Four 1950s icons meet in the same hotel room and two of them discover more in common between them than they ever anticipated.
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Michael Emil | ... | Professor |
| Theresa Russell | ... | Actress | |
| Tony Curtis | ... | Senator | |
| Gary Busey | ... | The Ballplayer | |
| Will Sampson | ... | Elevator Attendant | |
| Patrick Kilpatrick | ... | Driver | |
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Ian O'Connell | ... | Assistant Director |
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George Holmes | ... | Actor |
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Richard M. Davidson | ... | Director of Photography (as Richard Davidson) |
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Mitchell Greenberg | ... | Technician |
| Raynor Scheine | ... | Autograph Hunter | |
| Jude Ciccolella | ... | Gaffer | |
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Lou Hirsch | ... | Charlie |
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Ray Charleson | ... | Bud |
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Joel Cutrara | ... | Bar Drunk |
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Four 1950's cultural icons (Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, Joe DiMaggio and Senator Joseph MacCarthy) who conceivably could have met and probably didn't, fictionally do in this modern fable of post-WWII America. Visually intriguing, the film has a fluid progression of flash-backs and flash-forwards centering on the fictional Einstein's current observations, childhood memories and apprehensions for the future. Written by Jeanne Baker <jbaker@erim.org>
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The object of every man's fantasy and the greatest mind of the century are about to meet. See more »Parents Guide:
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2 August 1985 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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The Ballplayer: Between you and me, let me tell you somethin'. Don't ever put a woman up on a pedestal. Cuz it'll just give her a chance to kick your teeth right down your throat.
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The Professor's pocket watch always shows the time at being 8:15 which was the time of the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. See more »Goofs
The movie takes place in 1954. In one scene, a man is in a bar watching the World Series. The TV announcer for the game starts talking about "Campanella, Hodges, and Berra" being involved in a play. In 1954 those 3 players played for Brooklyn Dodgers and NY Yankees, however the 1954 World Series was between the Cleveland Indians and NY Giants, therefore none of those 3 even played. See more »Quotes
[to The Professor]The Ballplayer: Between you and me, let me tell you somethin'. Don't ever put a woman up on a pedestal. Cuz it'll just give her a chance to kick your teeth right down your throat.
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If you have any sort of appreciation for character and dialogue, and any sense of American cultural history, you will find a lot of very absorbing material in this film. It probably was originally a play, and that's why it's dialogue heavy, but I can't stress enough how these icons that we only have a shallow understand of are made into truly complex and wonderful characters.
This film is better than any college course for telling you how to create a character-driven story.