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Director:
Writers:
Tama Janowitz (based on the stories by)
Tama Janowitz (screenplay)
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Release Date:
March 1989 (USA) more
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Plot:
Eleanor lives with the artist Stash. Just like his artist friends, he is completely unknown but is waiting for the big break... more | add synopsis
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(2 articles)
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Producer Ismail Merchant Dies at 68
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Better as travelogue than as drama more (12 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Bernadette Peters ... Eleanor

Chris Sarandon ... Victor Okrent
Mary Beth Hurt ... Ginger Booth
Madeleine Potter ... Daria
Adam Coleman Howard ... Stash

Jsu Garcia ... Marley (as Nick Corri)
Charles McCaughan ... Sherman
John Harkins ... Chuck Dade Dolger
Mercedes Ruehl ... Samantha
Joe Leeway ... Jonny Jalouse

Anna Katarina ... Mooshka
Bruce Peter Young ... Mikell
Michael Schoeffling ... Jan

Steve Buscemi ... Wilfredo
Jonas Abry ... Mickey
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Runtime:
124 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.78 : 1 more
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The film Eleanor and Abby are watching while getting their haircuts is Holiday (1938). more
Quotes:
Eleanor: What happened? Where were you?
Stash: Daria was helping me at the studio and I walked her home and took her dog for a walk and it was attacked by a cheetah.
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Features Holiday (1938) more
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I Need a Man more

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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Better as travelogue than as drama, 6 October 2002
Author: budikavlan from Irving, TX

Often disjointed adaptation of the volume of intertwined short stories by Tama Janowitz is most interesting for its examination of the avant garde art scene in Manhattan. The story is less compelling; the personal evolution of hat designer Eleanor (Peters) is fine, but other story threads hold less interest. Peters gives an unusual performance (owing much to her scattered, unassuming personality) which doesn't really fit with the other characters, though that is a large part of the point of that plot: Eleanor is much more honest and unironic than the pretentious, pseudo-intellectual types who populate the milieu. The parties, openings, shows, and gatherings keep the screen interesting, though the occasional split-screen scenes are an unsuccessful experiment. Performances are generally good, including a funny two-scene cameo by author Janowitz as Eleanor's friend Abby. My reaction to this makes me think it might have made a good sitcom.

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