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Goldie Hawn, Chris Sarandon, Richard Romanus, Andre Gregory, Gail Strickland ... see more see more... , Cliff De Young , Keith Szarabajka , Ed Begley Jr , James Staley , Kenneth Mars , Jean Smart , Maria O'Brien , Joel Brooks , Grainger Hines , Richard Hamilton , Kenneth McMillan , Marcie Barkin , Amanda Bearse , Mary Carver , Dortha Duckworth , Ken Gibbel , Archie Hahn III , Ken Hill , Al Leong , Daphne Maxwell , Jeanne Mori , Pamela Myers , Marcella Saint-Amant , Tom Spratley , George D. Wallace , Lyman Ward , Kathleen York , Thom Sharp , Michael Zand , Roger Til , Peter Pan , Joe Lambie , Ellen Tobie , Deborah Dutch , Joe George , Paul Willson , Elizabeth Anderson

In this routine spoof of government and media foibles, Sunny (Goldie Hawn) is an ordinary cocktail waitress, someone who graduated in the top 75% of her class. When she dramatically prevents the assas... read more read more...sination of a visiting dignitary, an Emir (Richard Romanus) from an Arab country. the event puts her dead center at a whirlwind of media attention, and she gets her a job in the protocol department of the government -- nothing that cocktail waitressing can really prepare one to do. Sunny's nemesis is the evil Mrs. St. John (Gail Strickland) who does not appreciate her inane blunders, and with a few cohorts, she schemes to ship Sunny off to join the Emir's harem, in exchange for a military base in his country. The daffy ex-cocktail waitress is not also blind and deaf, and before long, she suspects that something underhanded is in fact, underfoot. Now she has to find out what it is and how to stop it. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

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PG, 1 hr. 36 min.

Directed by: Herbert Ross

Release Date: December 21, 1984

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DVD Release Date: June 1, 2004

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  • MovieGuruDude72
    June 3, 2011
    MovieGuruDude72
    Easily Goldie Hawn's worst movie. Billed as a comedy its more a comical trainwreck. Spawned during Goldie's post-Private Benjamin 80s popularity spike, Protocol is a boring and simply awful mess.. No laughs, pointless story and just a bunch of boring old white guys blabbering pol... read moreitics and diplomacy while Goldie looks cute and tries to diffuse the situation with her charm...only she doesnt have any. Hence this movie's downfall. She is just not good enough of an actress to carry an entire film. Can you name any one else who was in this movie? I sure as hell cant. There's a reason why she was the designated eye candy on Laugh In. Nothing she ever uttered mattered or was relevant. Shes just supposed to sit and look cute like a hot mannequin, not carry a crap script on her shoulders. Hell, she can barely keep her head up there.
  • LeoToTo2025
    August 10, 2010
    LeoToTo2025
    Not as funny as most of her films but Goldie Hawn shines bright in this political satire. After saving a diplomat's life, she is hired to work in the protocol office and starts to turn Washington D.C. upside down. Die hard fans will like it more than others, but it's still worth ... read morea see!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Luanne Brown
August 6, 2002
Luanne Brown, Chico Enterprise-Record

Goldies Hawn is irrestible in this funny movie. But the treatment of Arabs is groanable and cliched.

March 26, 2009
Variety

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Roger Ebert
October 23, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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Vincent Canby
May 20, 2003
Vincent Canby, New York Times

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Dave Kehr
January 1, 2000
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

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Chuck O'Leary
October 10, 2005
Chuck O'Leary, Fantastica Daily

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Emanuel Levy
July 27, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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Brian J. Arthurs
October 18, 2002
Brian J. Arthurs, Beach Reporter (Southern California)

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Philip Martin
August 29, 2002
Philip Martin, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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Scott Weinberg
July 27, 2002
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

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