Jake's Women (1996)

Jake is a writer. He is married to Maggie, but his marriage is in trouble. He cannot stop thinking about other women in his life, characters he invents conversations with. He is constantly ... See full summary »

Director:

Glenn Jordan

Writers:

Neil Simon (play), Neil Simon (teleplay)

Stars:

Alan Alda, Anne Archer, Lolita Davidovich

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Alan Alda	...	Jake
Anne Archer	...	Maggie
Lolita Davidovich	...	Sheila
Julie Kavner	...	Karen
Mira Sorvino	...	Julie
Joyce Van Patten	...	Edith
Kimberly Williams-Paisley	...	Molly (as Kimberly Williams)
Ashley Peldon	...	Young Molly
Perry Anzilotti	...	Waiter
Aasif Mandvi	...	Driver
Steven M. Porter	...	Hal
Yul Vazquez	...	Luigi
Hynden Walch	...	Waitress

Storyline

Jake is a writer. He is married to Maggie, but his marriage is in trouble. He cannot stop thinking about other women in his life, characters he invents conversations with. He is constantly talking to: his deceased wife Julie, his daughter Molly, his sister Karen, and his psychiatrist Edith. All he does is have imaginary conversations with real people that are at the moment out of his life. Maggie cannot stand his mind wandering off all the time and decides to separate for six months and at the end of six months they will decide whether or not to remain together. Jake has a few girl friends, but spends the six months, while waiting for Maggie, only talking to these imaginary people, and a few times to real people.

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Plot Keywords:

based on play | character name in title

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Genres:

Drama | Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 March 1996 (USA)

Also Known As:

Jakes Frauen

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hallmark Entertainment, RHI Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The first ever production of Neil Simon "Jake's Women" was performed in Los Angeles in 1990 at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, California, the season running from March until April that year. As such, this tele-movie was made and released about six years after this. According to Neil Simon, after this season closed, he re-wrote around 70% of the play. Simon canceled the Broadway booking after the Californian run, it was the first time out of twenty-four productions that Simon ever closed out of town.

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Soundtracks

"Oh, Lady Be Good"
Written by Ira Gershwin and George Gershwin

User Reviews

One of the best movies ever, hands down.

My wife and I were watching tv and flipping the stations until we saw a tv movie beginning on cbs called Jake's Women. Keep in mind that I dislike made for television movies as much as going to the dentist or repeating my senior year in college. TV movies are horrible. However, as with life, there are exceptions to everything. Jake's Women is the best TV movie EVER made. The acting level is so high, we were amazed. If you ever have the chance to see this, do it. You will be so surprised. We were. This is one of the best movies ever made.