Phil has writer's block after 30 detective novels. In court for inspiration, he sees a cute Romanian murder suspect. He provides her alibi. She stays with him. Will he live to write another ... Read allPhil has writer's block after 30 detective novels. In court for inspiration, he sees a cute Romanian murder suspect. He provides her alibi. She stays with him. Will he live to write another novel?Phil has writer's block after 30 detective novels. In court for inspiration, he sees a cute Romanian murder suspect. He provides her alibi. She stays with him. Will he live to write another novel?
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- TriviaLead actors Tom Selleck and Paulina Porizkova had such a bad time on this movie that by the time filming ended, they refused to be in the same room with each other. To make the ad poster for the film, director Bruce Beresford had to photo shoot them both separately, and digitally combine the two photos using Paintbox software, so that it looked like Selleck was standing behind Porizkova with his arms around her.
- GoofsWhen Sam is on the phone with Phil, an editor pops his head in to see if Sam has Phil working. Sam says, "As we speak, Hank." The editor's name was supposed to be Ian. The actor's real name was Hank.
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Sam: [Slightly incredulous after having just witnessed Nina daringly rescue a small boy from atop a barn roof] What did you say she did back in Romania?
Phil Blackwood: [Puzzled pause] ... Receptionist?
- ConnectionsEdited into Family Guy: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side (2009)
- SoundtracksFalling in Love
Written and Performed by Randy Newman
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records, Inc.
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I had the fortune to get this film out of the video library on a whim and wound up falling in love with the film as much as Blackwood does with Nina, the parallels between his super-cool fictional world and the clumsy long suffering Blackwood are fantastic, and all the supporting cast do a great job.
Don't get me wrong, this is not an Annie Hall or a when harry met sally, it's silly ridiculous and as Farantino says "I gotta say, Phil, You're works a little predictable!" but it's still a good watch and a very fun film.
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- Gross US & Canada
- $18,699,037
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,037,047
- Feb 5, 1989
- Gross worldwide
- $18,699,037
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1