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Overview
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Writers:
Bruce Jay Friedman (book)
Neil Simon (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
27 January 1984 (USA) more
Tagline:
Please don't turn him down. more
Plot:
A writer for a greeting card company learns the true meaning of loneliness when he comes home to find his girlfriend in bed with another man. full summary | add synopsis
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(2 articles)
‘Smurfs’ Movie Happening, ‘Scooby-Doo’ Director Tapped
(From MTV Movies Blog. 8 July 2009, 3:15 PM, PDT)
An Open Letter to Steve Martin
(From Get The Big Picture. 6 February 2009, 10:36 AM, PST)
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A movie for anyone who has ever felt lonely - at least you're better off than these guys! more (26 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Steve Martin | ... | Larry Hubbard | |
| Charles Grodin | ... | Warren Evans | |
| Judith Ivey | ... | Iris | |
| Steve Lawrence | ... | Jack Fenwick | |
| Robyn Douglass | ... | Danielle | |
| Merv Griffin | ... | Himself | |
| Joyce Brothers | ... | Herself (as Dr. Joyce Brothers) | |
| Candi Brough | ... | Schneider Twin | |
| Randi Brough | ... | Schneider Twin | |
| Julie Payne | ... | Rental Agent | |
| Madison Arnold | ... | Lonely Cop | |
| Roger Robinson | ... | Greeting Card Supervisor | |
| Dan Hannafin | ... | Park Guard (as Daniel P. Hannafin) | |
| Joan Sweeny | ... | Sally, Girl in Blood Bank | |
| Nicholas Mele | ... | Maitre D' |
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90 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Iceland:L | Netherlands:AL | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:12 | Australia:M
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The film features cameo appearances from Merv Griffin, Dr. Joyce Brothers, and Loni Anderson. more
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When the officer gives Larry the ticket for the dog poop he fails to take down any of his details. more
Quotes:
Jack Fenwick:
Hey, say hello to my wife, Verna.
Verna Fenwick:
Hello.
Larry Hubbard:
Hi.
Jack Fenwick:
And this is my girlfriend Frieda.
Frieda, Jack's Mistress:
Hi, nice to meet you.
Larry Hubbard:
Nice to meet you.
Jack Fenwick:
We got a little apartment here on the West Side. One big room, and a 40-foot mattress.
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A movie about being lonely, doesn't grab you as the obvious subject to make a comedy about does it? But this movie does wonderfully.
Great performances from Martin and Grodin especially (in what in my opinion his is best ever role) as he guides Martin's character through what it is to be a lonely guy, from cocktail parties with cardboard cut-outs of film stars, to standing in as an opening act when their friends are going to be late for dates.
This he learns so well he turns it into a best selling book and eventually finds true love. A wonderful movie that will comfort anyone who is feeling a bit down as it shows that things could be so much worse.