Me and Him (1988) Ich und Er (original title)

Director:

Doris Dörrie

Writers (WGA):

Doris Dörrie (adaptation) &
Michael Juncker (adaptation) ...
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Release Date:

15 September 1988 (West Germany)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

The Ultimate Buddy Picture - It hits below the belt!!

Plot:

A man's enthusiastic penis starts talking to him, getting him into awkward situations and convincing everyone he tells that he's completely insane.

Plot Keywords:

Penis | Male To Male Footsie Playing | Male Bare Feet | Talking Penis | Playing Footsie

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Griffin Dunne	...	Bert Uttanzi
Ellen Greene	...	Annette Uttanzi
Kelly Bishop	...	Eleanor Aramis
Carey Lowell	...	Janet Anderson
Kim Flowers	...	Corazon
Bill Raymond	...	Humphrey
David Alan Grier	...	Peter Conklin
Kara Glover	...	Juliette
Rocco Sisto	...	Art Strong
Nancy Giles	...	Martella
Robert LaSardo	...	Tony
Craig T. Nelson	...	Peter Aramis
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Barbara Allen	...	Dancing Secretary
Deborah Arters	...	Architect's Wife
Leslie Ayvazian	...	Paramedic 2
James A. Baffico	...	Stu Gazzo
Nancy Bagnall	...	Woman on Street
Connie Baker	...	Art's Wife
John Baray	...	Cook
Lisbeth Bartlett	...	News Reporter
Jolie Benett	...	Blonde in Church
Mary Bergman	...	Pretty Woman
John Bowman	...	Waiter
Reg E. Cathey	...	Waiter
Carol Clements	...	Dancing Secretary
William De Acutis	...	Elliott
Laura Esterman	...	Bag Lady
Darryl Fong	...	Chinese Delivery Boy
Mary Ellen Ford	...	Saleswoman
Alison Fraser	...	Dancing Secretary
Ernesto Gasco	...	Spanish Cook
Jarrod Gormick	...	Bert Jr.
Alisa Gyse	...	Dancing Secretary
Charles Halden	...	Waiter
Cortland Jessup	...	Humphrey's Wife
Mary Ann Kellogg	...	Dancing Secretary
Rick Kelly Jr.	...	Man in Dress Shop
James Lally	...	Clerk
Heiner Lauterbach	...	(voice)
Mark Linn-Baker	...	Him (voice)
Tracey Loggia	...	Sales Lady
Gretchen MacLane	...	Village Guide
Steven Marcus	...	Friend
Jodie Markell	...	Eileen
John McLearen	...	Customer
Dan Moran	...	Homeless Man2
Kathi Moss	...	Dancing Secretary
Frederick Neumann	...	Priest
Paula Raflo	...	Hooker
Michael Earl Reid	...	Homeless Man 1
Rene Rivera	...	Jose-Limo Driver
John Sacco	...	Architect
Jana Schneider	...	Dancing Secretary
Karen Shallo	...	Dancing Secretary
Anita Sklar	...	Customer
Toukie Smith	...	Deli Deliah
Christine Uchida	...	Dancing Secretary
Rita Jo Westfall	...	Dancing Secretary
Lillias White	...	Dancing Secretary (as Lillians White)
Justin Williams	...	David
Charlayne Woodard	...	Dancing Secretary (as Charleine Woodard)
Samuel E. Wright	...	Paramedic 1
Nora York	...	Dancing Secretary
Tyler York	...	Stu Gazzo's Wife

Directed by
Doris Dörrie

Writing credits (WGA)
Doris Dörrie		(adaptation) &
Michael Juncker		(adaptation)
Warren Leight		(screen story) (as Warren D. Lieght)
Warren Leight		(screenplay) (as Warren D. Lieght)
Alberto Moravia		(novel) (suggestion)

Produced by
G. Mac Brown	....	line producer
Jake Eberts	....	associate producer
Bernd Eichinger	....	producer
Dieter Meyer	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Klaus Doldinger

Cinematography by
Helge Weindler

Film Editing by
Raimund Barthelmes

Casting by
Bonnie Finnegan
Ellen Lewis

Production Design by
Suzanne Cavedon

Art Direction by
Debbie DeVilla

Costume Design by
Eugenie Bafaloukos

Production Management
Walter Pucker	....	post-production manager

Art Department
Tommy Allen	....	property master
David Gulick	....	lead person
Charles Kulsziski	....	set dresser
Timothy Main	....	construction coordinator
Victor J. Zolfo	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Felipe Borrero	....	sound
Felix Olivier	....	assistant sound

Visual Effects by
Randall Balsmeyer	....	matte paintings

Camera and Electrical Department
Morris Flam	....	gaffer
Kevin Murphy	....	electrician

Other crew
Sam Goldrich	....	production coordinator
Blair Bellis Mohr	....	production coordinator
Ilse Schwarzwald	....	production coordinator
Annie Stewart	....	location manager

Production Companies

• Neue Constantin Film

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1989) (USA) (theatrical)
• Neue Constantin Film (1988) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Taurus Film Video GmbH (1989) (West Germany) (VHS)
• Highlight Film (2005) (Germany) (DVD)

Also Known As:

"Ich und Er" - West Germany (original title)

Runtime:

Germany:93 min | USA:93 min

Country:

West Germany | USA

Language:

German | English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:M | Portugal:M/12 | Germany:16 (DVD rating) | France:U | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:16 (f)

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Neue Constantin Film

Quotes:

Janet Anderson:[to Bert] Oh God! I wish I could be attracted to you.

Movie Connections:

Remake of Io e lui (1973)

A Penis and Its Man

Just imagine, one day your penis starts talking to you - giving you its points of view, opinions, complaints, suggestions, and teaching you life lessons. Well, I most certainly can not but I thought that the idea was interesting. The movie is a loose adaptation of great Alberto Moravia's novel (notable adaptations of his novels include Vittorio De Sica's "Two Women" (1960), based on "La Ciociara", Jean-Luc Godard's" Contempt: (1963), from "Il Disprezzo", and Bernardo Bertolucci's "The Conformist" (1970), from the book of the same name) and I thought that it was funny. Occasionally...

The movie won a Golden Screen award in 1988 - which is presented to the distributors of domestic and foreign feature films - including documentary and children films - with more than 3,000,000 admissions within 18 months since their release or re-release in Germany. "Me and Him" won the award along with "A Fish Called Wanda", (1988), "Rain Man" (1988), and "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988). Now, this fact made me laugh really hard.