Mistress

"The Director Had A Vision. The Producers All Had Girlfriends."

Jul 24 1992 R 1h 50m
Comedy, Drama

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.

Plot

A comedy about a screenwriter (Robert Wuhl), whose old movie script is read by a producer (Martin Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (Danny Aiello, Robert De Niro, and Eli 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.

Written by

Barry Primus, J.F. Lawton

Directed by

Barry Primus

Cast

Robert Wuhl, Martin Landau, Vasek Simek

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Tribeca Productions, Meir Teper

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Trailers
Mistress Trailer 1991
Scores
# of Votes
2,541
Average Rating
5.4 out of 10
Metascore
63
Popularity
NA