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Daughter leaves her mother from the east coast to visit her dad in L. A. she hasn't seen for years to find a fast pace life in movies and discovers who her father is.Daughter leaves her mother from the east coast to visit her dad in L. A. she hasn't seen for years to find a fast pace life in movies and discovers who her father is.Daughter leaves her mother from the east coast to visit her dad in L. A. she hasn't seen for years to find a fast pace life in movies and discovers who her father is.
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- TriviaWalter Matthau once said of this movie: "It's filled with very real emotions . . . there were a few seconds while I was acting when I flashed back to my childhood when my father deserted us . . . I was exhausted at the end of each day. Some roles are easier but comedy, such as Neil Simon writes, is twenty times more difficult than straight acting or tragic acting. I prefer the challenge of comedy. It requires a great deal more energy, a great deal of kinetic output."
- GoofsIn the closing scenes Libby is first seen sitting on the left side of the bus talking to her seat mate, then when Herb drives his car up next to the bus on the right side she sees him through the right side window.
- SoundtracksOne Hello
Music & Lyrics by Marvin Hamlisch and Carole Bayer Sager
Sung by Randy Crawford
Produced by Tommy LiPuma
(P) 1982 WEA International Inc.
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bad sentimentalism
Libby Tucker (Dinah Manoff) sets off from New York to look for her Hollywood screenwriter father Herbert Tucker (Walter Matthau). She wants to get into the movies. She's the talkative type who talks to her dead grandmother. She calls on her dad and finds movie hair stylist Steffy Blondell (Ann-Margret).
I like the character of Libby in the beginning but eventually, she stops being realistic. I don't buy her sex questioning of Herbert. If Neil Simon wants to go there, he should do it by asking about Herbert's sex life with her mother or better yet Steffy. That scene is a last straw situation where her emotional breakdown feels unearned. I am surprised at the clunky dialogue. It feels overly written. There are so many ways I want this story to go but it never really goes anywhere. The whole last act is cringeworthy with Libby's dialogue. It is big emotions built on nothingness.
I like the character of Libby in the beginning but eventually, she stops being realistic. I don't buy her sex questioning of Herbert. If Neil Simon wants to go there, he should do it by asking about Herbert's sex life with her mother or better yet Steffy. That scene is a last straw situation where her emotional breakdown feels unearned. I am surprised at the clunky dialogue. It feels overly written. There are so many ways I want this story to go but it never really goes anywhere. The whole last act is cringeworthy with Libby's dialogue. It is big emotions built on nothingness.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Neil Simon's I Ought to Be in Pictures
- Filming locations
- 6830 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, California, USA(motel Libby stays at upon arrival in Hollywood)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $10,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $6,968,359
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,170,397
- Mar 28, 1982
- Gross worldwide
- $6,968,359
- Runtime1 hour 48 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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By what name was I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982) officially released in Canada in English?
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