I'll Do Anything (1994)

Director:

James L. Brooks

Writer (WGA):

James L. Brooks (written by)

Release Date:

4 February 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Matt Hobbs is a talented but unsuccessful actor. When estranged (and strange) ex-wife Beth dumps their daughter Jeannie on Matt...

Plot Keywords:

Satire | Father Daughter Relationship | Actor | Daughter | Ex Wife

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Nick Nolte	...	Matt Hobbs
Whittni Wright	...	Jeannie Hobbs
Albert Brooks	...	Burke Adler
Julie Kavner	...	Nan Mulhanney
Joely Richardson	...	Cathy Breslow
Tracey Ullman	...	Beth Hobbs
Jeb Brown	...	Male D Person
Joely Fisher	...	Female D Person
Vicki Lewis	...	Millie
Anne Heche	...	Claire
Ian McKellen	...	John Earl McAlpine
Joel Thurm	...	Martin
Angela Alvarado	...	Lucy
Dominik Lukas-Espeleta	...	Ricky
Justina Hardesty	...	Essa

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | Philippines:R-18 | UK:12 | USA:R (original rating) | South Korea:All | Australia:M | USA:PG-13 (edited for re-rating) | Germany:6 | Norway:10 | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | Singapore:PG

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

In the beginning of the film, we see a reference to Powers Boothe showing up at the Emmy Awards ceremony to collect the award he had won for playing Jim Jones in the middle of a Screen Actors Guild strike. Although Nick Nolte was not nominated for an Emmy that year, everything else shown about the incident really happened in September, 1980.

Quotes:

Matt Hobbs: What did she do?
Beth Hobbs: I loved, helped, and supported in every way possible a businessman who committed the terrible crime of being financially imaginative with a pension fund.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Simpsons: $pringfield (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling) (#5.10)" (1993)

Soundtrack:

YOU ARE THE BEST

Irony Incarnate

This is a movie about making movies and standing up for your beliefs and not having to bow down under the pressures of audience expectations and studio involvements, and it had musical numbers which were cut and writers come in to dumb it down because of audience expectations and studio involvements.

But I found all that out after I first saw the movie and thought it was great entertainment. I love Nick Nolte, he's so grave and gruff and depressed that I hope he doesn't kill himself cause I really like everything he's done, even The Hulk, and especially Affliction and that Martin Short with a kid movie. Joely Richardson is gorgeous! Julie Kavner and James Brooks are great. I highly recommend this film, and hope to see it again soon on DVD with all of the deleted scenes.