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Mistress

Mistress

The Director Had A Vision. The Producers All Had Girlfriends.

19925.51h 50m

Overview

A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (Aiello, DeNiro, Wallach) has his own mistress that he wants put into the film. Gradually, the screenwriter is forced to make changes to his script to accommodate these backers until he finally sees no semblance of his original ideas in the writing.

Directed by Barry Primus
Written by J.F. Lawton, Barry Primus
Produced by Meir Teper, Robert De Niro
Box Office0Revenue: $1.1M

Top Cast

Robert Wuhl

Robert Wuhl

Marvin Landisman

Martin Landau

Martin Landau

Jack Roth

Jace Alexander

Jace Alexander

Stuart Stratland Jr.

Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro

Evan M. Wright

Laurie Metcalf

Laurie Metcalf

Rachel Landisman

Eli Wallach

Eli Wallach

George Lieberhof

Danny Aiello

Danny Aiello

Carmine Rasso

Sheryl Lee Ralph

Sheryl Lee Ralph

Beverly Dumont

Jean Smart

Jean Smart

Patricia Riley

Tuesday Knight

Tuesday Knight

Peggy Pauline

Themes & Keywords

screenwriterwritingmoneymistress

About Mistress

Mistress is a comedy, drama film released in 1992 exploring themes of screenwriter, writing, money, mistress. Directed by Barry Primus, it stars Robert Wuhl, Martin Landau, Jace Alexander. A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (Aiello, DeNiro, Wallach) has his own mistress that he wants put into the film. Gradually, the screenwriter is forced to make changes to his script to accommodate these backers until he finally sees no semblance of his original ideas in the writing.

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