Protocol (1984)
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14% of critics liked it
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39% of users liked it
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In this routine spoof of government and media foibles, Sunny (Goldie Hawn) is an ordinary cocktail waitress, someone who graduated in the top 75% of her class. When she dramatically prevents the assassination of a visiting dignitary, an Emir (Richard Romanus) from an Arab country. the event puts her… More In this routine spoof of government and media foibles, Sunny (Goldie Hawn) is an ordinary cocktail waitress, someone who graduated in the top 75% of her class. When she dramatically prevents the assassination of a visiting dignitary, an Emir (Richard Romanus) from an Arab country. the event puts her dead center at a whirlwind of media attention, and she gets her a job in the protocol department of the government -- nothing that cocktail waitressing can really prepare one to do. Sunny's nemesis is the evil Mrs. St. John (Gail Strickland) who does not appreciate her inane blunders, and with a few cohorts, she schemes to ship Sunny off to join the Emir's harem, in exchange for a military base in his country. The daffy ex-cocktail waitress is not also blind and deaf, and before long, she suspects that something underhanded is in fact, underfoot. Now she has to find out what it is and how to stop it. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Rating, Runtime
- PG, 1 hr. 36 min.
- Directed By
- Herbert Ross
- Genres
- Comedy
- In Theaters
- Dec 21, 1984 Wide
- On DVD
- Jun 1, 2004
- Studio
- Warner Home Video
Critic Reviews
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Luanne Brown, Chico Enterprise-Record
Goldies Hawn is irrestible in this funny movie. But the treatment of Arabs is groanable and cliched.
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Cast
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Goldie Hawnas Sunny -
Chris Sarandonas Michael -
Richard Romanusas Emir
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Andre Gregoryas Nawaf Al Kabeer -
Gail Stricklandas Mrs. St. John -
Cliff De Youngas Hilley
