The read
It runs a compact 1h 20m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb4.2/10
15 audience votes
Key crew
- William AsherDirector
- Charles GrodinWriter
Cast
- Walter MatthauJoe Mulholland
- Charles GrodinHerb Derman
- Vincent GardeniaSaul Gritz
- Tyne DalyNancy Derman
- Bill MacySid Spokane
- Gilda RadnerLivia Machado
- Earl BoenMarshall
- Michael LernerArnie
- Joe MantellLarry
- William PrinceLouis Martin
- Nita TalbotDorothy
- Sandy WardDoctor