The Muse (1999)

Regisseur:

Albert Brooks

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Albert Brooks (written by) &
Monica Mcgowan Johnson (written by)

Premierendatum:

27. August 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie

Werbezeile:

In Goddess we trust.

Plot:

A comedy about a neurotic screenwriter and his modern-day muse.

Plot Keywords:

Satire | Directed By Star | Cooking | Hollywood | Muse

Filmpreise:

Nominated for Golden Globe.

Nutzerkommentare:

likable, lighthearted comedy

Besetzung

Albert Brooks	...	Steven Phillips
Sharon Stone	...	Sarah Little
Andie MacDowell	...	Laura Phillips
Jeff Bridges	...	Jack Warrick
Cybill Shepherd	...	Cybill Shepherd
Monica Mikala	...	Julie Phillips
Jamie Alexis	...	Mary Phillips
Marnie Shelton	...	Jennifer
Catherine MacNeal	...	Anne
Mark Feuerstein	...	Josh Martin
Lorenzo Lamas	...	Lorenzo Lamas
Jennifer Tilly	...	Herself
Bradley Whitford	...	Hal
Skip O'Brien	...	Universal Studio Guard
Aude Charles	...	Spielberg Secretary #1

Alternativ:

Muse, Die (Österreich) (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for brief nudity.

Länge:

97 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.37 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

South Korea:15 | Malaysia:U | Iceland:L | USA:PG-13 (certificate #36616) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Canada:G (Quebec) | Chile:14 | France:U | Germany:o.Al. | Hong Kong:IIA | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario)

Drehorte:

Aquarium of the Pacific - 100 Aquarium Way, Long Beach, California, USA

Firma:

October Films

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: Sarah's arm is resting on the arm of the chair when viewed from behind and resting in her lap when viewed from the front.

Dialogzitate:

Steven Phillips: [to the gate guard, after being informed that he may enter the studio grounds as a 'walk-on'] Let me ask you - is this the lowest a human being can go? I mean, is there such a thing as a 'crawl on?'

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Soundtrack:

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likable, lighthearted comedy

Albert Brooks has long been one of the most underappreciated filmmakers working in the movie industry today. Less acerbic, but often just as funny as Woody Allen, Brooks looks at the world through a slightly askew, charmingly off beat prism, invariably placing himself in the center of his films as the average Joe persona put-upon by the daily frustrations and absurdities we all face as we struggle to make it though our often harried modern lives.

His latest charmer, "The Muse," provides even more of a fantasy insider's view of Hollywood than Steve Martin's recent "Bowfinger." Brooks portrays a fairly successful screenwriter who is suddenly experiencing steady rejection of his most recent script as studio after studio turns thumbs down on the project. Driven by desperation, he enlists the aid of a tempermental Muse, played winningly by Sharon Stone, an actual descendant of Zeus who moves her way around the Hollywood bigwigs, inspiring hit movies as she goes - or so her many devotees think. Part of the fun of the film comes in the latter portion of the film when doubt is cast on the validity of her credentials, which speaks humorous volumes about the state of mental health in that crazy land known as Hollywood.

In fact, the film is at its freshest in scenes in which Brooks gently skewers the crass insensitivity, lack of creativity and general madness of the movie industry itself - and he has enlisted quite a number of major Hollywood big shots to appear in amusing cameo roles that mock their own self-importance and that of the business they are involved in. Despite the occasional thudding one-liner, Brooks' script floats along much like a muse itself, fluffy, amiable and charming. The lovely Andie MacDowell, as Brooks' understanding and supportive wife, adds immensely to this air of breezy likability.

"The Muse," unlike so many modern comedies, manages to captivate and entertain without working itself up into a frenetic frenzy and without breaking into a sweat. This is a film, rather, to relax into and simply let the author take you where he wants you to go. The journey, luckily, is a fun one.