On this day March 27 1987 the romantic comedy Blind Date premiered in theaters. Directed by Blake Edwards the film starred Bruce Willis in his first major film role alongside Kim Basinger.
The story followed a straight laced office worker who agrees to go on a blind date that quickly spins out of control. Kim Basinger played his unpredictable date whose behavior gets wildly chaotic once she has a drink. The film blended slapstick comedy with romantic tension and gave audiences a taste of Bruce Willis’s comedic timing before his breakout in action films. Blind Date performed well at the box office and helped launch Willis’s film career while showing Basinger’s strength in both comedy and romance.
80s insight: Blind Date was released just a year before Bruce Willis became a household name with his role as John McClane in Die Hard.
The story followed a straight laced office worker who agrees to go on a blind date that quickly spins out of control. Kim Basinger played his unpredictable date whose behavior gets wildly chaotic once she has a drink. The film blended slapstick comedy with romantic tension and gave audiences a taste of Bruce Willis’s comedic timing before his breakout in action films. Blind Date performed well at the box office and helped launch Willis’s film career while showing Basinger’s strength in both comedy and romance.
80s insight: Blind Date was released just a year before Bruce Willis became a household name with his role as John McClane in Die Hard.
