Loose Shoes (1980)

Director
Ira Miller

Main cast
Bill Murray; Buddy Hackett; Sid Haig; Howard Hesseman; Harry Shearer

Genres
Comedy

Description
Broad satire and buffoonery presented as a series of movie trailers. Among the titles and subjects are: "The Howard Huge Story", "Skate-boarders from Hell", "The Invasion of the Penis Snatchers", Woody Allen (pre-Mia), movie trailer come-ons, Charlie Chaplin, war movies, Billy Jack. The source of the title is presented about an hour into the film.


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