![]() He finally fakes a robbery at his own home in order to explain its disappearance. Inventing a reason, Wanda demands that Archie retrieve the locket, but Wendy will not give it up. Wanda accidentally leaves her locket at Archie's house his wife, Wendy, delightedly assumes that the W on it means it is a gift for her. Archie is in a loveless marriage and quickly falls for Wanda, but Otto's jealous interference causes their liaisons to go disastrously wrong. Wanda decides to seduce George's barrister, Archie Leach, in hopes of learning where the safe deposit box is. Wanda finds it in Ken's fish tank and hides it in her locket. They return to collect the loot, with Wanda planning to double-cross Otto as well, but it is gone: George had also returned, and moved it to a safe deposit box, giving Ken the key. Wanda and Otto then betray George to the police and he is arrested. The heist succeeds and the gang escapes with a large sum in diamonds, which they hide. Wanda and Otto are lovers, but pretend to be siblings, so Wanda can work her charms on Ken and George. They bring in two Americans: con artist Wanda Gershwitz and weapons expert Otto West, an ignorant and mean-spirited anglophobe. London-based gangster George Thomason plans a jewel heist with his right-hand man, Ken Pile, an animal lover with a stutter. The British Film Institute ranked A Fish Called Wanda the 39th-greatest British film of the 20th century. A spiritual sequel, Fierce Creatures, was released in 1997. The film received three nominations at the 61st Academy Awards: Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and, with Kline winning, Best Supporting Actor. A barrister becomes a central figure as femme fatale Wanda uses him to locate the loot.Ī Fish Called Wanda premiered in New York City on July 7, 1988, and in Los Angeles on July 13, 1988, and was released theatrically on July 15, 1988, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to critical and commercial success, grossing over $188 million worldwide, becoming the seventh-highest-grossing film of 1988. The film follows a gang of diamond thieves who double-cross one another to find stolen diamonds hidden by the gang leader. It stars Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, and Michael Palin. A Fish Called Wanda is a 1988 heist comedy film directed by Charles Crichton and written by Crichton and John Cleese. ![]()
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