Movers & Shakers (1985)

User Rating:

4.3/10   

Director:

William Asher

Writer:

Charles Grodin (writer)

Release Date:

3 May 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Joe Mulholland, Head of Production at a Hollywood studio, makes a rather fool-hardy promise to a dying friend...

Plot Keywords:

Roller Coaster | Film Making | Hollywood Sign

Cast

Walter Matthau	...	Joe Mulholland
Charles Grodin	...	Herb Derman
Vincent Gardenia	...	Saul Gritz
Tyne Daly	...	Nancy Derman
Bill Macy	...	Sid Spokane
Gilda Radner	...	Livia Machado
Earl Boen	...	Marshall
Michael Lerner	...	Arnie
Joe Mantell	...	Larry
William Prince	...	Louis Martin
Nita Talbot	...	Dorothy
Sandy Ward	...	Doctor
Judah Katz	...	Freddie
Peter Marc Jacobson	...	Robin (as Peter Marc)
Sam Anderson	...	Ray Berg

Also Known As:

Dreamers (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

80 min | Spain:79 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

BHC

Movie Connections:

References The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

Soundtrack:

I've Realty Got to Have You

Nothing on Cutting Room Floor

This movie has everything: Inane writing; heavy-handed direction; call-in acting; a voice-over that attempts to tie a series of pointless scenes into a plot line. Someone lacked the courage to say no, no, no. Anything that might have been edited out would have doubtless been better than what was edited in. Student films are better. What's Up Tiger Lily was better. A Woody Woodpecker cartoon is better. A George Burns/Bea Arthur porno would be better.