Two of the screen's finest comic actors, Dudley Moore and Mary Steenburgen, star as successful writing partners whose timing is perfect on stage but amusingly pathetic in their love life. In HD.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Dudley Moore | ... | Jason | |
| Mary Steenburgen | ... | Phoebe | |
| Frances Sternhagen | ... | Blanche | |
| Janet Eilber | ... | Allison | |
| Robyn Douglass | ... | Kate | |
| Ron Leibman | ... | Leo | |
| Rozsika Halmos | ... | Maid | |
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Alexander Lockwood | ... | Minister |
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Erica Hiller | ... | Young Woman |
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Sean Patrick Guérin | ... | Timmy (6) |
| Dick Wieand | ... | TV Reporter | |
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Brass Adams | ... | Bartender |
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Stephen Roberts | ... | Maitre D' |
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Santos Morales | ... | Bus Boy |
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Fran Bennett | ... | Doctor #1 |
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Two of the screen's finest comic actors, Dudley Moore and Mary Steenburgen, star as successful writing partners whose timing is perfect on stage but amusingly pathetic in their love life. In HD.
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He was married, she was single . . . It was a case of unsynchronized passion [Australia Theatrical] See more »Genres:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
7 October 1983 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Romantic Comedy! See more »Filming Locations:
Greenville, South Carolina, USAEdit
Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$2,366,025, 10 October 1983, Wide ReleaseGross USA:
$6,857,733Company Credits
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Phoebe Craddock: Sleepy. Incredibly sleepy. Do you think that's the alcohol?
Jason Carmichael: Either that or the bananas.
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Written by Marvin Hamlisch, Carole Bayer Sager, Burt Bacharach
Performed by Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack
Produced by Carole Bayer Sager
(P) 1983 Capitol Records Inc.
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Micheal Caine was originally offered the stage role of Jason Carmicheal, but he insisted on the contract guaranteeing him the film role as well. The part went to Anthony Perkins. See more »Goofs
You have Leo's last name listed as Janowitz. In the film, he is called Leo Jessop. See more »Quotes
Jason Carmichael: How do you feel?Phoebe Craddock: Sleepy. Incredibly sleepy. Do you think that's the alcohol?
Jason Carmichael: Either that or the bananas.
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Soundtracks
MaybeWritten by Marvin Hamlisch, Carole Bayer Sager, Burt Bacharach
Performed by Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack
Produced by Carole Bayer Sager
(P) 1983 Capitol Records Inc.
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The film consists of more than two hours of a couple of writers, somehow in love with each other but unable or unwilling to marry, fussing, fighting, and shouting. And in the end, even though their sexual escapade proved less than thrilling, they end in a clinch on a couch. Happing ending. The film is not very romantic and certainly isn't funny. The moral dimensions of the script are wholly secular and consistently depressing. Marriage and children are nothing when compared to sexual urges, booze, and fame.
But there are some good lines in places. And the acting is superb. Dudley Moore and Mary Steenburgen are something to behold. The music is above average, and Arthur Hiller displays his usual excellence as a director. But even the stars of the film were unable to put life into a lame script that is at least 30 minutes too long.
Overall rating: 7 out of 10.