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Mistress

1992 · 110 min

A wry, bittersweet look behind the scenes at how dreams get diluted, mixing laughs with quiet frustration.

Directed by
Barry Primus
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Robert Wuhl, Martin Landau, Jace Alexander
Tagline
The Director Had A Vision. The Producers All Had Girlfriends.
Overview
A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (Aiello, DeNiro, Wallach) has his own mistress that he wants put into the film. Gradually, the screenwriter is forced to make changes to his script to accommodate these backers until he finally sees no semblance of his original ideas in the writing.

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Directed by
Barry Primus
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Robert Wuhl, Martin Landau, Jace Alexander
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • corruption
  • ambition
  • betrayal
  • love
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour6
Realism7
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Barry Primus
Written by
Barry Primus, J.F. Lawton
Starring
Robert Wuhl, Martin Landau, Jace Alexander, Robert De Niro, Laurie Metcalf, Eli Wallach, Danny Aiello, Sheryl Lee Ralph
Music
Galt MacDermot
Cinematography
Sven Kirsten
Runtime
110 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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