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| Ryan O'Neal | ... | Albert Brodsky | |
| Shelley Long | ... | Lucy Van Patten Brodsky | |
| Drew Barrymore | ... | Casey Brodsky | |
| Sam Wanamaker | ... | David Kessler | |
| Allen Garfield | ... | Phil Hanner | |
| Sharon Stone | ... | Blake Chandler | |
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Kim Marriner | ... | Reporter |
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Wendy Gordon | ... | Reporter |
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Ken Gale | ... | Reporter |
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Deborah Cody | ... | Reporter |
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Steven K. Miller | ... | Reporter |
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Annie Meyers-Shyer | ... | Little Girl in Crowd |
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Lauren Hartman | ... | Woman on the Street |
| David Paymer | ... | Alan Sluiser | |
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Larry Marko | ... | Court Clerk |
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Albert and Lucy fall in love, get married, and have a daughter Casey. Everything is wonderful, until their work distracts Albert and Lucy from each other and Casey. They soon divorce and start fighting. Casey, who spends much time with their Latino maid and childminder, eventually decides to seek legal emancipation from her parents, and to go and live full time with the maid who has been taking care of her. The media pick up the case and have a field day with it, making things worse. Written by Brian W Martz <B.Martz@Genie.com>
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28 September 1984 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$6,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$3,076,894, 30 September 1984, Wide ReleaseGross USA:
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Woman at Party: Yeah, but I'm not into parenting right now.
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Written by Jerry Belson and Harvey Miller,
Performed by Sharon Stone
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The expensive flop musical that the Ryan O'Neal's character makes as a vehicle for Sharon Stone's character is a thinly veiled reference to At Long Last Love (1975), the expensive flop musical that Peter Bogdanovich made as a vehicle for Cybill Shepherd. See more »Quotes
Lucy Van Patten Brodsky: Do you have kids?Woman at Party: Yeah, but I'm not into parenting right now.
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An alternate take on Sharon Stone's nude scene is used for the TV version. Ryan O'Neal whispers a suggestion in her ear and Sharon nonchalantly drops her robe; for television, her back is turned. Recent telecasts use the theatrical take, but with Stone's breasts blurred. See more »Soundtracks
This BelleWritten by Jerry Belson and Harvey Miller,
Performed by Sharon Stone
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Drew pretty much steals the show as the deadpan "reasoner"
character: a child coping in the midst of two selfish,
immature adults. I'd compare her to Tatum O'Neal in Paper
Moon or Mary Badham in To Kill a Mockingbird for the way
she anchors the audience's perspective as the madness (competently related here by Ryan and Shelley) spins around her.
The real comedy lies in the "screwball" plot twist to which the film's title refers (we learn, early in the plot, that it is little Drew's character, not the parents, who is suing for divorce), and especially the story's underlying satire of the entertainment industry. Highlights include how Albert/Ryan's plummeting career as a director parodies those of Cimino (dust, smoke and flies a la Heaven's Gate) and Bogdanovich (starring untalented girlfriend in multi-million-dollar flops). An Andy Warhol style painting of Shelly Long as Marilyn in the background of one scene is just too funny, an example of how understated the true humor can be in this otherwise broadly-played farce.
Some points are disturbing, though: it's made a joke that Ryan is having an anxiety attack instead of a heart attack (try having one), or that his visitation rights are threatened if he doesn't make child support payments (an interesting social comment). Considering the real-life ups and downs of Ryan O'Neal's and Shelly Long's careers, however, I'd say the film's a roaring success.