True Identity
- Lenny Henry: Miles Pope
- Frank Langella: Leland Carver
- Charles Lane: Duane
- Anne -Marie Johnson: Kristi Reeves
- J. T. Walsh: Craig Houston
- James Earl Jones: Himself
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The tall blonde with the black foot is an American comedy film from the year 1991. From the Motion Picture Association of America because he got bad language used in some dialogs the age rating R (restricted).
Action
The botched, African- American actor Miles Pope meets on a plane trip the businessman Leland Carver. As the plane seems to crash, revealed to him that his criminal past as a mob boss and that he has hidden with the help of plastic surgery before his adversaries who find themselves in the belief that he had died in an explosion killed. Finally, the aircraft but does not crash and Pope must now escape from the mafia because he is the only one outside the organization who knows the true identity of her boss. Pope's friend, the makeup artist Duane, helps him escape by him as lipstick that Pope now has a white skin color. From this list arise as a result a number of gags that are based on confusion, issues of cultural identity and the everyday racism in the United States.
Other elements of the plot are Pope's attempts to cooperate with the FBI agent Craig Houston, his love affair with Kristi Reeves and his dream to play the lead role in a production of Othello.
Reviews
Kathleen Maher wrote in The Austin Chronicle, that the film had a tricky plot, which unfortunately is based only on a single, ever- recurring idea and had been crafted poorly executed. Ultimately, the film is indeed appealing, but mediocre.
John Ulmer wrote on Rotten Tomatoes, the film trying to make a already in the comedy show Saturday Night Live ( for the screenwriter of the film, Andy Breckman, had earlier also written as a screenwriter ) for a 5 -minute skit used idea extend the action of a whole film. The plot was ridiculous and contrived and built their framework weak. Nevertheless, the film was entertaining and had some good and very humorous points.
The lexicon of international film ruled the film was "a [ ... ] overall quite uncertain staged gangster comedy that takes their genre sometimes serious, then satirizes again. The issue of racial discrimination is treated too indecisive. "
Andy Breckman claimed in his radio show Seven Second Delay on WFMU on 9 February 2005, he had so far not seen the film himself ( " I do not have the stomach" ).