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Overview

User Rating:
6.2/10   3,773 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Mary Rodgers (screenplay)
Mary Rodgers (book)
Contact:
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Release Date:
21 January 1977 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Annabel and her Mother are not quite themselves today- in fact, they're each other! [UK] more
Plot:
A mother and daughter find their personalities switched and have to live each other's lives on one strange Friday. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 3 Golden Globes. more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Jay Chandrasekhar Hopes Opposites Attract
 (From Cinema Blend. 13 January 2009, 12:58 PM, PST)

Kelly's 'Freaky' New Role
 (From WENN. 2 August 2002)

User Comments:
I'd like to be you for a day! more (42 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Barbara Harris ... Ellen Andrews

Jodie Foster ... Annabel Andrews

John Astin ... William Waring Andrews
Patsy Kelly ... Mrs. Schmauss - Maid

Dick Van Patten ... Harold Jennings
Vicki Schreck ... Virginia
Sorrell Booke ... Charles Dilk - School Principal
Alan Oppenheimer ... Mr. Joffert
Ruth Buzzi ... Opposing Coach
Kaye Ballard ... Coach Betsy

Marc McClure ... Boris Harris
Marie Windsor ... Mrs. Murphy - Typing Teacher
Sparky Marcus ... Ben Andrews
Ceil Cabot ... Miss McGuirk
Brooke Mills ... Lucille Gibbons - Secretary
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Additional Details

Runtime:
95 min
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Language:
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Photophone Sound Recording)
Certification:
Australia:PG (TV rating) | Iceland:L | Canada:G (video rating) | Australia:G | Canada:F (Ontario) | Canada:G (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Quebec) | Sweden:Btl | UK:U | USA:G

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The title song "I'd Like to be You for a Day" is sung by Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster. more
Goofs:
Continuity: As the fired maid does a wheelie in traffic, the long shot shows her rotation in one direction, but the close shot finds her spinning in the another. more
Quotes:
Mrs. Andrews: That child hasn't got a clue about my life, not a single clue. more
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Soundtrack:
I'd Like to Be You for a Day more

FAQ

What are adenoids?
Why is Friday so freaky?
A Note Regarding Spoilers
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9 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
I'd like to be you for a day!, 15 October 2003
Author: narnerbee from U.S. of A.

This film is truly one of a kind, and it disgusts me that remakes are the order of the evening with this one! As a young girl, (Foster) and her mother (Harris) are at the edge of their sanity together, the unthinkable happens!!! The switching of the minds into seperate bodies! "Id like to be you for a day" The opening song suggest, and they weren't kidding! With a terrific cast of main roles,(ie- Harris, Foster, and Astin) Not to mention an even more funny cast of co-stars! (ie-Marc McClure, Patsy Kelly, and Charlene Tilton) This film gets away with the most funny of jokes, involving washing machines, and cars, and cop chases! only the best films could do all this and still hold entertainment for adults and kids, and the fact that this film was remade 2 times in insulting to me! I did find Melanie Mayron's version humorous, it was not nessasary! Still, true classics prevail!

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