Grandmother has nothing to say when Libby tells her that she is off to LA to look up Dad, a Hollywood screenwriter. Grandmother has been in a New York cemetery for six years and Dad has ...
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Grandmother has nothing to say when Libby tells her that she is off to LA to look up Dad, a Hollywood screenwriter. Grandmother has been in a New York cemetery for six years and Dad has been out of Libby's life for 16 of her 19 years. Libby arrives in LA on a Tuesday and phones Dad the one night that Stephanie, who does Jane Fonda's hair, stays over. Stephanie is there the next morning when Libby decides she needs to tell her story face-to-face. Written by Dale O'Connor <daleoc@interaccess.com>
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screenwriter | reference to jane fonda | struggling actor | makeup artist | valet |Taglines:
Libby Tucker hitchhiked from Brooklyn to take Hollywood by storm. And her father by surprise.Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
26 March 1982 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Neil Simon's I Ought to Be in Pictures See more »Box Office
Gross:
$6,968,359 (USA)Company Credits
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Truck Driver: Spanish?
Libby: No, Jew, but in Brooklyn first we learn Spanish then English
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Music & Lyrics by Marvin Hamlisch and Carole Bayer Sager
Sung by Randy Crawford
Produced by Tommy LiPuma
(P) 1982 WEA International Inc.
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Trivia
One of two 1980s Neil Simon written films made by the 20th Century Fox studio. The other was Max Dugan Returns (1983). See more »Goofs
In the closing scenes Libby is first seen sitting on the left side of the bus talking to her seat mate, then when Herb drives his car up next to the bus on the right side she sees him through the right side window. See more »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
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Soundtracks
One HelloMusic & Lyrics by Marvin Hamlisch and Carole Bayer Sager
Sung by Randy Crawford
Produced by Tommy LiPuma
(P) 1982 WEA International Inc.
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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.