Micki + Maude (1984)

A bigamist must keep his wives from meeting each other, which becomes tricky when they're both pregnant.

Director:

Blake Edwards

Writer:

Jonathan Reynolds

Stars:

Dudley Moore, Amy Irving, Ann Reinking

Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dudley Moore	...	Rob Salinger
Amy Irving	...	Maude Salinger
Ann Reinking	...	Micki Salinger
Richard Mulligan	...	Leo Brody
George Gaynes	...	Dr. Eugene Glztszki
Wallace Shawn	...	Dr. Elliot Fibel
John Pleshette	...	Hap Ludlow
H.B. Haggerty	...	Barkhas Guillory
Lu Leonard	...	Nurse Mary Verbeck
Priscilla Pointer	...	Diana Hutchison
Robert Symonds	...	Ezra Hutchison
George Coe	...	Governor Lanford
Gustav Vintas	...	Dr. Kondoleon
Ken Olfson	...	Interior Decorator
Philippe Denham	...	TV Cameraman

Storyline

TV reporter Rob Salinger is married to Micki, but because she's always busy working, they hardly ever spend time together. One night at which he got stood up by Micki again, Rob meets cellist Maude and they soon get romanticly involved. When it turns out Maude is pregnant with his baby, Rob decides to marry Maude. When he's on the verge of telling Micki, she tells him she's pregnant, so he doesn't have the heart to leave her, but he marries Maude anyway. Now married to two pregnant women who don't know about each other, Rob has a busy time taking care of both and keep them from finding out.

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Plot Keywords:

pregnant | baby | childbirth | bigamy | pregnancy | 

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Taglines:

Micki was the only woman he ever wanted to marry. Until he met Maude. So, he did what any honorable man would do. He married them both.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

PG-13

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 December 1984 (USA)

Also Known As:

Micki & Maude

Box Office

Gross:

$26,200,000 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

BBE, Blake Edwards, Columbia Pictures Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

118 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Second of two movies that actor Dudley Moore made with director Blake Edwards. The first was 10 around five years earlier.

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Goofs

When the wives go to the OB/GYNE they go into rooms next to each other. Micki goes into an exam room on the right with the nurse's desk clearly to the right. However, when she is seen exiting, she exits an exam room that is blocked by the nurse's desk area.

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Quotes

Rob Salinger: Come on, Micki, just one child. A small one.

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Connections

Features The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)

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Soundtracks

"On the Sunny Side of the Street"
Written by Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh
Performed by Frank Sinatra
Courtesy of Capitol Records, Inc.

User Reviews

Dudley Moore at his comedic best

"Micki + Maude" is a wonderful comedy with a great comic performace by Dudley Moore as a man who has an incredible mess on his hands. Moore plays Rob Salinger, a TV reporter married to Micki (Ann Reinking), an assistant district attorney. Moore is desperate to have a baby but Micki doesn't want kids at the moment because she wants to work at her job so she can become a judge. One day Rob meets Maude (Amy Irving), a cellist he interviews for a report. When Micki goes out of town on business, Rob begins to have a fling with Maude. Then comes the shocking news. Maude announces that she's pregnant! Rob asks her to marry him and that he'll divorce Micki. When Micki gets back in town, Rob meets her for dinner at a restaurant where he plans to break the bad news to her. Then comes even more shocking news. Micki announces that she's pregnant! So what does Rob do now? Easy. He still marries Maude, stays married to Micki, and becomes a bigamist. "Micki + Maude" has lots of big laughs, especially the scenes in the doctors offices and hospital. This is one of director Blake Edwards' best films. The performance by Dudley Moore is a comic tour-de-force. He won a Golden Globe for his work here. Amy Irving and Ann Reinking are terrific too as the women in Moore's life, and there's a great supporting performance by Richard Mulligan (of TV's "Soap" and "Empty Nest") as Moore's boss and best friend who Moore comes to for advice. "Micki + Maude" is a very funny movie for fans of Dudley Moore and Blake Edwards. Only the silly ending keeps this movie from being a "10".

***1/2 (out of four)