Episode 731: Fatal Beauty (1987)

The Projection Booth Podcast

The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2025

⏱️ 158 minutes

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Summary

Whoopbruary keeps the action rolling with Fatal Beauty (1987), a hard-hitting crime thriller starring Whoopi Goldberg as tough-talking detective Rita Rizzoli. Directed by Tom Holland and based on a script by Bill Svanoe, the film follows Rizzoli as she battles to keep a deadly designer drug off the streets. Co-hosts Rob St. Mary and Kevin Lehane join the discussion, and we’ve got exclusive interviews with writer Bill Svanoe and director Tom Holland to break down the film’s mix of action, comedy, and social commentary.

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0:00.0	Hold your ears, folks. It's showtime.
0:08.6	People pay good money to see this movie.
0:10.9	When they go out to a theater, they want cold sodas, hot popcorn, and no monsters in the projection booth.
0:17.3	Everyone pretend podcasting isn't boring.
0:20.0	Shut it off.
0:25.4	Turn it off.
0:27.6	Turn it off.
0:31.6	And... LA. Lots of ways a girl can get into trouble.
0:49.4	Give me kiss. What? Give me kiss. Come on.
0:52.0	And the surest way is to be a lady cop.
0:55.9	You have the right to remain sight.
0:57.7	But she's no lady.
1:03.2	My name's Detective Rosoli. I'd like to ask you a couple questions.
1:07.4	Rezoli, that's a tie in and a...
1:10.0	This is Whoopi.
1:12.4	What kept you?
1:13.3	Stop to pick up a sailor?
1:14.7	Yeah, I almost had one, too, but your mother beat me to him.
1:19.3	Get on my way off. Carving a steak tartar. I mean it.
1:22.1	She's got the moves.
1:25.9	She's got the mouth.
1:27.7	This place is a real mess. You know where we can find a good maid.
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