Isn't She Great

Isn't She Great
Directed by	Andrew Bergman
Produced by	Mike Lobell
Written by	Paul Rudnick Michael Korda (magazine article)
Starring	Bette Midler Nathan Lane Stockard Channing David Hyde Pierce John Cleese John Larroquette Amanda Peet Christopher McDonald Debbie Shapiro Paul Benedict
Music by	Burt Bacharach
Cinematography	Karl Walter Lindenlaub
Editing by	Barry Malkin
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	January 28, 2000 (2000-01-28)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$36 million
Box office	$2,954,405

Isn't She Great is a 2000 American biographical film.

A highly fictionalized account of the life and career of best-selling author Jacqueline Susann, the Universal Pictures release focuses on her early struggles as an aspiring actress relentlessly hungry for fame, her relationship with press agent husband Irving Mansfield, with whom she had an institutionalized autistic son, her success as the author of Valley of the Dolls, and her battle with and subsequent death from breast cancer.

Paul Rudnick's screenplay, based on a 1995 New Yorker profile by Michael Korda, was directed by Andrew Bergman. The cast includes Bette Midler as Susann, Nathan Lane as Mansfield, Stockard Channing as Susann's gal pal Florence Maybelle, David Hyde Pierce as book editor Michael Hastings, and John Cleese as publisher Henry Marcus, with John Larroquette, Amanda Peet, Christopher McDonald, Debbie Shapiro, and Paul Benedict in supporting roles.

Midler was nominated for a Worst Actress Golden Raspberry Award. Opening in 750 US theatres on January 28, 2000, it was assaulted by the critics and shunned by the public, and domestically earned only $2,954,405 at the box office, far less than its cost of $36 million [1].

The film has been released on DVD.

Cast

• Bette Midler – Jacqueline Susann
• Nathan Lane – Irving Mansfield
• Stockard Channing – Florence Maybelle
• David Hyde Pierce – Michael Hastings
• John Cleese – Henry Marcus
• Amanda Peet – Debbie
• John Larroquette – Maury Manning
• Christopher McDonald – Brad Bradburn
• Dina Spybey – Bambi Madison

Awards and nominations

Nominations

• Razzie Awards: Worst Actress (Bette Midler)

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