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Title:Movie Reviews and Discussion
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Created:Thu Jan 28 1993
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
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327.0. "Love at Stake" by VMSDEV::HALLYB (Fish have no concept of fire) Tue Sep 14 1993 16:17

    Salem witch trials with a Mel Brooks flair.  NOT a Mel Brooks production,
    but the movie is definitely in that style.  On video.  
    
    The evil judge and mayor of Salem need to find a way to confiscate a
    lot of property to build a condominium-complex-cum-shopping-mall.
    They dream up the witch hunt as a way to accomplish this.
    
    Meanwhile the new assistant preacher (Patrick Cassidy) returns from
    divinity school to his longtime sweetheart, Sara Lee, who is about to
    open her new store.  And along comes a "real" witch who is fascinated
    with the new assistant preacher's male charms.  Everything proceeds
    along more or less predictable lines.  The gags vary from rather crude
    to pretty subtle.  There are no big name actors; I think Jim Belushi
    and Bud "Harold and Maude" Cort are the only names I recognized.
    
    Rated R, but I think PG-17 might be closer to reality if such a rating
    existed.  Worth the rental if you're a Mel Brooks fan.  Not worth it if
    he's not your style.
    
      John
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