Hollywood Mistress (1992) ( Mistress )

Hollywood Mistress (1992) (DVD) (*)

$20.99

Original Title: Mistress
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )

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

Running Time:
105 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1992 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Barry Primus

Written By:
Barry Primus

Actors:
Robert De Niro ..... Evan M. Wright
Robert Wuhl ..... Marvin Landisman
Martin Landau ..... Jack Roth
Vasek Simek ..... Hans (as Vasek C. Simek)
Thomas R. Voth ..... Stagehand
Jace Alexander ..... Stuart Stratland Jr.
Mary Mercier ..... Shelby's Waitress
Tuesday Knight ..... Peggy
Eli Wallach ..... George Lieberhof
Danny Aiello ..... Carmine Rasso
Jean Smart ..... Patricia Riley
William Rotko ..... Valet (as Bill Rotko)
Dimitri Dimitrov ..... Maitre d'
Sheryl Lee Ralph ..... Beverly
Chuck Low ..... Benrie

Synopsis:

Successful character actor Barry Primus spent seven years trying to get financing for his feature debut as a writer-director, Mistress. In the film, a once-promising writer-director, Marvin Landisman (Robert Wuhl), who now directs instructional videos, is sitting home one night, watching his own print of Jean Renoir's Grand Illusion, when he gets a strange phone call. A producer, Jack Roth (Martin Landau), formerly a bigwig at Universal, tells Marvin he was cleaning out his office when he came across Marvin's old script, "The Darkness and the Light." Jack claims he can get financing to make the film, and agrees to Marvin's stipulation that he be attached to direct. They "take a meeting" at a low-rent diner, and Jack brings along a gung-ho novice screenwriter, Stuart (Jace Alexander), to help Marvin polish the script. They meet with three potential backers, played by Eli Wallach, Danny Aiello, and Robert DeNiro, each one more meddlesome than the last, and each with a girlfriend (played by Tuesday Knight, Jean Smart, and Sheryl Lee Ralph, respectively) whom they demand be cast in the film. At first, Marvin adamantly resists changing his serious, downbeat, and very personal script, about an painter who commits suicide, rather than betray his ideals. But eventually, Marvin gets caught up in the momentum of actually getting his dream project made, and starts compromising. He agrees to cast the three women; he agrees to make the script funnier and sexier; he even agrees to change the painter to a photographer to please his backers. Laurie Metcalf plays Marvin's long-suffering wife, and Christopher Walken has a cameo as a tortured actor. Mistress was the first film produced by DeNiro's independent production company, Tribeca Films.

Comedy drama. Jack Roth discovers an old script written by failed director Marvin Landisman and decides to produce it. Unfortunately, every man who puts money into the project wants a role for his latest mistress.

The adventures of a filmmaker trying to get his film project off the ground.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 18 May, 2025.