Used People (1992)

Regisseur:

Beeban Kidron

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Todd Graff (plays)
Todd Graff (screenplay)

Premierendatum:

16. Dezember 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie | Drama | Romanze

Werbezeile:

A story about love, family and other embarrassments.

Plot:

At her husband's funeral, Pearl (Shirley Maclean), Jewish mother of two divorced and antagonistic daughters...

Plot Keywords:

Suicide Attempt | Courtship | Death | Friendship | Second Chance

Filmpreise:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 1 nomination

Nutzerkommentare:

It's packed, it's fast-moving, it's funny, it's wonderfully acted - above all, it's human.

Besetzung

Shirley MacLaine	...	Pearl Berman
Marcello Mastroianni	...	Joe Meledandri
Bob Dishy	...	Jack
Kathy Bates	...	Bibby Berman
Jessica Tandy	...	Freida
Marcia Gay Harden	...	Norma
Emma Tanni	...	Young Bibby
Asia Vieira	...	Young Norma
Lee Wallace	...	Uncle Harry
Louis Guss	...	Uncle Normy
Gil Filar	...	Mark
Maia Filar	...	Rhonda
Irving Metzman	...	Uncle Al
Matthew Branton	...	Swee' Pea
David Gow	...	Bill the Jeweler

Alternativ:

Herbstzeitlosen, Die (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for elements of sensuality and language.

Länge:

Argentina:115 Min | Spain:116 Min | UK:116 Min | USA:115 Min

Produktionsland:

USA | Japan

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Tonverfahren:

Dolby

Altersfreigabe:

Norway:10 | Iceland:L | Canada:14A (Ontario) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #31899) | Australia:M | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Finland:K-12 | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | UK:12

Drehorte:

New York City, New York, USA

Firma:

JVC Entertainment

Dies und das:

Shirley Maclaine's character Pearl is based on writer Todd Graff's own grandmother.

Pannen:

Faktische Fehler: During the scene where people are up on their rooftops as they watch TV and see the first manned landing on the moon, the moon is shown above as a full moon. In actuality, the moon was still in its first quarter and looked like a crescent slightly less than a half-moon.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Enthält ausschnittsweise The Graduate (1967)

Soundtrack:

The Sky Fell Down

It's packed, it's fast-moving, it's funny, it's wonderfully acted - above all, it's human.

If you like the "Moonstruck" kind of film - a many-layered, multi-charactered tumble of the comic and the tragic (with plenty of shouting and raging) romping to a happy ending - you'll love this. It's packed, it's fast-moving, it's funny, it's wonderfully acted - above all, it's human. The elderly, gentle Mastroianni still charms and delights, though it's a pity they challenged his English with so many difficult lines. As a counterbalance, Shirley Maclean is a Fury again (cf. "Steel Magnolias"), to be smoothed and softened only by the friction with daughter Bibby (Kathy Bates) and the dedication of her new suitor. True, the story has its creaks and groans - what better to road to a woman's heart than to save her grandson from certain death? - but exuberance carries the day, we are swept along and are happy to rejoice with the rest of the cast in the Grand Finale. Of course, if you didn't like "Moonstruck" . . .