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Director:
Writers:
Gerald Ayres (writer)
John Van Druten (play)
Release Date:
23 September 1981 (USA) more
Tagline:
From the very beginning, they knew they'd be friends to the end. What they didn't count on was everything in between.
Plot:
Liz and Merry Noel become friends as college roommates and their friendship endures over the years. Liz becomes a respected "serious" novelist... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
Intelligent and Witty more (12 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jacqueline Bisset | ... | Liz Hamilton | |
| Candice Bergen | ... | Merry Noel Blake | |
| David Selby | ... | Douglas 'Doug' Blake | |
| Hart Bochner | ... | Christopher 'Chris' Adams | |
| Steven Hill | ... | Jules Levi | |
| Meg Ryan | ... | Debby Blake, 18 Years | |
| Matt Lattanzi | ... | Jim, the Boy | |
| Daniel Faraldo | ... | Ginger Trinidad | |
| Nicole Eggert | ... | Debby Blake, 8 Years | |
| Joe Maross | ... | Martin Fornam | |
| Kres Mersky | ... | Judy Heller | |
| Cloyce Morrow | ... | Martha Antilles | |
| Cheryl Robinson | ... | UCLA Voice (voice) | |
| Allan Warnick | ... | Desk Clerk | |
| Ann Risley | ... | Max's Wife |
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117 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Spain:13 | Iceland:16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Sweden:7 | UK:18 | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Algonquin Hotel - 59 W. 44th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA more
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Continuity: Merry is in bed when she suddenly comes up with title for her next novel - "Home Cookin'". But a moment later, when she rushes into her office, that title is already scrawled across the blackboard where she jots down her ideas. more
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Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Alien from L.A. (#6.16)" (1993) more
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On The Sunny Side of the Street more
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George Cuckor, known as a director of women, couldn't have hoped for two more talented and beautiful women for his last film. Itself a remake of Bette Davis' campy "Old Acquaintance" written by John Van Druten, this film is definitely dated, but still delightful.
Bergen and Bisset sparkle as best friends who compete at everything, but manage to remain friends. Liz Hamilton (Bisset) is a "serious" writer, intellectual, and elegant. She meets her lifelong best friend Merry Noel at an exclusive girls school and they begin a lifetime of not always friendly competition. Later in their lives, when Liz is a "promising" but blocked writer of serious fiction, Merry decides to try her hand at writing, which infuriates her pal because of Merry's casual approach to the craft she herself takes perhaps a little too seriously.
Much to Liz's chagrin, Merry's trashy novels hit pay dirt, and ultimately, her old friend Liz is judging her novel for the National Book Award. Bergen steals the show as the haughty writer of steamy bestsellers who schemes to bring together the broken pieces of her life in conjunction with her final literary triumph, but alas, things are never that simple.
The supporting cast includes David Selby, whom you might remember as the tragic Quentin Collins from Dark Shadows, Hart Bochner and, of course, a deliciously young and mercurial Meg Ryan in her first film role since leaving the soaps.
Rich and Famous is catty, campy, witty and wise. It culminates in a New Years fiasco that stresses the enduring nature of true friendship, and I never let a year go by without watching it on New Years Eve. Watch it and you'll see why.