Clean Slate

1994
12
1h 47m

IMDb RATING

5.7/10

4.3K

YOUR RATING

Valeria Golino and Dana Carvey in Clean Slate (1994)

A private eye who suffers total amnesia every twenty-four hours is deeply entangled in a complicated murder and theft case.

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A private eye who suffers total amnesia every twenty-four hours is deeply entangled in a complicated murder and theft case.A private eye who suffers total amnesia every twenty-four hours is deeply entangled in a complicated murder and theft case.A private eye who suffers total amnesia every twenty-four hours is deeply entangled in a complicated murder and theft case.

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IMDb RATING

5.7/10

4.3K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
This was the first film that Dana Carvey starred in after leaving Saturday Night Live in the Spring of 1993. Carvey had been on the show for seven years and left the show to pursue a film career and other opportunities.

Goofs
Pogue's dog, Baby, has an eye-patch over his right eye. It is stated that as a result, the dog has a depth perception problem. While this could be true, the problem manifests itself not as depth perception, but in moving towards things to the left of where they actually are.

Quotes
Maurice L. Pogue: It's so nice seeing all your faces here: John and Susan and Mary and Fred and Ethel, Little Ricky

Alternate versions
The American TV version deleted a large section between Pogue's visit to the fashion show and his dictating to his tape recorder about the coin being with "Baby". In addition to eliminating the entire "guest speaker" scene, one of the funniest in the movie, this is also the part where Pogue learns tha the coin is with Baby. Thus, the viewer is left out of a key clue in this mystery!

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Crooklyn/Clean Slate/The Crow/Babyfever/Sunday's Children (1994)

Soundtracks
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
Words by Gus Kahn (as G. Kahn)
Music by Walter Donaldson (as W. Donaldson)
Performed by Doug Legacy

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Featured review

Funny guy in a funny movie

Dana Carvey is an excellent comedian, and this movie makes good use of his many talents. "Clean Slate" is a situation comedy with a decent setup, but what makes the movie is Dana's interpretation of the confused guy who has to untangle a mess he doesn't know anything about. His facial expressions are hilarious, and his delivery perfect. This is one of my favorite movies. The movie it best compares to is "So I married an axe murderer" in the sense that it follows a funny guy and a fox as they try to untangle themselves from a series of embarrassing situations, all the while trying to solve the underlying mystery.