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The Real Howard Spitz

  • 19981998
  • PGPG
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
323
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The Real Howard Spitz (1998)
Comedy
Howard Spitz is a cranky, has-been detective novelist out of money and out of luck - until he meets eight-year-old Samantha, who convinces him he has what it takes to write children's books.Howard Spitz is a cranky, has-been detective novelist out of money and out of luck - until he meets eight-year-old Samantha, who convinces him he has what it takes to write children's books.Howard Spitz is a cranky, has-been detective novelist out of money and out of luck - until he meets eight-year-old Samantha, who convinces him he has what it takes to write children's books.
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
323
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  • Director
    • Vadim Jean
  • Writer
    • Jurgen Wolff(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Kelsey Grammer
    • Genevieve Tessier
    • Joseph Rutten
  • Director
    • Vadim Jean
  • Writer
    • Jurgen Wolff(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Kelsey Grammer
    • Genevieve Tessier
    • Joseph Rutten
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    • 14User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    Kelsey Grammer
    Kelsey Grammer
    • Howard Spitz
    Genevieve Tessier
    • Samantha Kershaw
    Joseph Rutten
    Joseph Rutten
    • Lou
    Amanda Donohoe
    Amanda Donohoe
    • Laura Kershaw
    Kay Tremblay
    • Theodora Winkle
    Patrick McKenna
    Patrick McKenna
    • Roger
    Lex Gigeroff
    Lex Gigeroff
    • Ronnie Relish
    Gary Levert
    • Red Allen
    Jeffrey Hirschfield
    Jeffrey Hirschfield
    • Lawrence - Primrose Rep
    • (as Jeff Hirschfield)
    Denny Doherty
    Denny Doherty
    • Balthazar Mishkin
    Joanne Hagen
    • Waitress
    Edward Gregson
    • Aaron
    Ciel Crosby
    • Librarian
    • (as Cathy Lee Crosby)
    John Loverin
    • Bartender - Cop Bar
    John Fulton
    • Ted the Cop
    Claude Jean
    • Waiter - French Restaurant
    David Christoffel
    • Bill Sellers
    Jennifer Overton
    • Mother of Aaron
    • Director
      • Vadim Jean
    • Writer
      • Jurgen Wolff(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Howard Spitz, played by Kelsey Grammer, says, "Writing a sitcom's not hard. You just have a married couple, a bar in Boston or a psychiatrist on the radio." This is a reference to both Cheers (1982) and Frasier (1993), both of which starred Grammer as Dr Frasier Crane, a psychiatrist who hung out at a Boston bar on "Cheers" before moving to Seattle to start a radio call in show in "Frasier".
    • Connections
      References Cheers (1982)

    User reviews14

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    7/10
    B movie but above average
    Well I like Kelsey Grammar so I decide to watch this last night. Now I know he is not box office and my expectations were not built up so I was pleasantly surprised that I not only enjoyed it overall but laughed out loud in parts – mostly from the daughter. She had the best lines! Amanda Donohoe, normally glam personified played not quite plain but lacking self esteem very well. Kelsey Grammar plays the usual and that is not knocking him, he does that cynical but soft underneath to perfection. Yes a lot of the plot is predicable but you are hardly going to see something new. The main cast play well of each other and the one-liners are thrown away in a timely fashion.

    I can only think the earlier review had jet lag or bad service on his air flight. This is an excellent B movie.
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    • Mark Price
    • Nov 17, 2004

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    • Release date
      • August 28, 1998 (United Kingdom)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • Canada
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Writer's Block
    • Filming locations
      • Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Metrodome Films
      • Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation
      • The Mob Film Company
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 42 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo

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