Fantastic movie comedy -- easily one of the best satires of American life ever put on film. Norman Lear wrote and directed this gem just before moving on to "All In The Family". "Cold Turkey" and "All In The Family" are his two greatest creations. It begins with the script. It's funny from beginning to end. The script has clever dialogue, inventive ideas and an eye for detail.
The cast includes many all-time favorites, including Dick Van Dyke, Bob Newhart, Tom Poston, Barnard Hughes, Sudie Bond, Ted Knight, Gloria LeRoy, Vincent Gardenia, Pippa Scott, Peggy Rea, Paul Benedict, Edward Everett Horton, M. Emmett Walsh, Barbara Cason, Graham Jarvis, Jean Stapleton and show-stopper Judith Lowry. You'll see a lot of people you recognize from other movies and sitcoms of the 1970s, including many who turned up on "All In The Family" and other Lear shows. "Cold Turkey" is also the best movie showcase for possibly the greatest comedy team of all time, Bob & Ray. They are brilliant, satirizing newscasters of the time, like Walter Cronkite, David Brinkley, Paul Harvey, and Hugh Downs. Randy Newman's soundtrack is terrific.
And it helps that the movie, which is set in a small Iowa town, was actually filmed in a small Iowa town, rather than some Hollywood backlot. It gives the movie a feeling of authenticity.
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