Apr 1st   
Three Fugitives**   
(US 1989)       
Touchstone. 96m.

A serial bank robber is released from prison but has the misfortune to be taken hostage by an incompetent thief trying to raise funds for his mute daughter.   
Practically a scene-for-scene remake of Veber's own comedy Les Fugitifs from 1986, and just as funny with the American cast and settings giving it the right amount of comic energy.

Written and Directed by: Francis Veber.
Producer: Lauren Shuler Donner.
Starring: Nick Nolte, Martin Short, Sarah Rowland Doroff, James Earl Jones, Kenneth McMillan, Alan Ruck, Bruce McGill.
Photography: Haskell Wexler, David McHugh.

THREE FUGITIVES. The poster, for once, is not an exaggeration: there is a scene in the film where Nick Nolte literally carries both Martin Short and Sarah Rowland Doroff up a flight of stairs!