Independent U.S. distributors Kino Lorber have confirmed that they will release on Blu-ray director Tom Mankiewicz's comedy
Delirious (1991), starring John Candy, Mariel Hemingway, Emma Samms, Robert Wagner, and Raymond Burr. The release is expected to arrive on the market later this year.
Synopsis: Writer Jack Gable's (John Candy) soap opera has it all: deceit, trickery, sex, sex, and more sex... and that's just behind the scenes! Candy (Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Splash) is hilarious in this laugh- a- minute daytime serial spoof which co- stars Mariel Hemingway (Manhattan), Emma Sands (Dynasty, Raymond Burr (Perry Mason) and David Rasche (Nurses).
When Jack clumsily bumps his head, he wakes up in the small town of Ashford Falls, the setting of his popular soap opera. But what begins as a nightmarish scenario turns into the opportunity of a lifetime as Jack finds he can control the events around hims... by writing them! With typewriter at hand, Jack attempts to win the love of the show's beautiful 'bad girl' (Samms), but while scripting his destiny with her, he keeps running into- literally- an accident prone 'good girl' (Hemingway). Will he be able to win the coveted woman of his dreams? Will he win the coveted Daytime Emmy? Only one thing's for certain: His attempts to write his own tickey will leave you laughing Deliriously!