A successful veternarian & radio show host with low self-esteem asks her model friend to impersonate her when a handsome man wants to see her.A successful veternarian & radio show host with low self-esteem asks her model friend to impersonate her when a handsome man wants to see her.A successful veternarian & radio show host with low self-esteem asks her model friend to impersonate her when a handsome man wants to see her.
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- 2 nominations
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- TriviaUma Thurman's brother, Dechen Thurman, was the bookstore clerk who commented on what a great body she had.
- GoofsWhen Brian is taking photographs of Abby, he switches from a tripod-mounted camera to a hand-held camera. When he does this, he doesn't change the flash to the new camera (The flash hot shoe is shown to have nothing connected.), yet the flash still fires. The flashes in question are studio flash heads powered from a remote pack. They are fired via a PC sync cord which can be clearly seen attached to the PC sync socket on the left hand side of each body.
- Quotes
Brian: You know how someone's appearance can change the longer you know them? How a really attractive person, if you don't like them, can become more and more ugly; whereas someone you might not have even have noticed... that you wouldn't look at more than once, if you love them, can become the most beautiful thing you've ever seen. All you want to do is be near them.
- Crazy creditsIn the opening scene, when Janeane Garofalo is about to get on the elevator, as the credits come to an end, Micheal Lehmann's credit is crushed by the elevator doors.
- SoundtracksThe Bed's Too Big Without You
Written by Sting
Performed by Sting and Roger Charlery (as Ranking Roger)
Produced by Hugh Padgham and Sting
Courtesy of Epic Records and A&M Records, Inc.
A shy photographer (Brian or Eric or something) calls in to the show having trouble with a large dog he's mounted on roller skates for a shoot. Oh, he's so cuuuute!!! Our heroine is in a tizzy. They make a date, but too insecure to face him herself, Abby sends her neighbor, Uma Thurman. How this plan is supposed to work to Abby's advantage, I can't say. Time after time Abby and Uma pass up opportunities to straighten out the confusion. It's a good thing too, because that gives them time to learn a valuable lesson about looks and love, which is: Nice guys don't care about looks. Uh huh.
But audiences do, saith the producers. Thus we have the famously fabulous Thurman cast against girl-next-door Garofalo, who is no slouch in the looks department. So, as Abby, she is frumped up from the start in dowdy, fat-girl clothes and flat hair. It's the oldest trick in pictures. As the credits slowly approach, Abby magically acquires better clothes, a more flattering hairstyle, and a makeup job that gives her lush lips and discernible cheekbones. I guess looks still count for something.
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- Also known as
- Gözler ve sözler
- Filming locations
- Santa Monica Promenade, Santa Monica, California, USA(Cliffside park scene. Opening and closing sacenes.)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $34,861,807
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,769,363
- Apr 28, 1996
- Gross worldwide
- $34,861,807
- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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