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Celeste Talbert, the long-time star of the embattled daytime drama The Sun Also Sets, is targeted by her ambitious co-star Montana Moorehead; Montana connives to supplant Celeste as the show's star by promising sexual favors to its producer, David Seton Barnes. To make the audience hate Celeste's character, Montana and David come up with a last-minute plot change in which she will accidentally kill a young, destitute deaf-mute, played by the newly-cast Lori Craven. Despite the strong objections of head writer Rose Schwartz and Celeste herself, the scene plays out, but is interrupted by Celeste's recognition of Lori as her real-life niece. Network honcho Edmund Edwards sees potential in the relationship and makes Lori a regular cast member, hoping to boost the show's flagging ratings.
MPAA Rating: | PG-13 |
Genre: | Comedy, Romance |
Country: | United States |
Produced By: | Alan Greisman, Aaron Spelling, Joel Freeman, Victoria White, Herbert Ross |
Directed By: | Michael Hoffman |
Written By: | Andrew Bergman, Robert Harling |
Cast: | Barry Kivel, Carrie Fisher, Scott Buzz, Ivory Ocean, David Byron, Dorothy Patterson, Ben Stein, Armando Molina, Nico De Silva, John Tesh, Tim Choate, Brixton Karnes, Gino Lucci, Robert Downey Jr., Cathy Moriarty, Cornelia Kiss, Herta Ware, Clive Rosengren, Marianne Muellerleile, Garry Marshall, Elisabeth Shue, Michael Laurin, Paul Johansson, Kevin Kline, Arne Nannestad, Willie Garson, Teri Hatcher, Leeza Gibbons, Stephen Nichols, Rob Camilletti, Michael Berkowitz, Kathy Najimy, Sally Field, Whoopi Goldberg, Mary Pat Gleason, Finola Hughes, Phil Leeds, Costas Mandylor, Sheila Kelley, Vince Melocchi, Keith E. Lane, Wai Ching Ho |
In Theaters: | May 31, 1991 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 37 minutes |
Production: | Paramount Pictures |
Budget: | $25,000,000 |
Box Office: | $36,489,888 |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |