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Overview

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Director:
Mike Nichols
Writers (WGA):
Carrie Fisher (book)
Carrie Fisher (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
12 September 1990 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Tagline:
Having a wonderful time, wish I were here.
Plot:
Substance-addicted Hollywood actress Suzanne Vale is on the skids. After a spell at a detox centre her... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 7 nominations more
User Comments:
Wonderfully Nutty more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Meryl Streep ... Suzanne Vale

Shirley MacLaine ... Doris Mann

Dennis Quaid ... Jack Faulkner

Gene Hackman ... Lowell Kolchek

Richard Dreyfuss ... Doctor Frankenthal

Rob Reiner ... Joe Pierce

Mary Wickes ... Grandma
Conrad Bain ... Grandpa

Annette Bening ... Evelyn Ames
Simon Callow ... Simon Asquith
Gary Morton ... Marty Wiener

CCH Pounder ... Julie Marsden (as C.C.H. Pounder)
Sidney Armus ... Sid Roth
Robin Bartlett ... Aretha

Barbara Garrick ... Carol
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Additional Details

Runtime:
101 min | Canada:95 min (edited version)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USA

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The cop movie Suzanne works on, "LA Beat", is a reference to Fisher's Hollywood Vice Squad (1986). more
Goofs:
Miscellaneous: Lowell tells Suzanne that none of the airport scene can be saved because it was shot without any cutaways. However, the scene is obviously edited as the characters jump about 3 feet farther from the camera as they walk from past a pole between the ticket counter and the passport control desk. more
Quotes:
Doris Mann: So you said you have a ranch?
Jack Faulkner: Yeah, out in Malibu.
Doris Mann: If all ranchers looked like you, there wouldn't be many crops.
Jack Faulkner: Depends on what you're raising.
Doris Mann: Certainly not doubts!
[both laugh, Suzanne enters]
Doris Mann: Oh, I was just coming to get you, your little friend is here.
Suzanne Vale: Can I speak to you for a moment in private?
Doris Mann: Excuse me, my daughter wants to speak to me.
[both step into alcove]
[...]
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Vampires and Other Stereotypes (1994) (V) more
Soundtrack:
From This Moment On more

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11 out of 16 people found the following comment useful:-
Wonderfully Nutty, 8 March 2003
7/10
Author: spinbunny from London, Ontario

Meryl Streep is just about the best actress around and this, I think, is one of my favourite performances by her. (so far). Why? Because she is not playing her usual self -- she is a total nut case in this film --- neurotic and downright hilarious. Much like 2002's "Adaption" she is playing against her normal dramatic type and is a wonderful comedienne -- a role she should play more often --- actresses usually playing actresses usually are not memorable --- this is a "keeper" role --- and what a voice. (had she not been an actress, she could give most singers these days a run for their money!) Do rent it and laugh --- it is worth the trip to the video store!

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