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An aspiring actor's life gets upended when his ex-wife dumps their bossy, wild little daughter into his custody.An aspiring actor's life gets upended when his ex-wife dumps their bossy, wild little daughter into his custody.An aspiring actor's life gets upended when his ex-wife dumps their bossy, wild little daughter into his custody.
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- 1 win & 2 nominations
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- TriviaFilmed as a musical with eight songs by Prince, Sinéad O'Connor, and Carole King. Following poor test screenings, all but one of the songs - and all of the movie-musical-style production numbers - were removed from the film, and James L. Brooks wrote new scenes and did three days' worth of re-shoots to transform the film into a more traditional studio comedy. Only "You are the Best," written by King and including an end-credits version sung by her, remains in the final cut of the film.
- Quotes
Matt Hobbs: Washington? Washington, boy, that must have been a big adjustment.
Nan Mulhanney: It wasn't that bad. Both places have a lot in common: Over-privileged people, crazed by their fear of losing their privileges. Alcoholism. Addiction. Betrayal. The near total degradation of what once were grand motives. The same spiritual blood-letting. I kind of do miss the seasons, though.
- Alternate versionsA few shots were cut from the original R-rated version to receive a PG-13 rating.
- SoundtracksYou Are the Best
Written by Carole King
Produced by Carole King and Rudy Guess
Performed by Whittni Wright
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This is a movie about making movies and standing up for your beliefs and not having to bow down under the pressures of audience expectations and studio involvements, and it had musical numbers which were cut and writers come in to dumb it down because of audience expectations and studio involvements.
But I found all that out after I first saw the movie and thought it was great entertainment. I love Nick Nolte, he's so grave and gruff and depressed that I hope he doesn't kill himself cause I really like everything he's done, even The Hulk, and especially Affliction and that Martin Short with a kid movie. Joely Richardson is gorgeous! Julie Kavner and James Brooks are great. I highly recommend this film, and hope to see it again soon on DVD with all of the deleted scenes.
But I found all that out after I first saw the movie and thought it was great entertainment. I love Nick Nolte, he's so grave and gruff and depressed that I hope he doesn't kill himself cause I really like everything he's done, even The Hulk, and especially Affliction and that Martin Short with a kid movie. Joely Richardson is gorgeous! Julie Kavner and James Brooks are great. I highly recommend this film, and hope to see it again soon on DVD with all of the deleted scenes.
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Box office
- Budget
- $40,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $10,424,645
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,702,625
- Feb 6, 1994
- Gross worldwide
- $10,424,645
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