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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Glenn Close | ... | Jan / Maxie | |
| Mandy Patinkin | ... | Nick | |
| Ruth Gordon | ... | Mrs. Lavin | |
| Barnard Hughes | ... | Bishop Campbell | |
| Valerie Curtin | ... | Miss Sheffer | |
| Googy Gress | ... | Father Jerome | |
| Michael Ensign | ... | Cleopatra Director | |
| Michael Laskin | ... | Commercial Director | |
| Lou Cutell | ... | Art Isenberg | |
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Nelson Welch | ... | Bartender |
| Leeza Gibbons | ... | E.T. Reporter | |
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Evan White | ... | Channel 4 Announcer |
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Harry Wong | ... | Mr. Chu |
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Charles Douglas Laird | ... | Policeman |
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David Sosna | ... | Assistant Director |
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When Nick and Jan move into their new apartment house in San Francisco, the crazy landlady upstairs informs them about a girl who used to live there in the 1920s: a brash young party girl named Maxie, who died in a car crash the morning before her massive audition for a Hollywood studio. Merry mayhem is guaranteed when Maxie's ghost, who hasn't left the house, takes over Jan's body and plans to rekindle her film career - but then falls head-over-heels in love with Nick. What he doesn't at first realise is that the woman making hasty advances on him is Maxie, and the only way she's going to leave Jan's body is if she gets that audition. Written by Kathy Li
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When she was Jan she was very very good, but when she was bad she was... Maxie. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
27 September 1985 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Free Spirit See more »Filming Locations:
Ambassador Hotel - 3400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Edit
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Opening Weekend USA:
$1,121,531, 29 September 1985, Wide ReleaseGross USA:
$2,564,278Company Credits
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Written by Mort Dixon and Ray Henderson
Performed by Glenn Close
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The silent film clip of the young Maxie was actually a clip of Carole Lombard, future wife of Clark Gable. See more »Goofs
In his classic convertible, Nick makes a hand signal for a left-turn. He then promptly turns right to get in front of his apartment and pull into the garage. See more »Soundtracks
Bye Bye BlackbirdWritten by Mort Dixon and Ray Henderson
Performed by Glenn Close
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This a lovely romantic film that was tossed away on first release and is well worth tracking and enjoying. I saw it on a double feature (and it screened first) with DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN and the audience were clearly annoyed when MAXIE started. They wanted the Madonna film. Within ten minutes it was clear we had been served a delicious appetiser. Within half and hour there was obvious surprise, and by the time 90 mins had passed we had all forgotten about Madonna. When intermission arrived, the crowd was buzzing with sheer delight at this wonderful timeless discovery and the audience went into SUSAN in such a good mood it played like funniest movie ever made. Add MAXIE to your list of 'must see' films. It the sort of small and rewarding film that causes a person at a party to scream with the thrill of meeting someone who has also seen it.