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Overview

User Rating:
5.3/10   925 votes
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Director:
Barry Primus
Writers (WGA):
Barry Primus (story)
Barry Primus (screenplay) ...
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Contact:
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Release Date:
24 July 1992 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Tagline:
The Director Had A Vision. The Producers All Had Girlfriends.
Plot:
A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins... more | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
Four 80s Films That Deserve To Be Remade
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User Comments:
brilliant and underrated more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Robert Wuhl ... Marvin Landisman

Martin Landau ... Jack Roth
Vasek Simek ... Hans (as Vasek C. Simek)
Thomas R. Voth ... Stagehand

Jace Alexander ... Stuart Stratland Jr.
Mary Mercier ... Shelby's Waitress
Tuesday Knight ... Peggy

Eli Wallach ... George Lieberhof

Danny Aiello ... Carmine Rasso

Jean Smart ... Patricia Riley

Robert De Niro ... Evan M. Wright
William Rotko ... Valet (as Bill Rotko)
Dimitri Dimitrov ... Maitre d'

Sheryl Lee Ralph ... Beverly
Chuck Low ... Benrie
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Hollywood Mistress (USA)
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MPAA:
Rated R for language.
Runtime:
110 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Iceland:L | South Africa:13L | USA:TV-MA (cable rating) | Argentina:13 (DVD rating) | Finland:S | Spain:13 | UK:15 | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USA

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Trivia:
Barry Primus had been shopping his script around for several years before his good friend Robert de Niro agreed to back the film and take a co-starring role. more
Quotes:
Evan Wright: "Theres no sex in your movie there has to be more sex!"
Marvin Landisman: "No there is some...it's just not obvious"
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in The Mistress (1993) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Out of my hands more

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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
brilliant and underrated, 4 May 1999

A sadly underrated movie. Hollywood could not have loved it because of the cruelly true things it says about how movies are made, about how a writer's creative vision becomes corrupted and debauched on its way to the screen. That doesn't sound like a setup for a comedy, but a wonderfully dark comedy it is, with some richly witty dialogue. Landau's performance is superb (he is one of the best actors around), and the descent of Wuhl's character from idealistic writer to desperate self-promoter - a sad journey - is made humorous. Wonderful bits by Eli Wallach, Danny Aiello, and all three mistresses.

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