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Deborah Hopper
Set Costumer -
Michael Grillo
Producer -
Bruce Fowler
Orchestrator -
Deborah L. Scott
Costume Design -
Erik Henry
VFX Editor -
Albert Brooks
Screenplay -
Dane A. Davis
Supervising Sound Editor -
Tom E. Dahl
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
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GenerationofSwine 1/12/2023 3:30:48AM
I remember when I was 12 or so, I woke up incredibly early (thank you Chicago Tribune TV Guide for helping me with missions like that) and went into the basement to record this off HBO. Then, shortly after I hit record I fell asleep on the couch and had the strangest freaking dream of my childhood because of the title of this film. Had nothing to do with the movie, I just remember it to this day so I'm rambling about it. Really though, it has a message, there is a moral to the story, but you aren't watching it for that. And when I was 11 or 12 I didn't record it for that. No, you're watching it because Albert Brooks is pretty funny and the film seems quirky and light hearted. And, honestly, it delivers. It's one of those increasingly rare films that announces what kind of movie that it is, makes promises for a happy ending, and delivers on it. There aren't really any surprises, you assume how the movie is going to end before you even sit down to watch it, and you're only really watching it in the first place because you feel the need to see that kind of story. And it delivers. It's fun in a quirky, dry, and understated way. It brings you into a fun little world, and it hits all the marks it promised to in the trailer, comedy, romance, happy ending. Everything else is just icing.
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JuliaShirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaineLee Grant
Lena FosterEthan Embry
SteveAlbert Brooks
Daniel MillerRip Torn
Bob DiamondHal Landon Jr.
Man in Past Lives PavilionJames Paradise
Stage Manager