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March 1989 (USA)
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Eleanor lives with the artist Stash. Just like his artist friends, he is completely unknown but is waiting for the big break...
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(2 articles)
2009 Gotham Awards Announce Career Tributes
(From MovieWeb. 23 September 2009, 11:40 AM, PDT)
Producer Ismail Merchant Dies at 68
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(From MovieWeb. 23 September 2009, 11:40 AM, PDT)
Producer Ismail Merchant Dies at 68
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Better as travelogue than as drama
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(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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124 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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The film Eleanor and Abby are watching while getting their haircuts is Holiday (1938).
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I Need a Man
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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.