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The Muse (1999) 5.5
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5.5/10 from 7,662 users
Metascore: 56/100
Reviews: 138 user | 93 critic | 29 from Metacritic.com A comedy about a neurotic screenwriter and his modern-day muse. Director:Albert Brooks |
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| Sharon Stone | ... | ||
| Andie MacDowell | ... | ||
| Jeff Bridges | ... | ||
| Cybill Shepherd | ... |
Herself
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Monica Mikala | ... |
Julie Phillips
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Mary Phillips
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Marnie Shelton | ... |
Jennifer
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Anne
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| Lorenzo Lamas | ... |
Himself
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Herself
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Hal
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Universal Studio Guard
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Aude Charles | ... |
Spielberg Secretary #1
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What happens when a screenwriter (Brooks) loses his edge, he turns to anyone he can for help... even if it's the mythical "Zeus's Daughter" (Stone). And he's willing to pay, albeit reluctantly, whatever price it takes to satisfy this goddess, especially when her advice gets him going again on a sure-fire script. However, this is not the limit of her help, she also gets the writer's wife (MacDowell) going on her own bakery enterprise, much to the chagrin of Brooks, who has already had to make many personal sacrifices for his own help. Written by BOB STEBBINS <stebinsbob@aol.com>
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
27 August 1999 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
A Musa See more »Filming Locations:
Aquarium of the Pacific - 100 Aquarium Way, Long Beach, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$15,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£29,555 (UK) (10 December 1999)Gross:
£29,555 (UK) (10 December 1999)Company Credits
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Steven Phillips: Kind of.
Martin Scorsese: Is there a Starbucks near here?
Steven Phillips: I'd be careful. I think you had your quota.
Martin Scorsese: Quota! That gives me an idea for something else entirely. I don't know you, we never had this conversation, we never met.
[walks off]
Steven Phillips: Hey, I sent you a script a few years ago.
Martin Scorsese: Never got it.
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Sarah's new pseudonym at the end of the film - Christine - suggests she may again have taken on the persona of a deity's child. See more »Goofs
They apparently have health department approval, but nobody wears a hairnet or cap while preparing the dough for the cookies. See more »Quotes
Martin Scorsese: I want to do a remake of "Raging Bull" with a really thin guy. Not just thin, but REALLY thin. Thin and angry, thin and angry, thin and angry. Can you see it? Can you see it?Steven Phillips: Kind of.
Martin Scorsese: Is there a Starbucks near here?
Steven Phillips: I'd be careful. I think you had your quota.
Martin Scorsese: Quota! That gives me an idea for something else entirely. I don't know you, we never had this conversation, we never met.
[walks off]
Steven Phillips: Hey, I sent you a script a few years ago.
Martin Scorsese: Never got it.
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Brooks, once a prominent writer who's now neurotic and struggling after everyone starts telling him he's losing his edge, resorts to desperate means and acquires the services of a benevolent but bizarre and demanding muse (Stone) to try and recapture the essence of his one time brilliance. However, his life is soon turned upside down by all of her awkward, off-the-wall methods of improvement. There's plenty of crisp dialogue, laugh-out loud moments, and amusing cameos to hold your attention, but the film is marred by too many comic gaps in the script. Still, it's a good way to pass the time, and their are some sharp observations of the Hollywood movie process. **½