I Ought to Be in Pictures ( Neil Simon's I Ought to Be in Pictures )

I Ought to Be in Pictures (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Neil Simon's I Ought to Be in Pictures
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
103 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1982 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Herbert Ross

Written By:
Neil Simon

Actors:
Walter Matthau ..... Herbert Tucker
Ann-Margret ..... Steffy Blondell
Dinah Manoff ..... Libby Tucker
Lance Guest ..... Gordon
Calvin Ander ..... Rabbi
Shelby Balik ..... Shelley
Larry Barton ..... Harry
Eugene Butler ..... Marty
Bill Cross ..... Truck Driver
Michael Dudikoff ..... Boy on bus
Gillian Farrell ..... Waitress
David Faustino ..... Martin
Martin Ferrero ..... Monte Del Rey
Allan Graf ..... Baseball Fan
Samantha Harper ..... Larane

Synopsis:

Neil Simon based his screenplay for I Ought to Be in Pictures on one of his more serious theatrical pieces. Walter Matthau is top-billed as Herbert Tucker, a struggling screenwriter who suddenly finds his 19-year-old daughter, Libby(Dinah Manoff), on his Hollywood doorstep. Having deserted his family years earlier, Herbert isn't keen on having his daughter around to cramp his lifestyle, which at this point consists of drinking his meals and telling lies to his faithful girlfriend, Stephanie (Ann-Margret). Libby takes it upon herself to put Herbert's life in order. There are plenty of angry outbursts and recriminations between father and daughter before the tearful, upbeat conclusion. Incidentally, Dinah Manoff is the daughter of actress Lee Grant, who'd previously co-starred with Walter Matthau in Neil Simon's Plaza Suite -- which, like I Ought to Be in Pictures, was directed by Herbert Ross.

Grandmother has nothing to say when Libby tells her that she is off to LA to look up Dad, a Hollywood screenwriter. Grandmother has been in a New York cemetery for six years and Dad has been out of Libby's life for 16 of her 19 years. Libby arrives in LA on a Tuesday and phones Dad the one night that Stephanie, who does Jane Fonda's hair, stays over. Stephanie is there the next morning when Libby decides she needs to tell her story face-to-face.

The film starts with 19-year-old Brooklynite Libby Tucker (Dinah Manoff) visiting her dead grandma's grave at a New York cemetery, and informs that she was moving to Hollywood to become an actress and find her father, Screenwriter Herbert Tucker. Libby takes the bus to Denver, then hitchhikes the rest of the way. Libby then tries to call Herb but gets nervous and hangs up.

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