Making Mr. Right (1987)

A reclusive scientist builds a robot that looks exactly like him to go on a long term space mission. Since the scientist seems to lack all human emotion he is unable to program them into ... See full summary »

Director:

Susan Seidelman

Writers:

Floyd Byars, Laurie Frank

Stars:

John Malkovich, Ann Magnuson, Glenne Headly

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
John Malkovich	...	Dr.Jeff Peters / Ulysses
Ann Magnuson	...	Frankie Stone
Glenne Headly	...	Trish
Ben Masters	...	Steve Marcus
Laurie Metcalf	...	Sandy
Polly Bergen	...	Estelle Stone
Harsh Nayyar	...	Dr. Ramdas
Hart Bochner	...	Don
Susan Berman	...	Ivy Stone
Polly Draper	...	Suzy Duncan
Christian Clemenson	...	Bruce
Merwin Goldsmith	...	Moe Glickstein
Sid Raymond	...	Manny
Sidney Armus	...	Jeweler
Robert Trebor	...	Tux Salesman

Storyline

A reclusive scientist builds a robot that looks exactly like him to go on a long term space mission. Since the scientist seems to lack all human emotion he is unable to program them into his android and an eccentric woman is hired to "educate" the robot on human behavior. In the end she falls in love ... but is the robot or the Dr. Mr Right?

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Plot Keywords:

android | astronaut | publicity | space travel | actor playing multiple roles | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

PG-13

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 April 1987 (USA)

Also Known As:

Cercasi l'uomo giusto

Filming Locations:

Miami, Florida, USA

Box Office

Gross:

$1,584,970 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Barry & Enright Productions, Orion Pictures Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

John Malkovich, Glenne Headly, and Laurie Metcalf, have been acting together since the late-'70s as members of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company.

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Goofs

After Frankie loses Ulysses at the mall, she uses a pay phone to call Trish at her place. However, in her first car, there is a car-phone clearly visible on her dashboard. So, there would be no need to use a pay phone.

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Quotes

Sandy: [referring to a pair of earrings] They're just so beautiful, you take American Express?

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Connections

References The Parent Trap (1961)

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Soundtracks

"Next Morning"
(uncredited)
Written by John Cameron

User Reviews

Looking for Mr. Malkovich

After he is seen with a beauty queen, Florida advertising executive Ann Magnusson (as Frankie Stone) drops "not hard enough" politician boyfriend Ben Masters (as Steve Marcus) from her roster. Next, she accepts a pitch from the local "Chemtec" organization; in danger of losing their government funding, the company wants Ms. Magnusson to work on public relations. She meets the company's chief calling card, an anatomically correct blond android named "Ulysses" (played by John Malkovich). He's the spitting image of creator "Jeff Peters" (Mr. Malkovich again).

His "Dr. Frankenstein" wants "Ulysses" to be a spaceman, but the android gets lovesick for Magnusson, and wants to remain on Earth. This dilemma makes you wonder why they didn't leave a trio of parts off the manly Malkovich; probably, it was due to his creator not being very "good with people." It all works out just fine in the end. The cast is fun, if not always funny. And some of the supporting characters are cast aside by a quick ending. Still, Malkovich makes a great date; especially, watch for his hilarious encounter with Laurie Metcalf (as Sandy) at the mall.

****** Making Mr. Right (4/3/87) Susan Seidelman ~ John Malkovich, Ann Magnuson, Ben Masters, Glenne Headly