Movers & Shakers (1985)
1h 20m
Running Time
May 3, 1985Release Date
Movers & Shakers (1985)
1h 20m
Running Time
May 3, 1985Release Date
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Plot.
Studio head Joe Mulholland promises his dying producer and mentor, Saul Gritz, to adapt a popular sex manual into a film, despite his better judgment. Unable to figure out how to turn the nonfiction book into a narrative movie, Mulholland enlists the services of Herb Dorman, a screenwriter of popular romantic films with a bad marriage, and volatile director Sid Spokane to help him create a movie.
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Cast & Crew.

Walter Matthau
Joe Mulholland

Charles Grodin
Herb Derman / Writer / Producer

Vincent Gardenia
Saul Gritz

Tyne Daly
Nancy Derman

Bill Macy
Sid Spokane

Gilda Radner
Livia Machado

Earl Boen
Marshall

Michael Lerner
Arnie

Joe Mantell
Larry

William Prince
Louis Martin

Nita Talbot
Dorothy

Sandy Ward
Doctor

Judah Katz
Freddie

Peter Marc Jacobson
Robin

Sam Anderson
Ray Berg

Frances Bay
Betty Gritz

Luana Anders
Violette

Gene Dynarski
Board Member

David Tress
Board Member

Eugene Elman
Other Executive

Pamela Basker
CastingDirector

Fern Champion
CastingDirector

Philip Sterling
Other Executive

Dick Yarmy
Other Executive

Stanley Lawrence
Man at Dedication

Leslie Bee
Secretary

Clair E. Leucart
Truck Driver

Victoria Bolker
Nurse

Steve Martin
Fabio Longio

Penny Marshall
Reva

Robbie Greenberg
Director of Photography

William Asher
Director / Producer

Dennis Hennessy
Co-Producer

Janice Flating
Set Decoration

Richard Carrothers
Co-Producer

Mitzie Welch
Music

Donald Lee Harris
Art Direction

Jean Higgins
Associate Producer

Ken Welch
Music

Tom Benko
Editor

Alfred Angelo
Costume Design
Media.

Details.
Wiki.
Movers & Shakers is a 1985 American comedy film distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, starring Walter Matthau and directed by William Asher.
The story follows the head of production at a Hollywood studio who wants to make a movie to fulfill a promise made to a dying friend.
The film is written by Charles Grodin, who also appears. The cast also includes Tyne Daly, Gilda Radner and Vincent Gardenia. Steve Martin makes a cameo appearance as Fabio Longio.
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