I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Herbert Ross

Writers:

Neil Simon (play)
Neil Simon (screenplay)

Release Date:

26 March 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

Libby Tucker hitchhiked from Brooklyn to take Hollywood by storm. And her father by surprise.

Plot:

Grandmother has nothing to say when Libby tells her that she is off to LA to look up Dad, a Hollywood screenwriter...

Plot Keywords:

Hollywood | Screenwriter | Film Industry | Hitchhiker | Father

Cast

Walter Matthau	...	Herbert Tucker
Ann-Margret	...	Steffy Blondell
Dinah Manoff	...	Libby Tucker
Lance Guest	...	Gordon
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Calvin Ander	...	Rabbi
Shelby Balik	...	Shelley
Larry Barton	...	Harry
Eugene Butler	...	Marty
Bill Cross	...	Truck Driver
Michael Dudikoff	...	Boy on bus
Gillian Farrell	...	Waitress
David Faustino	...	Martin
Martin Ferrero	...	Monte Del Rey
Allan Graf	...	Baseball Fan
Samantha Harper	...	Larane
Noberto Kerner	...	Groundskeeper
Art LaFleur	...	Baseball Fan
Nomi Mitty	...	Baseball Fan
Santos Morales	...	Mexican Truck Driver
Charles Parks	...	Baseball Fan
José Rabelo	...	Groundskeeper
Lewis Smith	...	Soldier
Virginia Wing	...	Auto Cashier
Wayne Woodson	...	Baseball Fan
Tom Wright	...	Baseball Fan
Muni Zano	...	Motel Cashier
Halbert W. Jalikeakek	...	Baseball Fan (uncredited)
Norris Maxwell	...	Cashier (uncredited)
Thomas Lee Wright	...	Baseball Fan (uncredited)

Directed by
Herbert Ross

Writing credits
Neil Simon		(play)
Neil Simon		(screenplay)

Produced by
Charles Matthau	....	associate producer
Rick McCallum	....	associate producer
Herbert Ross	....	producer
Roger M. Rothstein	....	executive producer
Neil Simon	....	producer

Original Music by
Marvin Hamlisch

Cinematography by
David M. Walsh

Film Editing by
Sidney Levin

Production Design by
Albert Brenner

Costume Design by
Ruth Morley

Makeup Department
Allen Payne	....	hair department head

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tom Wright	....	second unit director

Art Department
Dennis J. Parrish	....	property master
Kandy Stern	....	set designer

Special Effects by
Alan E. Lorimer	....	special effects coordinator

Stunts
Charles A. Tamburro	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Robert Edesa	....	camera operator

Music Department
Carole Bayer Sager	....	composer: theme song "One Hello"

Transportation Department
James Nordberg	....	transportation co-captain

Other crew
Wayne Fitzgerald	....	title designer
Charles A. Tamburro	....	helicopter pilot
Barry Wexler	....	crab dolly operator

Production Companies

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Distributors

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1982) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1986) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Abril Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Intrada  score album released by (limited edition)

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:M | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Norway:15 | USA:PG

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

The original Broadway production of "I Ought to Be in Pictures" opened at the Eugene O'Neill Theater on April 3, 1980 and ran for 324 performances.

Quotes:

Libby: [cursing in Spanish] ... and your father too, you shitheel!
Truck Driver: Spanish?
Libby: No, Jew, but in Brooklyn first we learn Spanish then English

Movie Connections:

References Psycho (1960)

Soundtrack:

One Hello

a total gem.

what an outstanding and heart-tugging performance by DINAH. i never miss a rerun and go out of my way to see it. i can't believe she was not nominated for something. a perfect bit of acting by her and WALTER MATHAU. my wife says, "i guess you're.... just in love". the first time i saw the film was totally by accident. i was in a dentist's office for an appointment for teeth cleaning. the movie came on in the waiting room and after it was thirty minutes into filming the nurse came out and said "next". by a stroke of luck it was the last appointment of the day. i asked the dentist, who is also a dear friend, to let me continue watching. well, we both watched. the nurse had gone and he worked on my cleaning himself. he said it was worth it.