I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982)

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 ... See full summary »

Director:

Herbert Ross

Writers:

Neil Simon (play), Neil Simon (screenplay)

Stars:

Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, Dinah Manoff

Cast

Credited cast:
Walter Matthau	...	Herbert Tucker
Ann-Margret	...	Steffy Blondell
Dinah Manoff	...	Libby Tucker
Lance Guest	...	Gordon
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Calvin Ander	...	Rabbi
Shelby Balik	...	Shelley
Larry Barton	...	Harry
Eugene Butler	...	Marty
Bill Cross	...	Truck Driver
Michael Dudikoff	...	Boy on bus
Gillian Farrell	...	Waitress
David Faustino	...	Martin
Martin Ferrero	...	Monte Del Rey
Allan Graf	...	Baseball Fan
Samantha Harper	...	Larane

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

screenwriter | actor | greyhound bus | struggling actor | hollywood california | 

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Taglines:

Libby Tucker hitchhiked from Brooklyn to take Hollywood by storm. And her father by surprise.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

26 March 1982 (USA)

Also Known As:

Neil Simon's I Ought to Be in Pictures

Filming Locations:

Inglewood, California, USA

Box Office

Gross:

$6,968,359 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Michael Dudikoff:  The action star in an early role as a boy on a bus.

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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.

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Quotes

Libby: Grandma was right. Once a shitheel, always a shitheel.
Herbert: Your grandmother talks like that?
Libby: The words are mine, the wisdom is hers!

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Connections

References Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

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Soundtracks

"One Hello"
Music & Lyrics by Marvin Hamlisch and Carole Bayer Sager
Sung by Randy Crawford
Produced by Tommy LiPuma
(P) 1982 WEA International Inc.

User Reviews

a total gem.

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.