A bitter ad executive who has reached his breaking point, finds himself in a mental institution where his career actually begins to thrive with the help of the hospital's patients.
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Dudley Moore | ... | Emory Leeson | |
| Daryl Hannah | ... | Kathy Burgess | |
| Paul Reiser | ... | Stephen Bachman | |
| J.T. Walsh | ... | Drucker | |
| Bill Smitrovich | ... | Bruce | |
| Alan North | ... | Judge | |
| David Paymer | ... | George | |
| Danton Stone | ... | Saabs | |
| Paul Bates | ... | Robles | |
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Dick Cusack | ... | Mort |
| Doug Yasuda | ... | Hsu | |
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Floyd Vivino | ... | Eddie Aris |
| Mercedes Ruehl | ... | Dr. Liz Baylor | |
| Ben Hammer | ... | Dr. Koch | |
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David Packer | ... | Mark Olander |
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Emory works in advertising, and is beginning to crack-up. His latest idea is honesty, e.g. "Volvos, Yes they are boxy, but they're safe". This doesn't go down too well with the boss, so Emory is sent to a psychiatric hospital to 'recover'. Meanwhile, back at the office, Emory's work is accidentally sent to the printers. His ads are a huge success. But now Emory has fallen for Kathy (another patient) and so doesn't want to leave. Written by Rob Hartill
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EnglishRelease Date:
13 April 1990 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$13,236,513Company Credits
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[several hands go up]
Emory Leeson: Who here wants to be a fire engine?
[everyone raises their hands, with several standing and commenting things like "Ooh, I do!" and "Me! Pick me!"]
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Travel ad blurbs mentioned in the movie said "Come... IN the Bahamas"; "Come to New York. It's Not as Filthy as you think"; "Forget France. The French can be annoying. Come to Greece. We're Nicer" and "Come to New York. There were fewer murders last year". See more »Quotes
Kathy: Who here wants to be an ad-man?[several hands go up]
Emory Leeson: Who here wants to be a fire engine?
[everyone raises their hands, with several standing and commenting things like "Ooh, I do!" and "Me! Pick me!"]
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Crazy Credits
At the end of the credits, a "special issue" of Advertising Age spins in, with a cover portrait proclaiming the main characters to be "Emperors of Madison Ave." See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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My brother and I spotted this when we were renting a movie in one of those big discount bins of random movies. We sometimes enjoy watching stupid movies just for the hell of it and thought thats what it was going to turn out to be. We were pleasantly surprised with about the first half of the movie. Take out the throughly unnecessary love story and this movie could be an hour shorter and would probably get a much higher rating. Now I sometimes watch it, fast forwarding through the tedious bits. I would recommend it, but I don't know that I would pay more than a coupla bucks for the pleasure of watching it. It's the kind of movie that you get excited about showing friends, and glow with pride at finding such a great movie for a good part of but then sit around uncomfortably for stretches of it because you know they are inexcusably boring.