Towing (film)
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{{Infobox film
| name = Towing
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| director = Maura Smith
| producer = Frederick A. Smith
| writer = Maura Smith
| story =
| starring = Jennifer Ashley
Bobby Di Cicco
Sue Lyon
| music = Martin Rubenstein
| cinematography = Jack Richards
| editing =
| studio = Sibling Productions
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| released = {{Film date|1978||}}
| runtime = 85 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
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Towing (also titled Who Stole My Wheels? and Garage Girls) is a 1978 American comedy film written and directed by Maura Smith and starring Jennifer Ashley, Bobby Di Cicco and Sue Lyon.
Cast
- Sue Lyon as Lynn
- Jennifer Ashley as Jean
- Bobby Di Cicco as Tony
- J. J. Johnston as Butch
- Joe Mantegna as Chris
- Mike Nussbaum as Phil
- Audrie J. Neenan as Irate Lady
- Don DePollo as Pizza Man
- Steven Kampmann as Irate Man
Production
According to Joe Mantegna, David Mamet wrote some scenes for the film which never made it in the final product and was paid $200 for his work.{{cite web|last=Rabin|first=Nathan|title=Joe Mantegna|date=April 21, 2009|website=The A.V. Club|url=https://www.avclub.com/joe-mantegna-1798216310|accessdate=June 10, 2022}}
Reception
Richard Christiansen of the Chicago Tribune awarded the film one star and wrote, "But the movie as a whole is so loosely organized and so quirkily edited that none of it makes much sense; and its ending, with a joke involving the late Mayor Richard J. Daley, is sadly outdated."{{cite news|last=Christiansen|first=Richard|title='Towing' is high-spirited, but mostly it's a drag|date=May 8, 1978|newspaper=Chicago Tribune (Newspapers.com)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/385471404/?terms=Towing%20Joe%20Mantegna&match=1|accessdate=June 10, 2022}}
Roger Ebert awarded the film one and a half stars.{{cite web|last=Ebert|first=Roger|title=Towing|date=May 8, 1978|website=RogerEbert.com|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/towing-1978|accessdate=June 10, 2022}}
References
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