Rich and Famous

Rich and Famous
Original film poster
Directed by	George Cukor
Produced by	William Allyn Jacqueline Bisset
Written by	Gerald Ayres John Van Druten (play)
Starring	Jacqueline Bisset Candice Bergen David Selby Hart Bochner
Music by	Georges Delerue
Cinematography	Donald Peterman
Editing by	John F. Burnett
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)	23 September 1981
Running time	117 min
Country	USA
Language	English
IMDb profile

Rich and Famous is a 1981 comedy drama film made by Jaquet and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It is a remake of the 1943 Warner Bros. film Old Acquaintance starring Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins.

The film was directed by George Cukor and produced by William Allyn and Jacqueline Bisset, from a screenplay by Gerald Ayres based on the play Old Acquaintance (1941) by John Van Druten. The music score was by Georges Delerue and the cinematography by Donald Peterman.

The film stars Jacqueline Bisset, Candice Bergen, David Selby, Hart Bochner. Also featured were Matt Lattanzi, Meg Ryan and Nina Foch.

Plot

Two women find their friendship tested when one rises from obscurity to success: Liz Hamilton (Jacqueline Bisset) a young woman with literary ambitions who writes a critically acclaimed book soon after leaving college and Merry Noel Blake ((Candice Bergen), an all-American blond beauty from Atlanta who desires nothing more than a husband, a child and a life of domesticity. They are close friends who met while they were freshmen at Smith College in the 1950s. Liz has become a highly respected novelist, while Merry wed Doug Blake (David Selby), raised a family and lives in a house on the beach at Malibu. While Merry is happy, she can't help but envy Liz for her glamorous career as an author. Merry decides to write a novel of her own, and with Liz's help, the book, A House by the Sea soon finds a publisher and becomes a huge best-seller and Merry's fame and wealth soon outstrip that of Liz, leading to jealousy between the old friends and problems in Merry's marriage.

Cast

• Jacqueline Bisset - Liz Hamilton
• Candice Bergen - Merry Noel Blake
• Meg Ryan - Debby at Age 18
• David Selby - Doug Blake
• Hart Bochner - Chris Adams
• Steven Hill - Jules Levi
• Michael Brandon - Max
• Gavin Lambert - Literary Party Guest
• Roger Vadim - Malibu Party Guest
• Paul Morrissey - Malibu Party Guest
• Nicole Eggert - Debby at 8
• Nina Foch - Rich and Famous People
• Dick Cavett - Himself
• Ray Bradbury - Literary Party Guest
• Merv Griffin - Himself
• Marsha Hunt - Herself
• Christopher Isherwood - Malibu Party Guest

Notes

• Robert Mulligan was the original director, but he had to bow out because of previous engagements and was replaced by George Cukor.
• Rich and Famous was the final picture directed by George Cukor.
• The party sequences include such literary and cinematic notables as Christopher Isherwood, Ray Bradbury, Paul Morrissey, and Roger Vadim.

External links

• Rich and Famous at the Internet Movie Database

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