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Overview

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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Garson Kanin (play)
Douglas McGrath (screenplay)
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Release Date:
26 March 1993 (USA) more
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Plot:
A businessman shows up in Washington to lobby agendas that are friendly to his construction plans. His... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
Why bother to remake an all time classic. more (21 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Melanie Griffith ... Billie Dawn

John Goodman ... Harry Brock

Don Johnson ... Paul Verrall

Edward Herrmann ... Ed Devery

Max Perlich ... JJ

Michael Ensign ... Phillipe
Benjamin C. Bradlee ... Alex Duffee, Sect. of the Navy
Sally Quinn ... Beatrice Duffee
William Frankfather ... Sen. Kelley
Fred Dalton Thompson ... Sen. Hedges
Celeste Yarnall ... Mrs. Hedges

Nora Dunn ... Cynthia Schreiber, NPR Talk Show Host

Meg Wittner ... Mrs. Kelley
William Forward ... Sen. Duker
Mary Gordon Murray ... Bindy Duker
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Runtime:
100 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The Secretary of the Navy and his wife are played by retired Washington Post editor Benjamin C. Bradlee and his real-life wife, former Post reporter Sally Quinn. more
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: Stage man quickly hides behind curtain in apartment on the left side of the screen. more
Quotes:
Paul: You were great tonight. Didn't you think you were great?
Billie: Oh, yeah. We really tricked them, didn't we?
Paul: What's the matter?
Billie: Well, if you saw a great ventriloquist, who would you compliment, the dummy?
Paul: You're not a dummy.
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Movie Connections:
Features "Home Improvement" (1991) more
Soundtrack:
TEACH ME TONIGHT more

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14 out of 17 people found the following comment useful.
Why bother to remake an all time classic., 22 July 2001
Author: MIKE WILSON (MIKE.WILSON6@BTINTERNET.COM) from Bristol, England.

Born Yesterday (1950) is one of funniest films ever made. This

version has Melanie Griffith attempting the impossible,trying to

recreate the role that won Judy Holiday a best actress Oscar. Although Griffith tries hard, she is no match for Holiday, and Don

Johnson is certainly no substitute for William Holden. The only one

of the cast who comes close to the original, is John Goodman. For anybody that doesn't know the story outline, Harry Block,(John

Goodman ) a crooked junk tycoon hires a journalist Paul Verrall

(Don Johnson ) to teach his girlfriend Billie Dawn, some social

skills, as she is unused the high society life of the Washington

elite. In a choice between the two, watch the original.

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