The Muse (1999)

Regista:

Albert Brooks

Writers (WGA):

Albert Brooks (written by) &
Monica Mcgowan Johnson (written by)

Data di uscita:

27 agosto 1999 (USA)

Genere:

Comedy

Slogan:

In Goddess we trust.

Plot:

A comedy about a neurotic screenwriter and his modern-day muse.

Plot Keywords:

Satire | Directed By Star | Cooking | Hollywood | Muse

Premi:

Nominated for Golden Globe.

Recensioni degli utenti:

Typical Brooks script lifted by dead-on Hollywood portrait

Cast

Albert Brooks	...	Steven Phillips
Sharon Stone	...	Sarah Little
Andie MacDowell	...	Laura Phillips
Jeff Bridges	...	Jack Warrick
Cybill Shepherd	...	Cybill Shepherd
Monica Mikala	...	Julie Phillips
Jamie Alexis	...	Mary Phillips
Marnie Shelton	...	Jennifer
Catherine MacNeal	...	Anne
Mark Feuerstein	...	Josh Martin
Lorenzo Lamas	...	Lorenzo Lamas
Jennifer Tilly	...	Herself
Bradley Whitford	...	Hal
Skip O'Brien	...	Universal Studio Guard
Aude Charles	...	Spielberg Secretary #1

Alias:

Dea del successo, La (Italy) [it]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for brief nudity.

Durata:

97 min

Nazionalità:

USA

Lingua:

Inglese

Colore:

Colore

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sonoro:

Dolby Digital

Divieti:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #36616) | Iceland:L | Malaysia:U | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Canada:G (Quebec) | Chile:14 | France:U | Germany:o.Al. | Hong Kong:IIA | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario)

Luoghi delle riprese:

Aquarium of the Pacific - 100 Aquarium Way, Long Beach, California, USA

Company:

October Films

Errori:

Continuity: Sarah's arm is resting on the arm of the chair when viewed from behind and resting in her lap when viewed from the front.

Citazioni:

Laura Phillips: [after Sarah has escaped with tied-together bedsheets] Those are my best sheets!
Steven Phillips: That is so low on our priority scale right now.

Movie Connections:

Citato in "Gilmore Girls: Santa's Secret Stuff (#7.11)" (2007)

Colonna sonora:

Let Your Yeah Be Yeah

Typical Brooks script lifted by dead-on Hollywood portrait

Like many inside-Hollywood movies, this film sometimes assumes its audience knows more than it does. This is in direct opposition to the way most of the other Hollywood movies, which assumes the audience knows next to nothing. The difference is that these inside-Hollywood movies tend to rely too much on jokes and clever asides that only make sense to someone involved with the making of movies. I'm sure Albert Brooks was clapping himself on the back after he turned this script in to the studio. Trouble is, most of us DON'T make movies. I know, Hollywood, it's tough to comprehend, isn't it?

Anyway, Brooks is a struggling screenwriter who's seen better days. The studio is releasing him from his lucrative contract and says he's over the hill and has lost his edge. Luckily, Brooks has best pal Jeff Bridges (not playing himself) to offer him a way out: a muse. Now, it's time to suspend your belief...Enter Sharon Stone, playing an elegant, presumptuous, magnanimous dilettante, who offers to 'inspire' Brooks to help him regain that valuable edge. Is she a muse or not? She needs to be put up at the Four Seasons, then their guest house, then their bedroom. She has specific dietary requirements. She's finicky about everything. And while she's supposed to be helping poor Albert, she's spending more time with everyone else - including Brooks' wife, Andie MacDowell!

How much you like this movie will depend on your tolerance of Albert Brooks. He's still the poor man's Woody Allen, but his humor can be both dead-on and deadening. Go with the premise, and you'll be a happier viewer.