Erich von Abele

Remains of the Day was a superb movie; but I'm wondering why Google included it in its list of "Mike Nichols movies" which I had searched for? Mike Nichols has nothing to do with Remains of the Day!

What the hey? Why doesn't Google list Dylan McDermott among the gallery of cast members when you Google "dark blue cast"????? He's like one of the main stars of this show!!!

I only give it 3 stars because there are a lot of great movies I consider solid 3 star movies. For me, 4 and 5 stars have to rise to extra special proportions to warrant their rating. So this is a solidly entertaining movie, but not superlatively tremendous. The highlight for me was the scene with Richard Dreyfuss in the flush of his prime in the role of "The Player".

I recall chancing upon a videocassette of this 1989 movie back in the late 90s (ah, remember those halcyon days when all we had to worry about was Clinton's Follies, Y2K, and what Kramer was up to on Seinfeld...? but I digress...). Unfortunately, my recall of it now is rather dim. I only recall four things about it: a solid & interesting performance (as usual) from the egregiously underrated Armand Assante; a welcome appearance by another uderrated actor, Michael Sarrazin; a cool turn by Wayne Rogers (of MASH fame) playing a frumpy detective reminiscent of "Columbo"; and finally, a fascinating storyline of collusion by Allied businessmen in the Nazi war machine. I look forward to seeing it again; although unfortunately it's now only available on videocassette and I no longer have a VCR...