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If Lucy Fell
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Synopsis
This vanity project from writer, director, and star Eric Schaeffer is a romantic comedy about a pair of New Yorkers with a suicide pact. Joe MacGonaughgill (Schaeffer) is a painter and teacher who has been spying for years on Jane (Elle MacPherson), the gorgeous woman who lives across the alley, where she can be secretly observed undressing. Joe lives with Lucy Ackerman (Sarah Jessica Parker), a psychotherapist who's also his best friend. Suffering from her own relationship troubles with her boyfriend Dick (William Sage), Lucy is reminded of a long-ago pact she made with Joe: if neither is involved in a serious relationship by her rapidly approaching 30th birthday, they will commit suicide by jumping together off the Brooklyn Bridge. Then Jane comes to a show of Joe's artwork and he musters up the courage to ask her out, while Lucy begins dating Bwick Elias (Ben Stiller), an oddball artist who paints with his body parts. Only after Jane and Bwick turn out to be major disappointments do Joe and Lucy realize that they're perfect together -- and not in the platonic sense. Struggling independent filmmaker Schaeffer convinced Parker to take the female lead in If Lucy Fell when she hailed the cab he was driving. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Cast

Robert John Burke The Man
Elle MacPherson Jane Linquist
Sarah Jessica Parker Lucy Ackerman
James Rebhorn Simon Ackerman
Ben Stiller Bwick Elias
Eric Schaeffer Joe MacGaunaughill

Production Crew

Georgianne Walken Casting
Sheila Jaffe Casting
Ron Fortunato Cinematographer
Debra Ridpath Co-producer
Terence Michael Co-producer
Amanda Kravat Composer (Music Score)
Charles Pettis Composer (Music Score)
Mary Me Jane Composer (Music Score)
Doug Katsaros Conductor
Ane Crabtree Costume Designer
Eric Schaeffer Director
Sue Graef Editor
Susan Graef Editor
Marco Black First Assistant Director
Brad Jenkel Producer
Brad Krevoy Producer
Steven Stabler Producer
Ginger Tougas Production Designer
Tony Spiridakis Screen Story
Eric Schaeffer Screenwriter
Tony Spiridakis Short Story Author
Tony Spiridakis Short Story Author
R. Russell Smith Sound Mixer
Pawel Wdowczak Sound/Sound Designer
Year: 1996
Runtime: 94
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: R
for language and some sexuality
Category: Feature

Genre
Comedy
Romance

Produced by
Sony Pictures Entertainment