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Synopsis
Todd Graff wrote the screenplay for this eccentric romantic comedy in the spirit of Moonstruck that exchanges pasta for matzo balls. The film takes place in Queens in 1969, where Pearl Berman (Shirley MacLaine) has just arrived back from the funeral of her husband. As her dysfunctional family kvetches in the living room, the dapper Joe Meledandri (Marcello Mastroianni) arrives. It seems that Joe has admired Pearl from afar for a number of years, ever since he met her husband in a bar and persuaded him to return to his wife. He invites Pearl for coffee, provoking the wisecrack from her mother (Jessica Tandy): "She got picked up at her own husband's funeral." As Pearl is wooed by Joe, she has to deal with her lonely, overweight daughter Bibby (Kathy Bates) and her prettier daughter Norma (Marcia Gay Harden), who suffers from such a lack of self esteem that she assumes the personalities of Marilyn Monroe, Jackie Kennedy, and Bonnie Parker. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Cast

Kathy Bates Bibby
Matthew Branton Swee'Pea
Charles Cioffi Paolo
Bob Dishy Jack Berman
Louis Guss Uncle Normy
Helen Hanft Aunt Ruthie
Marcia Gay Harden Norma
Shirley MacLaine Pearl Berman
Marcello Mastroianni Joe Meledandri
Irving Metzman Uncle Al
Joe Pantoliano Frank
Doris Roberts Aunt Lonnie
Sylvia Sidney Becky
Jessica Tandy Freida
Lee Wallace Uncle Harry

Production Crew

Patricia Birch Choreography
David Watkin Cinematographer
Todd Graff Co-producer
Rachel Portman Composer (Music Score)
Marilyn Vance Costume Designer
Beeban Kidron Director
John Tintori Editor
Lloyd Levin Executive Producer
Tony Lucibello First Assistant Director
Ann Brodie Makeup
Todd Graff Play Author
Peggy Rajski Producer
Stuart Wurtzel Production Designer
Todd Graff Screenwriter
Hilton Rosemarin Set Designer
Martin Malivoire Special Effects
Year: 1992
Runtime: 116
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: PG13
for elements of sensuality and language
Category: Feature


Color type
Duart color/Deluxe prints

Sound
Dolby

Produced by
20th Century Fox
JVC
Largo Entertainment

Release
December 16, 1992 (USA)
by 20th Century Fox