Medium Rare (1987)

Name: Medium Rare
Director: Paul Madden
Released: 1987-03-04
Duration: 1 h 3 min
Cast: Burt Young, Lainie Kazan, Brad Dourif, Brenda Bakke

Director: Paul Madden

Cast: Burt Young, Lainie Kazan, Brad Dourif, Brenda Bakke

Runtime63 min

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Death of his wife's pet poodle and a threatening movie producer create a world of trouble for a middle-aged B-movie mogul. He hires two psychopathic goons to take care of it, which only creates more trouble and attracts the cops.

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Fans of dark comedy and quirky character studies will find a lot to enjoy in 1987's Medium Rare, directed by Paul Madden. The film features stellar performances from Burt Young, Lainie Kazan, and Brad Dourif as they navigate the escalating chaos surrounding a middle-aged B-movie mogul's attempts to handle a pet poodle's death and a threatening movie producer.

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The Medium is Singapore's first full-length English language film. It was released in local cinemas in late 1991 and produced by Singaporean Errol Pang. It was initially supposed to be directed by a Singaporean, Tony Yeow, then by an American, Stan Barret, and finally by Arthur Smith, who was British. The Medium was initially seen as a revival of the local film industry. Starring Brenda Bakke, Margaret Chan and Dore Kraus. Zhu Houren also cameos as a coffeeshop owner whose wife ends up getting cheated by the main antagonist.