Mannequin: On the Move (1991)

A young department store intern falls in love with a female store mannequin who is really a peasant girl fallen under a thousand year spell. She comes to life whenever he removes the cursed necklace from her.

Director:

Stewart Raffill

Writers:

Edward Rugoff (characters), Michael Gottlieb (characters)

Stars:

Kristy Swanson, William Ragsdale, Meshach Taylor

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kristy Swanson	...	Jessie
William Ragsdale	...	Jason Williamson / Prince William
Meshach Taylor	...	Hollywood Montrose / Doorman
Terry Kiser	...	Count Spretzle / Sorcerer
Stuart Pankin	...	Mr. James
Cynthia Harris	...	Mom / Queen
Andrew Hill Newman	...	Andy Ackerman
Julie Foreman	...	Gail
John Edmondson	...	Rolf, Soldier #1
Phil Latella	...	Egon, Soldier #2
Mark Gray	...	Arnold, Soldier #3
Erick Weiss	...	Mr. James' Assistant
Jackye Roberts	...	Mr. James' Assistant
John Casino	...	Horned Soldier
Laurie Wing	...	Old Queen

Storyline

The flamboyant Hollywood Montrose is promoted to head window dresser at Prince and Company department store. Hollywood hires his new assistant Jason Williamson, who in a past life was the prince of the Hauptmann-Koenig kingdom. Prince and Company plans to display a mannequin known as the Enchanted Peasant Girl in celebration of the kingdom. And Jason has a nagging feeling he has seen this mannequin somewhere before. Removing a necklace from the mannequin reveals that the Enchanted Peasant Girl is really Jessie, the love of his past life who was placed under a thousand year spell by an evil sorcerer. Their rekindled romance is not without its challenges when the evil sorcerer reappears in his descendant Count Gunther Spretzle, who has plans of his own for Jessie. But Jessie must receive a kiss from her one true love to break free from the curse before Count Spretzle finds her.

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Plot Keywords:

peasant | department store | mannequin | mannequin comes to life | sword fight | 

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Taglines:

A lively comedy about a living doll.

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Genres:

Comedy | Fantasy

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 May 1991 (USA)

Also Known As:

Mannequin Two: On the Move

Filming Locations:

1300 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$13,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,692,817, 19 May 1991, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$3,752,426

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gladden Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

"Mannequin: On the Move" is the actual title of this film. "Mannequin Two: On the Move" was the poster title.

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Goofs

In the beginning, when Jason is looking for parking as he makes the U-turn to park, you can see the street blocked off and the people watching the scene being filmed.

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Quotes

Hollywood Montrose: Oh, get down, honey, get down!
Customer: Get doooooooooown!

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Connections

Referenced in Dude, Where's My Car? (2000)

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Soundtracks

The Sea Hawk
By Erich Wolfgang Korngold

User Reviews

OK, it's bad, but not too awful

Even though this is a pretty badly made movie, it's something that I just enjoyed when I was a kid. I think because I was in my princess and "damsel in distress" phase.

Watching this movie now, it is pretty ridicules. I mean, the whole history back flash in the beginning, now I know this is a movie and it is supposed to be fairy tale like, but the peasant girl having a beautiful dress and cape with perfect hair and make up? Just didn't make sense. The knights were complete wusses when in real life they were trained to take a sword through a gut and continue in battle.

And the acting, yes it's pretty bad. But again, this was just something that I enjoyed as a kid. For the kids, just let them have fun with it. But as a movie for adults in a serious train of mind, just ignore it.

4/10