The Marrying Man (1991)

Director:

Jerry Rees

Writer (WGA):

Neil Simon (written by)

Release Date:

5 April 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Music | Romance

Tagline:

Every man has a weakness. For millionaire Charley Pearl she's blonde, beautiful and loves to say "YES"

Plot:

Rich playboy Charley Pearl meets Vicki Anderson, singer at a nightclub in Las Vegas. But she's a gangster's-moll...

Plot Keywords:

Bachelor Party | Playboy | Nightclub | Self Discovery | Mob Boss

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Kim Basinger	...	Vicki Anderson
Alec Baldwin	...	Charley Pearl
Robert Loggia	...	Lew Horner
Elisabeth Shue	...	Adele Horner
Armand Assante	...	Bugsy Siegel
Paul Reiser	...	Phil Golden
Fisher Stevens	...	Sammy
Peter Dobson	...	Tony
Steve Hytner	...	George
Jeremy Roberts	...	Gus
Big John Studd	...	Dante
Tony Longo	...	Sam
Tom Milanovich	...	Andy
Tim Hauser	...	Woody
Carey Eidel	...	Cab Driver
Marla Heasley	...	Sheila
Karen Medak	...	Sherry
Rebecca Staab	...	Arlene
Melissa Behr	...	Dee
Paul Collins	...	Butler
Dave Florek	...	Gas Attendant
Geof Prysirr	...	Bartender
Teresa Gilmore	...	Bugsy's Blonde (as Teresa Gilmore-Capps)
Alan Mandell	...	Justice #1
Elly Enriquez	...	Woo Ling
Joe Guzaldo	...	Announcer / Manager
Shanti Kahn	...	Nurse
Clarke Gordon	...	Charley's Father
Gretchen Wyler	...	Gwen
Susan Kellermann	...	Bobbie
Kathryn Layng	...	Emma
Janni Brenn	...	Liz
Joe Bellan	...	Waiter
Don Keefer	...	Justice #3
Jules I. Epstein	...	Maitre d'
Robin Frates	...	Grace
Kristen Cloke	...	Louise
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Priscilla Cory	...	Pretty Brunette in Lounge (uncredited)
Nicole Hansen	...	Tidbit Girl (uncredited)
Pamela Pond	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Jerry Rees

Writing credits (WGA)
Neil Simon		(written by)

Produced by
Donald Kreiss	....	associate producer
David Permut	....	producer
David Streit	....	co-producer

Original Music by
David Newman

Cinematography by
Donald E. Thorin

Film Editing by
Michael Jablow
Michael R. Miller
Michael Tronick

Casting by
Ronnie Yeskel

Production Design by
William F. Matthews

Art Direction by
Mark W. Mansbridge		(as Mark Mansbridge)

Set Decoration by
Jim Duffy

Costume Design by
Ruth Myers

Makeup Department
Stephen Abrums	....	makeup artist: Ms. Basinger (as Stephen A. Abrums)
Janice Alexander	....	hair stylist (as Jan Alexander)
Judith A. Cory	....	hair stylist: Ms. Basinger (as Judy Alexander Cory)
Jane English	....	body makeup
Jack Freeman	....	makeup artist: Ms. Basinger and Mr. Baldwin: additional photography (as John A. Freeman)
Jim Kail	....	makeup artist
Susan V. Kalinowski	....	key hair stylist: additional photography (as Susan Kalinowski)
Lisa Pharren	....	makeup artist
Richard Sabre	....	hair stylist
Rick Sharp	....	key makeup artist: additional photography
Robert L. Stevenson	....	hair stylist
Monty Westmore	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Sharon Mann	....	unit production manager: additional photography
Jerry Sobul	....	unit production manager
Richard Stenta	....	production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michael Baxter	....	dga trainee
Seth Cirker	....	second second assistant director
Hope R. Goodwin	....	first assistant director: additional photography (as Hope Goodwin)
David B. Householter	....	first assistant director (as David Householter)
David Michael Katz	....	second second assistant director: additional photography (as David M. Katz)
John Moio	....	second unit director (as John A. Moio)
Richard Oswald	....	second assistant director
Cathy A. Roszell	....	second assistant director: additional photography (as Cathy Roszell)

Art Department
Nigel A. Boucher	....	lead man (as Nigel Boucher)
Robert Branham	....	illustrator
Sharleen Bright	....	scenic artist
Bruce Crone	....	assistant art director
Dennis DeWaay	....	construction coordinator (as Dennis DeWay)
Bruce Di Valerio	....	construction coordinator: additional photography (as Bruce DiValerio)
Steve Fegley	....	construction foreman (as Steven E. Fegley)
Ellen Freund	....	property master: additional photography (as Ellen Fay Freund)
Horst Grandt	....	property master
Jeff Haley	....	set decorator: additional photography
Chris Lane	....	storyboard artist
Charles R. Lipscomb	....	lead man (as Chuck Lipscomb)
Daniel Maltese	....	art director: additional photography (as Dan Maltese)
David J. Negron	....	storyboard illustrator
Troy Alan Peters	....	assistant property master
Larry Phillips	....	assistant property master
Edward Piwowarski	....	construction foreman
Lauren E. Polizzi	....	set designer (as Lauren Polizzi)
Lawrence Ross Shepard	....	construction foreman
Dawn Snyder	....	set designer
Mark Boucher	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Eric A. Hulett	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Marc Meisels	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Fred Seibly	....	signwriter (uncredited)

Sound Department
James Ashwill	....	foley mixer
Kevin Bartnof	....	foley artist
Todd Bassman	....	boom operator
Charles L. Campbell	....	supervising sound editor
Paul Timothy Carden	....	sound editor
Tim Cooney	....	production sound mixer
Jeff Courtie	....	adr mixer
Louis L. Edemann	....	supervising sound editor
Richard C. Franklin	....	sound editor
Michael Georgiades	....	cable person
Jacob Goldstein	....	sound mixer: additional photography
Eric Gotthelf	....	sound re-recording mixer
Hilda Hodges	....	foley artist
Nils C. Jensen	....	sound editor
Doc Kane	....	adr mixer
Angie Luckey	....	assistant sound editor
Donald J. Malouf	....	supervising sound editor
Gary Mundheim	....	sound editor
Shawn Murphy	....	re-recording mixer
Chuck Neely	....	sound editor
Alan L. Nineberg	....	adr editor
Jeffrey Perkins	....	supervising re-recording mixer
Rod Rogers	....	assistant adr editor
Larry Singer	....	supervising adr editor

Special Effects by
Roland Tantin	....	special effects coordinator
R.J. Hohman	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Robert D. Bailey	....	optical artist (as Robert Bailey)

Stunts
Kenny Alexander	....	stunts
Roydon Clark	....	stunts
Everett Creach	....	stunts
Laurie Creach	....	stunts (as Lauri Creach)
J. Mark Donaldson	....	stunts (as Mark Donaldson)
Corey Michael Eubanks	....	stunts (as Corey Eubanks)
Orwin C. Harvey	....	stunts (as Orwin Harvey)
Larry Holt	....	stunts
Paul M. Lane	....	stunts
David LeBell	....	stunts (as Dave LeBell)
John Moio	....	stunt coordinator (as John A. Moio)
John Moio	....	stunts (as John A. Moio)
Paula Marie Moody	....	stunts
Beth Nufer	....	stunts
George Marshall Ruge	....	stunts
Tom Sarmento	....	stunts
Jack West	....	stunts
George P. Wilbur	....	stunts (as George Wilbur)
Al Wyatt Jr.	....	stunts (as Alan Wyatt Jr.)

Camera and Electrical Department
Sidney Ray Baldwin	....	still photographer (as Sid Baldwin)
Ron Batzdorff	....	still photographer
Rick Borchardt	....	key grip
James F. Boyle	....	chief lighting technician
Bobby Brown	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera (as Bob Brown)
Peter Davidian	....	best boy electric
Michael Gershman	....	camera operator
Daniel C. Gold	....	first assistant camera (as Dan Gold)
Rob Hahn	....	camera operator
William T. Jones	....	key grip: additional photography (as William T. 'Jake' Jones)
Ian Kincaid	....	gaffer: additional photography (as Ian R. Kincaid)
Brian LeGrady	....	second assistant camera
Michael McGreevy	....	best boy grip (as Mike McGreevy)
Clyde Smith	....	dolly grip
Chris Squires	....	camera operator
Donald E. Thorin Jr.	....	first assistant camera (as Don Thorin Jr.)
Rick Fee	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Oscar Gomez	....	grip (uncredited)
Edward A. Gutentag	....	film loader (uncredited)
Chris Napolitano	....	electrician (uncredited)
Kurt E. Soderling	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Ronald Vidor	....	Steadicam operator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Donna DeCarl	....	casting associate
Mariann H.W. Lee	....	extras casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Marjorie K. Chan	....	costumer
Armand B. Coutu Jr.	....	costumer
Linda Henrikson	....	costumer: Ms. Basinger
Mitchell Ray Kenney	....	costumer (as Mitchell Kenney)
Linda Matthews	....	costume supervisor
Randi Mavestrand	....	costumer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Thomas R. Bryant	....	assistant editor
Peter Fandetti	....	assistant editor
Vaune Kirby Frechette	....	first assistant editor (as Vaune Kirby)
Alexander Garcia	....	second assistant editor
Julie Hall	....	assistant editor
Bob Kaiser	....	color timer
Reine-Claire	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Tim Boyle	....	score mixer
John Cutcliffe	....	song associate producer
Sandy DeCrescent	....	music contractor
J.J. George	....	assistant music editor (as James Jason George)
Stan Getz	....	musician: tenor saxophone solos
Tim Hauser	....	soundtrack songs producer
Sidney James	....	conductor: songs
Sidney James	....	music coordinator
Gary Lux	....	song recordist
Brian Malouf	....	song recordist
Joel Moss	....	music mixer: songs
David Newman	....	orchestrator
Seth Riggs	....	vocal consultant: Ms. Basinger
Tom Villano	....	music editor
James Thatcher	....	musician: french horn (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Manny Demello	....	transportation co-captain
Arthur F. 'Mickey' McAteer	....	transportation coordinator
Craig Pinkard	....	transportation captain (as Craig A. Pinkard)
Anthony C. Steere	....	transportation captain (as Tony Steere)
Don Tardino	....	transportation coordinator: additional photography
James Thornsberry	....	transportation coordinator (as Jim Thornsberry)
Kelly Aldrich	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Adell Aldrich	....	script supervisor
Brett Aronowitz	....	production coordinator: additional photography
Michael Bavaro	....	title designer
Robert Bolger	....	production assistant
Sonia Chang	....	assistant: Alec Baldwin (as Sonya Chang)
Colleen Cleary	....	assistant: Neil Simon
Michael Sean Fitzpatrick	....	production assistant
Barbara Gutman	....	first assistant accountant
Charles Harrington	....	location manager
Sandra Holden	....	production assistant
Jeffrey Hornaday	....	choreographer
David Linck	....	unit publicist
Debbie Marks	....	assistant: Kim Basinger
Hank McGill	....	set paramedic
Brian Nefsky	....	assistant: Jerry Rees
Alexander Reid	....	production assistant
Randy Runkle	....	production assistant
Sharon L. Simon	....	production accountant (as Sharon Simon Rellick)
Anne Sterling	....	assistant: David Permut
David W. Stern	....	assistant: David Streit
Kelley Wood	....	assistant production coordinator
Michelle Wright	....	production coordinator
Karlene Gallegly	....	location manager (uncredited)
Tish Johnson	....	assistant accountant (uncredited)
Anne Lockhart	....	adr voice (uncredited)
Peter McManus	....	assistant accountant (uncredited)
Ned R. Shapiro	....	location manager (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Hollywood Pictures
• Silver Screen Partners IV

Distributors

• Buena Vista Pictures (1991) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1991) (France) (theatrical)
• Abril Vídeo (Brazil) (video)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1996) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Gativideo (1991) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Hollywood Pictures Home Video (USA) (laserdisc)
• Mill Creek Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Bros. (Spain)

Other Companies

• Buena Vista Visual Effects  titles
• Central Casting  extras casting
• Hollywood Records  soundtrack
• International Recording  sound re-recording
• Movie Movers  cast trailers
• Movie Movers  hair and make-up trailers
• Movie Movers  star trailers
• Ronnie Yeskel Casting  casting
• TAJ Soundworks  foley recorded at
• Walt Disney Pictures and Television  for purposes of copyright law in the United Kingdom this picture was created by

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for language and sensuality

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Finland:K-8 | Germany:12 (w) | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | USA:R | Australia:M | Singapore:PG | Argentina:13 | Iceland:L | Brazil:18 | Portugal:M/12

Filming Locations:

Greystone Park & Mansion - 905 Loma Vista Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA

Company:

Hollywood Pictures

Trivia:

'Neil Simon' said of his experience working on 'The Marrying Man': "With a play, I have only two people to please - myself and the director. With this movie, it was 19 executives, a director who'd never done anything but animation before, and two stars who would tell you what lines they'd say and what lines they wouldn't say."

Goofs:

Factual errors: The film opens in San Francisco, 1956 and the on the wall of the nightclub (Dexter's) is an advertisement for KJAZ FM. That radio station did not sign on in San Francisco until August, 1959.

Quotes:

Phil:You know what the odds are on that? Impossible to one.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)

Soundtrack:

STOMPIN' AT THE SAVOY

WOW---what a sleeper

If you like Damon Runyon (obviously, Neil Simon does!), it's a probable 12 to 7 that you will LOVE this movie. Sets are fabulous depiction of "old Las Vegas" as are costumes. Because of the period depiction, this movie is more entertaining now than when it was released in 1991. Almost as good as "Let it Ride" (Richard Dryfus).

If you are looking for reality, you won't find it here. But what you will find is clever (remember, Neil Simon wrote it), good acting, and GREAT singing by Kim Basinger (I didn't know she could do that!)and absolutely fabulous narration by I don't even know who. The morning line on this movie may have been 5 to 2 but it closed an odds on favorite in my book.