Apex Mountain
Zucker team; Arbor Day; Priscilla Presley as an actress; villain toupees
In the discussion (10)
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- The film is considered the Zucker team’s pinnacle among Top Secret, Ruthless People and later spoof work.
- Nielsen is proposed here but a later peak with the more profitable second film and ensuing roles is argued.
- Arbor Day is affirmed.
- Simpson is rejected.
- Umpiring may be at its apex because the umpire names were familiar; De Niro behind the plate in The Fan is called a terrible scene.
- Kennedy and Jackson are rejected, with Jackson’s three-homer World Series game cited.
- Montalban is rejected.
- The California Angels are tentatively affirmed over the1986near-miss, specifically under the California name.
- Presley is affirmed specifically as an actress.
- Villain toupees are affirmed, prompting a Steve Sanders’s father hairpiece tangent.