TV Guide: Night Shift

Video: Night Shift

Amazon Video on Demand — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:43:34 -0400

Michael Keaton ("Speechless," "Batman"), in his smash debut, Emmy-winner Shelley Long ("TV's "Cheers," "Outrageous Fortune") and Emmy-nominee Henry Winkler (TV's "Happy Days") star in this story about a meek man whose calm life takes a hectic and hilarious turn when he's talked into running a call-girl service during his night shift at the city morgue. From director Ron Howard ("Apollo 13"), with a screenplay from the Academy Award-nominated writers of "City Slickers" and "Splash", and featuring Shannen Doherty ("Beverly Hills, 90210") and a young Kevin Costner. Variety praises Keaton for his stunning performance, saying he's "funny, charming and knows how to please an audience," while the New York Post says the movie simply "leaves the audience weak with laughter." Featuring original music by Academy Award-winner Burt Bacharach and Rod Stewart.

Video: Night Shift

Amazon Video on Demand — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 10:11:58 -0400

Video: Night Shift

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:35:55 -0400

Straight-laced Henry Winkler takes a night-shift job as a morgue attendant. Winkler falls under the spell of wheeler-dealer coworker Michael Keaton, whose catchphrase Is this a great country or what? is the clarion call for his many get-rich-quick schemes. His latest plan is to turn the morgue into a nocturnal brothel, for the benefit of anything-goes hooker Shelley Long-and incidentally, to line their own pockets. Director Ron Howard and his frequent scripters Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel turn the potentially lurid story material of Night Shift into an endearing comedy, with winning performances from its three often miscast stars. Keep an eye out during one of the party sequences for Kevin Costner as a carousing college boy. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.