1984
PG
Warner Bros.
1 h 36 m

1984
PG
Warner Bros.
1 h 36 m

Summary The US needs to convince the visiting emir Khala'ad of Othar to allow an American military base in his strategic realm. Clueless nightclub waitress Sunny Ann Davis accidentally spots and stops a terrorist shooting at the president and his royal guest. Her naive comments charm the press, so the State Department recruits her for its Protoc...

Comedy

Directed By: Herbert Ross

Written By: Buck Henry, Charles Shyer, Nancy Meyers, Harvey Miller

1984
PG
Warner Bros.
1 h 36 m

1984
PG
Warner Bros.
1 h 36 m

Protocol

Name: Protocol
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1984-12-21
Duration: 1 min 36 s
Rating: 55
Cast: Goldie Hawn, Chris Sarandon, Richard Romanus, Andre Gregory, Gail Strickland

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: Herbert Ross

Written By: Buck Henry, Charles Shyer, Nancy Meyers, Harvey Miller

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Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews

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The New York Times

Protocol is a breezy, not entirely unpredictable comedy that was made to order for the gifted Goldie Hawn by Buck Henry, the writer, Herb Ross, the director, and Miss Hawn herself, who is the film's executive producer. [21 Dec 1984, p.C25]

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Washington Post

Protocol is the kind of corny screwball comedy you thought nobody made anymore. By the end, its ersatz political moralism is almost too much to take; but buoyed by Buck Henry's often hilarious script, a wiggy performance by Goldie Hawn as a not-so-dumb blond, and director Herbert Ross' sure comic touch, Protocol is pleasant piffle for a Sunday afternoon. [21 Dec 1984, p.F1]

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Miami Herald

With a script full of flyaway one-liners by Buck Henry and some tightly edited visual stabs at media news by director Herbert Ross, Protocol is good for about an hour of fast-paced fun, until it starts mushing about looking for an ending. [22 Dec 1984, p.22]

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Chicago Sun-Times

The first hour of Protocol is so much fun, and the Goldie Hawn character is such an engaging original, that at first I couldn't believe they were going to throw away all that work by going for a standard Hollywood ending. But they did.

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TV Guide Magazine

Hawn has the right screen persona to carry it off, but her character is lost in a barrage of weak comic moments and absurd action.

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Newsweek

Herbert Ross directed this murky-looking film, and Buck Henry wrote it from a story by Charles Shyer, Nancy Meyers and Harvey Miller. They have all had better days. [31 Dec 1984, p.65]

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Time Out

Snoozeworthy diplomatic lark.

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Production Company Hawn / Sylbert Movie Company, Warner Bros.

Release Date Dec 21, 1984

Duration 1 h 36 m

Rating PG

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Comedy

Tagline There's something funny going on in Washington. Goldie's about to become a diplomat.

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Goldie Hawn

Sunny

Chris Sarandon

Michael Ransome

Richard Romanus

Emir

Andre Gregory

Nawaf Al Kabeer

Gail Strickland

Mrs. St. John

Cliff De Young

Hilley

Keith Szarabajka

Crowe

Ed Begley Jr.

Hassler

James Staley

Vice President Merck

Kenneth Mars

Lou

Jean Smart

Ella

Maria O'Brien

Donna

Joel Brooks

Ben

Grainger Hines

Jerry

Kenneth McMillan

Senator Norris

Richard Hamilton

Mr. Davis

Mary Carver

Mrs. Davis

Jack Diamond

Jimmy

Kathleen York

Charmaine

Georganne LaPiere

Bobbie

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