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A new comedy about a movie that doesn't get made and the people who don't make it.
3.9 / 10 IMDb May 3, 1985 1h 20m
Studio head Joe Mulholland promises his dying producer and mentor, Saul Gritz, to adapt a popular sex manual into a film, despite his better judgment. Unable to figure out how to turn the nonfiction book into a narrative movie, Mulholland enlists the services of Herb Dorman, a screenwriter of popular romantic films with a bad marriage, and volatile director Sid Spokane to help him create a movie.
Director
Runtime
1h 20m
Release Date
May 3, 1985
Genre
Comedy
Status
Released
Languages
English
Country
United States of America
Writers
Producers
Cast
Walter Matthau
as Joe Mulholland
Charles Grodin
as Herb Derman
Vincent Gardenia
as Saul Gritz
Tyne Daly
as Nancy Derman
Bill Macy
as Sid Spokane
Gilda Radner
as Livia Machado
Earl Boen
as Marshall
Michael Lerner
as Arnie
Joe Mantell
as Larry
William Prince
as Louis Martin
Nita Talbot
as Dorothy
Sandy Ward
as Doctor
Judah Katz
as Freddie
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Peter Marc Jacobson
as Robin
Sam Anderson
as Ray Berg
Frances Bay
as Betty Gritz
Luana Anders
as Violette
Gene Dynarski
as Board Member
David Tress
as Board Member
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Eugene Elman
as Other Executive
Production Companies
United ArtistsAsher-Grodin Productions
Metro-Goldwyn-MayerAdvertisement
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