I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982)

108 min. – Comedy | Drama

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OPENING WKD: $2.2MM (USA)
GROSS: $7MM (USA)
SUMMARY: 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 ... More 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. Written By Dale O'Connor <daleoc@interaccess.com> Less

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Director Herbert Ross
Writer Neil Simon (play) (screenplay)
Producers Herbert Ross | Neil Simon
Composer Marvin Hamlisch
Cinematographer David M. Walsh
Editor Sidney Levin
Casting Director Jennifer Shull
Production Designer Albert Brenner

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Walter Matthau – Herbert Tucker Herbert Tucker Less 3,327 The Odd Couple
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Muni Zano – Motel Cashier Motel Cashier Less 623,521 Operation Petticoat
Halbert W. Jalikeakek – Baseball Fan (uncredited) Baseball Fan (uncredited) Less 7,647,754 I Ought to Be in Pictures
Norris Maxwell – Cashier (uncredited) Cashier (uncredited) Less 1,758,403 Yes Man
Thomas Wright – Baseball Fan (uncredited) Baseball Fan (uncredited) Less 2,980,346 Midnight Madness

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STATUS: Released (updated Mar 26, 1982)
RELEASE DATE: Mar 26, 1982 (United States)
COUNTRY: United States
LANGUAGE: English | Spanish
AKA: I Ought to Be in Pictures | Soñando con la fama | Chce byc gwiazda filmowa | …

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