Some movie posters for this film ran with a long preamble which read: "Kristy McNichol's a daughter who never had a childhood...Marsha Mason is a mother who never grew up. For 16 years, they've been practically strangers...And when they get together, they're the most mismatched roommates since The Goodbye Girl (1977)."
I Ought to Be in Pictures - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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This film was made and released about two years after its source play by Neil Simon was first performed in 1980. The play 'I Ought to Be in Pictures' originally opened on Broadway at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on 3rd April 1980 and completed its run on 11 January 1981 after 324 performances.
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The amount of time that Herb Tucker and his daughter Libby had not seen each other was 16 years.
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Michael Dudikoff: The action star in an early role as a boy on a bus.
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Reportedly, the film's script is predominantly the same as Neil Simon play, but with some settings added, such as the Dodger baseball stadium and the Hollywood Park Racetrack.
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Prior to the lead role of Libby Tucker in this picture, actress Dinah Manoff had actually appeared in two significant and well-known movies, they being Ordinary People (1980) and Grease (1978).
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The wording on Libby Tucker's calling-card read: "Sunset Valet Parking. No party is too big or too small" and on the other side, "Libby Tucker, New York, Trained Actress. No part is too big or too small".
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Walter Matthau plays Herb Tucker in this movie. Ron Leibman played this lead role during the Broadway stage run of the 'I Ought to Be in Pictures' play.
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Dinah Manoff was the only member of the original Broadway cast to reprise her role in this filmed adaptation of the play 'I Ought to Be in Pictures'.
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In its premiere engagement in America, this movie was released just six months after another filmed adaptation of a Neil Simon play, Only When I Laugh (1981), based on "The Gingerbread Lady". I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982) was directed by Herbert Ross who had been the first choice to direct Only When I Laugh (1981). Both works predominantly dealt with the conflict between a daughter and a parent, the parent being a mother in Only When I Laugh (1981) and a father in I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982). Both parent characters also abuse alcohol. Both films are reconciliation movies; in I Ought to Be in Pictures, the father and daughter have not seen each other for sixteen years, in Only When I Laugh the daughter is sixteen years old.
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Herbert Ross, who directed this movie, also directed the play of it on the stage on Broadway.
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In this picture, Dinah Manoff reprises her Tony Award winning role for Best Featured Actress as Libby Tucker from the Broadway play 'I Ought to Be in Pictures'. Manoff also had won the 1980 Theatre World Award for that stage role.
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Second and final appearance of Ann-Margret in a filmed adaptation of a Neil Simon written work. The Cheap Detective (1978) was the first.
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Fifth appearance by Walter Matthau in a screen adaptation of a Neil Simon play. The previous ones were The Odd Couple (1968); Plaza Suite (1971); The Sunshine Boys (1975) and California Suite (1978). The film was Matthau's penultimate Simon film, The Odd Couple II (1998) being his last.
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The 'I Ought to Be in Pictures' play is a three-character comedy-drama.
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Ann-Margret plays Steffy Blondell in this movie. Joyce Van Patten played this lead role during the Broadway stage run of the 'I Ought to Be in Pictures' play.
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Dinah Manoff and Walter Matthau star in this picture directed by Herbert Ross and written by Neil Simon. Manoff is the daughter of Lee Grant who co-starred with Matthau in the earlier Simon written Plaza Suite (1971).
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This Neil Simon written film is considered a father-daughter version of Simon's earlier hit The Odd Couple (1968).
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Film debut of David Faustino.
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The play 'I Ought to Be in Pictures' was Neil Simon 18th play. It's setting described in the play's intro reads: "West Hollywood, California. The present." The play is a three character comedy-drama.
I Ought to Be in Pictures - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
I Ought to Be in Pictures - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
I Ought to Be in Pictures - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
I Ought to Be in Pictures - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
I Ought to Be in Pictures - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
I Ought to Be in Pictures - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
I Ought to Be in Pictures - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
I Ought to Be in Pictures - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
I Ought to Be in Pictures - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
I Ought to Be in Pictures - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
I Ought to Be in Pictures - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
I Ought to Be in Pictures - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
I Ought to Be in Pictures - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
I Ought to Be in Pictures - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
I Ought to Be in Pictures - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
I Ought to Be in Pictures - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
I Ought to Be in Pictures - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
I Ought to Be in Pictures - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
I Ought to Be in Pictures - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
I Ought to Be in Pictures - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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