Mistress (1992)

Director:

Barry Primus

Writers (WGA):

Barry Primus (story)
Barry Primus (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

24 July 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

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

Plot:

A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins...

Plot Keywords:

Screenwriter | Writing | Mistress | One Word Title | Screenplay

Cast

Robert Wuhl	...	Marvin Landisman
Martin Landau	...	Jack Roth
Vasek Simek	...	Hans (as Vasek C. Simek)
Thomas R. Voth	...	Stagehand
Jace Alexander	...	Stuart Stratland Jr.
Mary Mercier	...	Shelby's Waitress
Tuesday Knight	...	Peggy
Eli Wallach	...	George Lieberhof
Danny Aiello	...	Carmine Rasso
Jean Smart	...	Patricia Riley
Robert De Niro	...	Evan M. Wright
William Rotko	...	Valet (as Bill Rotko)
Dimitri Dimitrov	...	Maitre d'
Sheryl Lee Ralph	...	Beverly
Chuck Low	...	Benrie

Also Known As:

Hollywood Mistress (USA) (alternative title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language.

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Africa:13L | USA:TV-MA (cable rating) | Argentina:13 (DVD rating) | Finland:S | Spain:13 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Tribeca Productions

Trivia:

Barry Primus had been shopping his script around for several years before his good friend Robert de Niro agreed to back the film and take a co-starring role.

Quotes:

Jack Roth: "So when do we all get to meet your fabulous friend Beverly?"
Evan Wright: "I'll give you her number, I'm not seen with her in public my wife wouldn't like it"

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in The Mistress (1993) (V)

Soundtrack:

Brandeburg Concerto no. 16, 1st movement

It`s Not BATMAN 3 That`s For Sure

The info button described MISTRESS as thus " An earnest screenwriter sees his dream mangled in the Hollywood movie machine . Robert DeNiro is a crass moneyman demanding a role for his talentless mistress " Great I thought , this is going to be like THE KING OF COMEDY except it`s set in Hollyloot . Twenty minutes later DeNiro`s still not appeared and I`m aware of one thing - info buttons are never right

The info button wasn`t so much wrong but it was rather misleading . DeNiro does indeed play a crass moneyman who is after a role for his mistress but she`s not exactly talentless . The plot mainly revolves around a failed director/screenwriter called Marvin who finds himself having to severly alter his script if he wants it produced , it`s a sort of satire/black comedy on the Hollyloot system of film making and once you get over the initial disappointment of it not being a Scorsese / DeNiro masterpiece it`s an enjoyable film , and one with a lot of scathing truth like a pitch is all down to presentation , casting is down to who the actress is sleeping with and a producer`s vulgarity is only matched by his ignorance . Also watch out for the line " This isn`t BATMAN 3 " which at that time hadn`t been produced yet . I guess someone made BATMAN 3 as a homage to MISTRESS ?