Aloysius “Quackser” Fortune (Gene Wilder) takes road apples and sells them to people with gardens. His family keeps telling him that horses will be banned for cars soon, but he loves his work. And he’s in love with an American, Zazel Pierce (Margot Kidder) who is studying abroad. I mean, this movie has to be science fiction. 1970 Margot Kidder is in love with a guy who scoops manure.

Director Waris Hussein would eventually make TV movies like The Henderson Monster and Copacabana. This film strains my credibility meter as there’s no reason for these characters to be in love, and at the end, where Fortune inherits a fortune from that cousin in the Bronx and becomes a tour bus driver—spoiler—it seems too easy.

Nonetheless, 21st Century re-released this as Fun Loving after Wilder’s successful films with Richard Pryor as a new movie, not one with years of dust on it.

I love seeing Gene Wilder and Margot Kidder in movies, even if what emerges isn’t necessarily their best work. I’m also excited that this is out on Blu-ray, as it will allow me to go back and watch it again in the hopes that it will find me in a better frame of mind.

This Blu-ray has a commentary track by Robert Kelly, artist, reviewer and film buff extraordinaire. It also has a photo gallery and trailer. You can get it from MVD.