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Forget Paris

Forget Paris

A comedy about love...after marriage.

19956.31h 41m

Overview

Mickey Gordon is a basketball referee who travels to France to bury his father. Ellen Andrews is an American living in Paris who works for the airline he flies on. They meet and fall in love, but their relationship goes through many difficult patches.

Directed by Billy Crystal
Written by Babaloo Mandel, Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz
Produced by Billy Crystal
Box Office0Revenue: $33.2M

Top Cast

Billy Crystal

Billy Crystal

Mickey Gordon

Debra Winger

Debra Winger

Ellen Andrews Gordon

Joe Mantegna

Joe Mantegna

Andy

Cynthia Stevenson

Cynthia Stevenson

Liz

Richard Masur

Richard Masur

Craig

Julie Kavner

Julie Kavner

Lucy

John Spencer

John Spencer

Jack

Mary Ann Hermansen

Mary Ann Hermansen

Knicks City Dancer

B

Bill Laimbeer

Bill Laimbeer

John Starks

John Starks

John Starks

Themes & Keywords

paris, francecrisisdallas, texasbasketballfalling in lovetold in flashbackrefereeaftercreditsstinger

About Forget Paris

Forget Paris is a comedy, drama, romance film released in 1995 exploring themes of paris, france, crisis, dallas, texas, basketball, falling in love, told in flashback. Directed by Billy Crystal, it stars Billy Crystal, Debra Winger, Joe Mantegna. Mickey Gordon is a basketball referee who travels to France to bury his father. Ellen Andrews is an American living in Paris who works for the airline he flies on. They meet and fall in love, but their relationship goes through many difficult patches.

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