My Chauffeur (1986) + Bonus [w/Commentaries]

In a well-wrought sex comedy with one foot in the feminist camp and another on a banana peel, Casey Meadows (Deborah Foreman in an excellent performance) defies social custom when she gets a job as a limo driver. The manager of the Brentwood Limousine Company, McBride (Howard Hesseman), and her co-workers give her both a hard time and some of the worst fares possible. She is eventually assigned to chauffeur an overworked executive (Sam Jones) who just broke up with his girlfriend. After drowning his sorrows in the back seat of the limo, the ingrate wakes up in Casey's bed the morning after, refusing to believe he had anything to do with her. Their antagonistic relationship is stressed all the more when she has to drive him on a vacation and the car breaks down. What Casey does not know is that she has not been given the complete scoop on her passenger.



Commentaries:
– Commentary #1 features writer/director David Beaird and actor Leland Crooke.
– Commentary #2 features production assistant Jeff McKay.

Bonus included: "License to Drive" (15:59) is a conversation with star Deborah Foreman, who initially shares her story of discovery, getting work as a model to help make her big leap from Texas to California. Foreman has a few interesting details to share about "My Chauffeur," including a rehearsal period for the production, and she's upbeat about her time with Beaird and Jones, highlighting their kindness and professionalism. Foreman sobers up a bit to discuss a deleted rape sequence from the picture, and she quickly mentions how Crown International fudged opening weekend numbers on "My Chauffeur" to claim the top spot at the box office. Sensing something fishy, Steven Spielberg (defending "The Color Purple") called for an investigation, with the ensuing embarrassment forcing the cancellation of high-profile publicity stops for Foreman. That subject alone is worth its own documentary. Foreman also shares bits of information from her time on "April Fool's Day," one of many "yummy" moviemaking experiences she's enjoyed.