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I Ought to Be in Pictures(Movie, 1982)

1h 48min | Genres: Drama, Comedy
I Ought to Be in PicturesRating: 3.5/5 (with 33 votes)
I Ought to Be in Pictures (also promoted as Neil Simon's I Ought to Be in Pictures) is a 1982 American comedy-drama film directed by Herbert Ross and based on Neil Simon's 1980 play of the same name. The film stars Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, and Dinah Manoff (the only cast member to reprise her Broadway role in the film). Other actors who have supporting roles are Lance Guest, Eugene Butler, David Faustino, Martin Ferrero and Michael Dudikoff. The film was released on March 26, 1982, a year after the original broadway play ended and was filmed mainly in Los Angeles, California. ()
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About I Ought to Be in Pictures

Grandmother has nothing to say when Libby tells her that she is off to LA to look up Dad, a Hollywood screenwriter. Grandmother has been in a New York cemetery for six years and Dad has been out of Libby's life for 16 of her 19 years. Libby arrives in LA on a Tuesday and phones Dad the one night that Stephanie, who does Jane Fonda's hair, stays over. Stephanie is there the next morning when Libby decides she needs to tell her story face-to-face.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES)
Translated into 5 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Italian (IT), Portuguese (PT)
Status: Released
Release date US: 03/26/1982
Director: Herbert Ross
Screenwriter: Neil Simon
Director of Photography: David M. Walsh
Composer: Marvin Hamlisch
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Neil Simon's I Ought to Be in Pictures"
"Sonhando com a Fama"

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