Portrait of a White Marriage

• Director: Harry Shearer
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• Genre: Comedy
• Movie Type: Comedy of Manners
• Themes: Infidelity
• Release Year: 1988
• Run Time: 81 minutes

Plot

Portrait of a White Marriage is an outgrowth of Martin Mull's wickedly satirical The History of White People in America, with a bit of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman tossed in. Mull plays a self-involved TV talk host who journeys to Hawkins Falls, Ohio, to reactivate his flagging career. While glad-handing the locals, he enters into an affair with bouffanted housewife Mary Kay Place. Also appearing are such frequent Mull colleagues as Fred Willard, Michael McKean and Jack Riley. Made for cable, Portrait of a White Marriage was directed by humorist Harry Shearer, who'd also helmed the History of White People installments. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Conchata Ferrell; Jack Riley; Fred Willard; Michael McKean; Martin Mull; Mary Kay Place; Harry Shearer

Credit

Harry Shearer - Director

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History of White People in America, Vol. 2; History of White People in America, Vol. 1; History of White People in America, Vol. 3