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Overview

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Director:
James Foley
Writers:
Andrew Smith (story)
Andrew Smith (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
7 August 1987 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Music | Romance more
Tagline:
A funny thing happened on the way to the bus station.
Plot:
An uptight New York tax lawyer gets his life turned upside down, all in a single day, when he's asked to escort a feisty and free-spirited female ex-convict whom asks him to help prove her innocence of her crime. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 5 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Gwyneth, Kate and Nicole Get Into Groove for Madonna
 (From PEOPLE.com. 12 September 2008, 5:30 AM, PDT)

50 Fascinating Madonna Facts
 (From WENN. 15 August 2008, 9:06 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
Better than most of the recent "comedies" that focus on "gross-out" humor. more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Madonna ... Nikki Finn

Griffin Dunne ... Louden Trott
Haviland Morris ... Wendy Worthington
John McMartin ... Simon Worthington
Bibi Besch ... Mrs. Worthington

John Mills ... Montgomery Bell (as Sir John Mills)
Robert Swan ... Detective Bellson

Drew Pillsbury ... Detective Doyle

Coati Mundi ... Raoul
Dennis Burkley ... Benny
James Dietz ... Buck
Cecile Callan ... Sandy - Wendy's Friend
Karen Elise Baldwin ... Heather - Wendy's Friend (as Karen Baldwin)
Kimberlin Brown ... Rachel - Wendy's Friend

Crystal Carson ... Denise - Wendy's Friend
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Slammer (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
92 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)
Certification:
UK:PG (cut) | Singapore:PG | UK:PG (video re-rating) (2006) (uncut) | Netherlands:MG6 | Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | USA:PG (No. 28651) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-14 | Sweden:11

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Trivia:
The film was originally titled "Slammer" until Madonna wrote and decided to use Who's That Girl as the film's theme song. The song went to #1 on the Billboard chart in August 1987. more
Goofs:
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: When Loudon flips through the pre-nuptial agreement, the first few text pages he flips through are identical. When he gets to the sexual position diagrams, the various icons repeat on various pages. This is because Wendy's father wants to make sure Louden and Wendy don't have sex. It is his way of overkill. more
Quotes:
Wendy Worthington: You'll take care of me, won't you Buck?
Buck: Of course I will. I'm very muscular.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Creating Rem Lezar (1989) (V) more
Soundtrack:
What The World Needs Now Is Love more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
Better than most of the recent "comedies" that focus on "gross-out" humor., 29 January 2002
Author: actiontalent from Tucson, Arizona

Admittedly I was only 13 years old when I first saw this movie (in the theater), but it has always been one of my favorites.

The story line was held together with some of the best lines. (I still quote them today). Madonna gets slammed for so many reasons, this movie should not be one of them. She and Griffin Dunne made a fun, quirky couple. It did not pretend to be anything than what it was, and who can find fault with that?

This movie was part farce, part mystery (okay, not up to Agatha Christie standards) and part romantic comedy. It was no worse than most films that fall into the romantic comedy genre, if anything it is one of the better ones.

For those of you out there who hate Madonna, by all means avoid this film, why torture yourself? But for anyone who likes her, or just wants to see a light, fluffy story with some great music (let's hear it for Scritti Politti)then "Who's That Girl" is a fun, nostalgic trip that will have you laughing in no time.

Laugh at Buck, the delivery driver, or Griffin Dunne in that top hat and tails, and who could forget the bridesmaids, having been kidnapped and tied together, hitting on the cops? I'm laughing just thinking about it.

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