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Kuu taivaalta, vai?

Original title: Just Tell Me What You Want
  • 19801980
  • K-16K-16
  • 1h 52m
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5.5/10
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Alan King and Ali MacGraw in Kuu taivaalta, vai? (1980)
A married, egotistical, middle-aged head of a corporate empire man and his mistress and protegee, who wants a more serious commitment and ends up dating a younger man, are in a casual love/hate relationship and engage in a battle of wits.
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A married, egotistical, middle-aged head of a corporate empire man and his mistress and protegee, who wants a more serious commitment and ends up dating a younger man, are in a casual love/h... Read allA married, egotistical, middle-aged head of a corporate empire man and his mistress and protegee, who wants a more serious commitment and ends up dating a younger man, are in a casual love/hate relationship and engage in a battle of wits.A married, egotistical, middle-aged head of a corporate empire man and his mistress and protegee, who wants a more serious commitment and ends up dating a younger man, are in a casual love/hate relationship and engage in a battle of wits.

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  • Director
    • Sidney Lumet
  • Writer
    • Jay Presson Allen(novel)
  • Stars
    • Ali MacGraw
    • Alan King
    • Myrna Loy
  • Director
    • Sidney Lumet
  • Writer
    • Jay Presson Allen(novel)
  • Stars
    • Ali MacGraw
    • Alan King
    • Myrna Loy
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 14User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

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    Alan King and Ali MacGraw in Kuu taivaalta, vai? (1980)
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    Ali MacGraw
    Ali MacGraw
    • Bones Burton
    Alan King
    Alan King
    • Max Herschel
    Myrna Loy
    Myrna Loy
    • Stella Liberti
    Keenan Wynn
    Keenan Wynn
    • Seymour Berger
    Tony Roberts
    Tony Roberts
    • Mike Berger
    Peter Weller
    Peter Weller
    • Steven Routledge
    Sara Truslow
    • Cathy
    Judy Kaye
    Judy Kaye
    • Baby
    Dina Merrill
    Dina Merrill
    • Connie Herschel
    Joseph Maher
    Joseph Maher
    • Dr. Coleson
    John Walter Davis
    • Stan
    Annabel Lukins
    • New Baby
    Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter
    Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter
    • Teddy
    Michael Gross
    Michael Gross
    • Lothar
    Joseph Leon
    • Julie Raskin
    Raymond Thorne
    • Dr. Jowdy
    Tom Batten
    • Dr. Kierstein
    Leslie Easterbrook
    Leslie Easterbrook
    • Hospital Nurse
    • Director
      • Sidney Lumet
    • Writer
      • Jay Presson Allen(novel) (screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      This was the final theatrical film appearance of Myrna Loy.
    • Quotes

      Max Herschel: Marriage, it's the quintessential deal... just tell me what you want.

    • Alternate versions
      CBS edited 11 minutes from this film for its 1983 network television premiere.
    • Connections
      Featured in Sneak Previews: The Last Married Couple in America/Cruising/Just Tell Me What You Want/Hero At Large/Saturn 3 (1980)

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    8/10
    A Girl Friday mistress
    Myrna Loy's last great theatrical film role comes in this comedy starring Ali McGraw and Alan King. This the story of a girl Friday mistress and her campaign to make it legal with her boss.

    King's role is a combination of William Randolph Hearst and Louis B. Mayer and like them he's the head of a communications/entertainment conglomerate which he rules by fear and intimidation. His normal conversational tone is a soft bellow. His assistant and mistress is Ali McGraw ho if she can't make it legal would like to get out from under.

    The problem is King Already has a wife, the beautiful but fragile Dina Merrill. So like Marion Davies she has to be content with being a rather public mistress. But McGraw is running out of patience.

    Loy is King's ever so efficient secretary and keeper of the keys to his kingdom. During her years at MGM Loy had the perfect role model. Ida Koverman was Louis B. Mayer's secretary and she functioned the same way that Loy does vis a vis King.

    As for King the tantrums he throws are the stuff that made Louis B. Mayer a legend among the moguls. He certainly had Myrna there to give him pointers.

    King and McGraw are a well matched pair of leads. Sidney Lumet got some great performances out of all the cast he assembled.

    Best scene: McGraw encountering King at Bergdorf-Goodman's. Can't say more this has to be seen.

    Just Tell Me What You Want, one great comedy.
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    • Release date
      • June 6, 1980 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Just Tell Me What You Want
    • Filming locations
      • Old Westbury Gardens - 71 Old Westbury Road, Old Westbury, Long Island, New York, USA
    • Production company
      • Warner Bros.
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $2,086,905
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $197,230
      • Feb 10, 1980
    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,086,905
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 52 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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