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Her Alibi

  • 1989
  • PG
  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
7.5K
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Tom Selleck and Paulina Porizkova in Her Alibi (1989)
Phil has writer's block after 30 detective novels. In court for inspiration, he sees a cute Romanian murder suspect. He provides her alibi. She stays with him. Will he live to write another novel?
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Phil has writer's block after 30 detective novels. In court for inspiration, he sees a cute Romanian murder suspect. He provides her alibi. She stays with him. Will he live to write another ... Read allPhil has writer's block after 30 detective novels. In court for inspiration, he sees a cute Romanian murder suspect. He provides her alibi. She stays with him. Will he live to write another novel?Phil has writer's block after 30 detective novels. In court for inspiration, he sees a cute Romanian murder suspect. He provides her alibi. She stays with him. Will he live to write another novel?

  • Director
    • Bruce Beresford
  • Writer
    • Charlie Peters
  • Stars
    • Tom Selleck
    • Paulina Porizkova
    • William Daniels
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.8/10
    7.5K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Bruce Beresford
    • Writer
      • Charlie Peters
    • Stars
      • Tom Selleck
      • Paulina Porizkova
      • William Daniels
    • 38User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
    • 24Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Tom Selleck and Paulina Porizkova in Her Alibi (1989)
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    Tom Selleck and Paulina Porizkova in Her Alibi (1989)
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    Tom Selleck
    Tom Selleck
    • Phil Blackwood
    Paulina Porizkova
    Paulina Porizkova
    • Nina Ionescu
    William Daniels
    William Daniels
    • Sam
    James Farentino
    James Farentino
    • Frank Polito
    Hurd Hatfield
    Hurd Hatfield
    • Troppa
    Ronald Guttman
    Ronald Guttman
    • 'Lucy' Comanescu
    Victor Argo
    Victor Argo
    • Avram
    Patrick Wayne
    Patrick Wayne
    • Gary Blackwood
    Tess Harper
    Tess Harper
    • Sally Blackwood
    Bill Smitrovich
    Bill Smitrovich
    • Farrell
    Bobo Lewis
    • Rose
    Jane Welch
    • Millie
    Austin Hay
    • Oliver
    W. Benson Terry
    • FX
    Joan Copeland
    Joan Copeland
    • Audrey
    Liliana Komorowska
    Liliana Komorowska
    • Laura
    Alan Mixon
    • Nina's Father
    Barbara Caruso
    • Nina's Mother
    • Director
      • Bruce Beresford
    • Writer
      • Charlie Peters
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    • Trivia
      Lead actors Tom Selleck and Paulina Porizkova had such a bad time on this movie that by the time filming ended, they refused to be in the same room with each other. To make the ad poster for the film, director Bruce Beresford had to photo shoot them both separately, and digitally combine the two photos using Paintbox software, so that it looked like Selleck was standing behind Porizkova with his arms around her.
    • Goofs
      When Sam is on the phone with Phil, an editor pops his head in to see if Sam has Phil working. Sam says, "As we speak, Hank." The editor's name was supposed to be Ian. The actor's real name was Hank.
    • Quotes

      Phil Blackwood: [Narrating a passage of his upcoming book out loud - more than a little embellishing the truth] Despite the dozens of ravishing creatures begging to be part of his life, Swift had lived alone since his wife... was incinerated several years before, when the microwave went berserk during a thunderstorm.

    • Connections
      Edited into Family Guy: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      Falling in Love
      Written and Performed by Randy Newman

      Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records, Inc.

      By arrangement with Warner Special Products

    User reviews38

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    Featured review
    7/10
    Selleck's humour
    It's true that this film is rather undeep and not particularly demanding. But still, in my opinion, it's charmy. From this point of view, the film is stylistically correct because the books Philip Blackwood writes are also romantic thrillers with exaggerated characters and no attempt to be serious or even world class. We're in the world of trash. Of course, the movie can be understood as kind of a parody on the book that's being written during the film. But on the other hand, it corresponds to it.

    Tom Selleck's humour or maybe only the humour around his role keeps the movie alive. Like in „Folks!`, he is the poor guy, damned to passiveness, who desperately tries to cope with what is happening to him. But here the humour doesn't arise only from his mishaps but also from the way he falsifies them when transferring them into his novel. Paulina Porizkova is not a convincing actress but in this movie this doesn't matter because her inflexible face makes her character unfathomable, unpredictable, unlike Philip Blackwood's stories.

    If you want to see a trashy little comedy about trashy little thrillers, this is the right one for you!
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    • Mort-31
    • Feb 8, 2001

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    • Release date
      • February 3, 1989 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Romanian
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Ninas Alibi
    • Filming locations
      • Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    • Production company
      • Warner Bros.
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $18,699,037
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $5,037,047
      • Feb 5, 1989
    • Gross worldwide
      • $18,699,037
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 34 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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