming and sophisticated comedy reveals much about contemporary values. Nominated for an Academy Award (Best Short Live Action) in 1981NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.
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