An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long uphill climb.
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Frank and Jack Baker are professional musicians who play small clubs. They play schmaltzy music and have never needed a day job. Times are changing and dates are becoming more difficult to ... See full summary »
Director:
Steve Kloves
Stars:
Jeff Bridges,
Michelle Pfeiffer,
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Claude Sautet
Stars:
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Director:
Herbert Ross
Stars:
Steve Martin,
Bernadette Peters,
Jessica Harper
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Steve Richer <sricher@sympatico.ca>
The director called this picture a "film noir musical" and he encouraged his lead actors to improvise in many scenes. See more »
Goofs
During the VJ dance sequence when Jimmy (DeNiro) is initially trying to pick up Francine (Minnelli), the cherry in her drink disappears (when she eats it in one shot) but then reappears in her drink only to disappear in subsequent shots. See more »
Quotes
Jimmy:
You're an agent?
Tony Harwell:
I reiterate, yes.
Jimmy:
If I went down there, would you be my agent?
Tony Harwell:
No.
Tony Harwell:
Why not?
Tony Harwell:
I ain't interested. I'm satisfied with the list of clients I got now.
Jimmy:
You're makin' a mistake, but okay, you know.
Tony Harwell:
I made a lot of mistakes. So I'll make another one. This one's on me.
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Good musical with De Niro and Minelli giving excellent performances as a pair of aggravating people. Both of them constantly had me grinding my teeth over their silly inability to get along with either each other or, in De Niro's case, with most anybody else. This sax blowing moron couldn't get his mind off himself long enough to notice that there were other folks in the world along with his royal presence. What a s**t! Francine Evans, Minelli, hacked me off about as much as the donuthead she married because he was so transparently phony and she still fell for his every line. Are women stupid? Even though I despised Jimmy Doyle and was aghast at Francine's glossy eyed belief in every thing that came out of this con man's platinum tonsiled throat, I still enjoyed the film, especially the big band music....and Liza can really belt out a song...besides being pretty.
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Good musical with De Niro and Minelli giving excellent performances as a pair of aggravating people. Both of them constantly had me grinding my teeth over their silly inability to get along with either each other or, in De Niro's case, with most anybody else. This sax blowing moron couldn't get his mind off himself long enough to notice that there were other folks in the world along with his royal presence. What a s**t! Francine Evans, Minelli, hacked me off about as much as the donuthead she married because he was so transparently phony and she still fell for his every line. Are women stupid? Even though I despised Jimmy Doyle and was aghast at Francine's glossy eyed belief in every thing that came out of this con man's platinum tonsiled throat, I still enjoyed the film, especially the big band music....and Liza can really belt out a song...besides being pretty.