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For the Boys
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Synopsis
Bette Midler stars as a Martha Raye-type entertainer during the World War II era in this big-budget nostalgia piece. Midler plays big-band singer Dixie Leonard, who is chosen to perform at an overseas USO Christmas show by her uncle Art Silver (George Segal), a comedy writer for famed comedian Eddie Sparks (James Caan). Dixie is shuttled to London, where she is thrown on-stage with Eddie, who takes an immediate dislike to her. But her performance is a sensation, and the audience can't stop howling at Dixie's smart one-liner comebacks to Eddie. Dixie is catapulted to stardom, and the repartee between Eddie and Dixie becomes the stuff of legend. The two spar together through World War II, the McCarthy era, and Vietnam. But Dixie stops speaking to Eddie when he fires a writer for being a communist sympathizer and, later, she doesn't speak to him again after he arranges for a reunion between her and her son on the battlefields of Vietnam. Finally, Dixie, now an old woman, is cajoled to appear on a television awards show to reunite with a now decrepit Eddie, age 91. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Cast

Brandon Call Danny (at 12)
Arye Gross Jeff Brooks
Patrick O'Neal Shephard
Chris Rydell Danny
George Segal Art Silver
James Caan Eddie Sparks
Bette Midler Dixie Leonard

Production Crew

Dianne I. Wager Art Director
Don Woodruff Art Director
Chris Wilkinson Associate Producer
Joe Layton Choreography
Stephen Goldblatt Cinematographer
Ray Hartwick Co-producer
Dave Grusin Composer (Music Score)
Wayne A. Finkelman Costume Designer
Mark Rydell Director
Jere Huggins Editor
Jerry Greenberg Editor
Alan B. Curtiss First Assistant Director
Frank Griffin Makeup
Frank Griffin Makeup
Ron Berkeley Makeup
Bette Midler Producer
Bonnie Bruckheimer-Martell Producer
Kathleen Long Producer
Margaret Jennings South Producer
Mark Rydell Producer
Assheton Gorton Production Designer
Marvin March Production Designer
Edward D. Markley Production Manager
Lindy Laub Screenwriter
Marshall Brickman Screenwriter
Neal Jimenez Screenwriter
Julia Levine Set Designer
Marvin March Set Designer
Peter Romero Set Designer
Richard J. Lawrence Set Designer
Kay Rose Sound Editor
Donald O. Mitchell Sound/Sound Designer
Jim Webb Sound/Sound Designer
Bill Taylor Special Effects
Syd Dutton Special Effects
Mic Rodgers Stunts
Year: 1991
Runtime: 120
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: R
for language
Category: Feature


Color type
Delux color

Produced by
20th Century Fox
All Girl Productions

Release
November 22, 1991 (USA)