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Larry Cohen (screenplay)
Larry Cohen (story)
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March 1980 (USA) more
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A movie dedicated to the fine art of making it.
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Cast

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Jeff Bridges ... Harry
Belinda Bauer ... Sarah

Ned Beatty ... Mr. Elliott
Steven Keats ... Rick Duprez
Bianca Jagger ... Corinne
John Glover ... Ernst
Mascha Gonska ... Greta

Michael Durrell ... Herman
Eva Maria Meineke ... Mrs. Heinemann
Günter Meisner ... Maitre d'
David Brooks ... Gunter
Marie Bardischewski ... Landlady
Sebastian Baur
Peer Brensing
Judith M. Brown
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
American Success
Good as Gold (USA) (video title)
Success (USA) (recut version)
The Ringer
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91 min
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A movie with several different titles., 11 January 2001
Author: asaidi-2 from Los Angeles, Ca

The "American Success Company" (AKA "Good as Gold" or "The Ringer"). It was later re-edited slightly and titled "American Success". Then it was re-edited again with many scenes switched around, a couple scenes added, and a narration by Jeff Bridges added and titled "Success".

I'm not sure why it was re-edited twice, but I think the reason might be related to the reason it was never released on video (except for a few copies when it was re-titled "Good As Gold") in the U.S.

It's a somewhat humorous story about a guy (Bridges) who's considered by his boss (Beatty) and his bosses daughter, who's also his wife (Bauer), to be a loser. So, with some makeup, some exercise, and some help from a local prostitute (Jagger) he becomes a new man. He also conceives a plan to steal a lot of money from the company that he works for (AM-SUC-CO, a movie version of American Express).

The last version ("Success") has a narration by Jeff Bridges, which clears up a lot of plot holes and confusion that are in the first two versions of the movie. Plus, I liked the extra scenes in the last version, which aren't in the previous two versions. "Success" is the version to see if you can find it.

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