Mannequin (1987 film)

  • Andrew McCarthy: Jonathan Switcher
  • Kim Cattrall: Ema Hesire ( " Emmy " )
  • Estelle Getty: Claire Prince Timkin
  • James Spader: Mr. Richards
  • Meshach Taylor: Hollywood Montrose
  • G.W. Bailey: Captain Felix Maxwell
  • Carole Davis: Roxie Shield
  • Steve Vinovich: B. J. value
  • Christopher Maher: Armand

Mannequin is an American fantasy - comedy film from the year 1987. Directed by Michael Gottlieb, who also wrote the screenplay with Edward Rugoff.

Action

The beginning of the film takes place in ancient Egypt: Emma Isadora hiding from her mother, who she wants to marry a camel dung dealer. Out of desperation, Emma begs the gods to help her and disappears in a cloud of smoke.

USA, present day: the artist Jonathan Switcher lives of odd jobs, including in a plant producing mannequins. However, as he finished, the dolls too slow, because he wants to make each doll a work of art, he is released. The relationship with his colleague Roxie who is successful in business life, suffers from this situation. When he saves the elderly owner of a department store in front of a falling signboard, this gives him a job in their business, which, however, does not run very good. During a night shift, he finds the doll again, which he has assembled. Suddenly, the doll comes to life: It's Emma Isadora, who has traveled across since their flight through history. However, you can be alive only for Jonathan, in the presence of another human being she is immediately transformed back into a mannequin back. The two fall in love and through their inspiration succeeds Jonathan, to create the most fantastic shop window decorations throughout the city. This brings competition to the plan because the new storefront help the department store to a recovery. Jonathan is even elected to the board, which the nephew of the owner did not like it, he had before, the ailing department store to sell to the competition, in which also Jonathan's girlfriend Roxie works. After the unsuccessful attempt to lure Jonathan, try Roxie and her boss to destroy the doll Emma. But shortly before its destruction can save Jonathan and Emmy finally transformed into a man by a miracle. In the happy ending, Jonathan married his Emmy then in a shop window.

Reviews

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun - Times, 13 February 1987, the film was " dead". The supporting characters are " reused from failed sitcoms " and that's what would you do, what would expect the audience exactly when the audience would expect.

The lexicon of international film says: "Sometimes arrogant, then rather dramatically scattered singing, thanks to likeable performer but mostly entertaining comedy that Meritocracy and career cult caricatured. "

Awards

Albert Hammond and Diane Warren were nominated for the song Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now for an Oscar as well as the Golden Globe Award and the Grammy Award in 1988. They won the Film and Television Music Award of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. The song was sung by Starship and peaked in the U.S. and in the UK number 1

Andrew McCarthy and - won Michael Gottlieb in 1987, prices of the Italian Mostra Internazionale del movie de Fantascienza e del Fantastico di Roma ( Fanta Festival) - into two categories. Michael Gottlieb won a prize in 1988 by the Portuguese Film Festival Fanta Porto and was nominated for another award at the festival.

Background

The film was shot in Philadelphia and Camp Hill ( Pennsylvania). He played in the cinemas of the United States an approximately 42.7 million U.S. dollars. In 1991, the sequel was Mannequin 2 - On the Move published with Kristy Swanson.

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