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Movers & Shakers
Movers & Shakers
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Movers & Shakers

1985
1h 20m
Comedy

Status

Released

Release

1985

Runtime

1h 20m

Storyline

"A new comedy about a movie that doesn't get made and the people who don't make it."

Studio head Joe Mulholland promises his dying producer and mentor, Saul Gritz, to adapt a popular sex manual into a film, despite his better judgment. Unable to figure out how to turn the nonfiction book into a narrative movie, Mulholland enlists the services of Herb Dorman, a screenwriter of popular romantic films with a bad marriage, and volatile director Sid Spokane to help him create a movie.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 20m
May 3, 1985
Languages
English
Director
William Asher
William Asher
Production
United Artists
United Artists
Asher-Grodin Productions
Asher-Grodin Productions
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

28 Cast Members

Walter Matthau

Walter Matthau

Joe Mulholland

Charles Grodin

Charles Grodin

Herb Derman

Vincent Gardenia

Vincent Gardenia

Saul Gritz

Tyne Daly

Tyne Daly

Nancy Derman

Bill Macy

Bill Macy

Sid Spokane

Gilda Radner

Gilda Radner

Livia Machado

Earl Boen

Earl Boen

Marshall

Michael Lerner

Michael Lerner

Arnie

Joe Mantell

Joe Mantell

Larry

William Prince

William Prince

Louis Martin

Nita Talbot

Nita Talbot

Dorothy

Sandy Ward

Sandy Ward

Doctor

Judah Katz

Judah Katz

Freddie

Peter Marc Jacobson

Robin

Sam Anderson

Sam Anderson

Ray Berg

Frances Bay

Frances Bay

Betty Gritz

Luana Anders

Luana Anders

Violette

Gene Dynarski

Gene Dynarski

Board Member

David Tress

David Tress

Board Member

Eugene Elman

Other Executive

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