A young aspiring screenwriter allows others to exploit her in the hopes of achieving success in Hollywood. She goes through affair after sordid affair in her attempt to write her own screenplay and have it produced.
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| Pia Zadora | ... | Jerilee Randall | |
| Lloyd Bochner | ... | Walter Thornton | |
| Bibi Besch | ... | Veronica Randall | |
| Joseph Cali | ... | Vincent Dacosta | |
| Anthony Holland | ... | Guy Jackson | |
| Jared Martin | ... | George Ballantine | |
| Ray Liotta | ... | Joe Heron | |
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Kendal Kaldwell | ... | Joanne Castel |
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Lou Hirsch | ... | Bernie |
| Kerry Shale | ... | Walter Thornton Jr. | |
| Sandra Dickinson | ... | Nancy Day | |
| Shane Rimmer | ... | Adolph Fannon | |
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Nancy Wood | ... | Janie |
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Jerilee Randall, a simple schoolgirl living in the San Fernando Valley, dreams of becoming a famous screenwriter. While at a party, she meets the son of a famous screenwriter. The son invites her over to his house; she accepts. They drive away with some other people, and that night, she is assaulted by one of the son's friends with a garden hose. The friend is interrupted in his assault by screenwriter Walter Thornton, who arrives in time to save her from an even more disgusting fate. Walter's rescue of Jerilee begins a friendship between the two, and before you know it, the two fall in love. They marry. Their marriage falls apart when Jerilee's script rewrites actually improve one of Walter's screenplays and he feels one-upped. Jerilee then goes through affair after sordid affair in her attempt to write her own screenplay and have it produced. Written by Chris Holland <cholland@atlantic.net>
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Pia Zadora is the Lonely Lady, she's determined to take nothing less than everything Hollywood has to offer. See more »Genres:
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EnglishRelease Date:
30 September 1983 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Budget:
$5,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$1,223,220, 2 October 1983, Wide ReleaseGross USA:
$1,223,220, 2 October 1983Company Credits
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Bud Weston: Sure. I hope you can spell, darling.
Jerilee Randall: D - A - R - L - I - N - G
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Written by Charles Calello and Roger Voudouris
Performed by Roger Voudouris
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Pia Zadora was cast in the lead role of Jerilee Randall after source novelist Harold Robbins saw her in Butterfly (1982). See more »Goofs
When Joe is in the pool, he's completely nude, but when he climbs out to assault Jerilee, he is wearing a pair of blue swimming trunks. See more »Quotes
Guy Jackson: Bud, this is Jerilee. She's Mr. Thornton's assistant.Bud Weston: Sure. I hope you can spell, darling.
Jerilee Randall: D - A - R - L - I - N - G
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Alternate Versions
UK video versions are cut by 3 seconds for an "18" rating. The cinema release, with the same certificate, was uncut. See more »Soundtracks
It's Gonna Be a Long NightWritten by Charles Calello and Roger Voudouris
Performed by Roger Voudouris
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