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Show M. Fletcher' casts Chase as hilarious newpaper reporter By CHERIE HUBER Fletch is back as Chevy Chase returns as the unpredictable "L M. Fletcher," the resourceful newspaper reporter with the multiple mul-tiple disguises that he first displayed in "Fletch" in 1985. In "Fletch Lives," Fletch receives a call that his aunt had just f passed away and bequeathed her 80-acre Southern plantation, Belle Isle, to her nephew; Dreaming of a life of mint juleps and white planter's suites, Fletch hops a plane to Louisiana. When he stops off the plane and is met by a lovely local lawyer, Amanda May Ross (Patricia Kalember), he believes his dreams have come true. The dream lasts only until he arrives ar-rives at his property to find it in total disrepair. However, the ever-optimistic ever-optimistic Fletch will not be denied his dream despite the wreckage all around him. Next his investigative interest is aroused when Amanda May mysteriftistjtturns up dead after an intimate evening with Fletch. The plot thickens as Fletch discovers that Belle Isle is suddenly a property proper-ty in hot demand. Fletch goes to work to discover the reason for the mad land scramble and the investigation in-vestigation brings to light many mere of Fletch's hilarious disguises. Universal Pictures has not overlooked details in bringing the true Southern theme to "Fletch Lives" under the guidance of director direc-tor Michael Ritchie. The well-known well-known Rosewood Plantation, one of Louisiana's landmarks, was used for the filming as was Evergreen Plantation which was used for the backdrop for a special musical number in Retch's dream scene, complete with a rendition from-Fletch from-Fletch of "Zip-A-Dee-Do-Dah" from the Disney 1946 classic "Song of the South." |