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I Ought to Be in Pictures

1982 · 108 min

A gentle, bittersweet reunion story that balances sharp dialogue with quiet emotional ache, like a warm conversation that slowly reveals old wounds.

Tagline
Libby Tucker hitchhiked from Brooklyn to take Hollywood by storm. And her father by surprise.
Overview
Grandmother has nothing to say when Libby tells her that she is off to LA to look up Dad, a Hollywood screenwriter. Grandmother has been in a New York cemetery for six years and Dad has been out of Libby's life for 16 of her 19 years. Libby arrives in LA on a Tuesday and phones Dad the one night that Stephanie, who does Jane Fonda's hair, stays over. Stephanie is there the next morning when Libby decides she needs to tell her story face-to-face.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • parenthood
  • identity
  • ambition
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Herbert Ross
Written by
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Starring
Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, Dinah Manoff, Lance Guest, Michael Dudikoff, Eugene Butler, David Faustino, Martin Ferrero
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
108 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
Spanish, English

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