Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Melanie Griffith | ... | Billie Dawn | |
John Goodman | ... | Harry Brock | |
Don Johnson | ... | Paul Verrall | |
Edward Herrmann | ... | Ed Devery | |
Max Perlich | ... | JJ | |
Michael Ensign | ... | Phillipe | |
Ben Bradlee | ... | Alex Duffee, Sect. of the Navy (as Benjamin C. Bradlee) | |
Sally Quinn | ... | Beatrice Duffee | |
William Frankfather | ... | Sen. Kelley | |
Fred Thompson | ... | Sen. Hedges (as Fred Dalton Thompson) | |
Celeste Yarnall | ... | Mrs. Hedges | |
Nora Dunn | ... | Cynthia Schreiber, NPR Talk Show Host | |
Meg Wittner | ... | Mrs. Kelley | |
William Forward | ... | Sen. Duker | |
Mary Gordon Murray | ... | Bindy Duker |
A businessman shows up in Washington to lobby agendas that are friendly to his construction plans. His ditsy ex-showgirl bimbo proves to be an embarrassment in social situations, so he hires a reporter to teach her how to appear more intelligent. Soon it becomes apparent to the reporter that she isn't so stupid after all, and things become more complicated as she begins questioning the papers her sugar daddy keeps getting her to sign, and the reporter begins falling in love with her. Written by Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>
It is the lead question. and this version did not a decent answer. because, against the effort of actors, the version from 1950 wins at each chapter. and the cause is not exactly the comparation between the two versions. but something who reflects two different manners to understand the subject. at first sigh, if you ignore the original version , the present film works . the motif - John Goodman. for a form of freedom . in rest, Melanie Griffith seems be the hostage of the portrait of Billie by Judy Holiday and Don Johnson gives a pale sketch of the work of William Holden. and nothing else.