Main Cast: Sally Field, Kevin Kline, Robert Downey, Jr., Cathy Moriarty, Whoopi Goldberg
Release Year: 1991
Country: US
Run Time: 97 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG13
Plot
In the comedic farce Soapdish, the behind-the-scenes lives of several soap opera actors are just as melodramatic as those of their television counterparts. Sally Field stars as Celeste Talbert, the star of a declining TV show. To make matters worse, Talbert's career is thrown into turmoil when her rival, Montana Moorehead (Cathy Moriarty), tries to persuade producer David Barnes (Robert Downey Jr.) to write Talbert off the show. Smitten by Moorehead, Barnes comes up with a scheme to get Talbert off the show by hiring her niece Lori (Elisabeth Shue) and then Jeffrey (Kevin Kline), an old flame and cast member who was written out of the show 20 years prior. Soon, mayhem rules on the set as the cast and crew tangle, culminating in a special episode, broadcast live. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
Elisabeth Shue - Lori Craven; Carrie Fisher - Betsy Faye Sharon; Garry Marshall - Edmund Edwards; Teri Hatcher - Ariel Maloney; Paul Johansson - Bolt Brennan; Leeza Gibbons - Herself; John Tesh - Himself; Stephen Nichols - Award Presenter; Michael Berkowitz - Young Autograph Seeker; David Byron - Nitwit; Robert Camilletti - Actor; Tim Choate - A.D.; Nico de Silva - Bus Boy; Willie Garson - Nitwit; Mary Pat Gleason - Housewife; Penny Gumeny - Fan; Wai Ching Ho - Fan; Finola Hughes - "All My Trials" Actress (uncredited); Mary Thompson Hunt - Fan; Brick Karnes - Homeless Extra; Sheila Kelley - Fran; Cornelia Kiss - Receptionist; Barry Kivel - Nitwit; Phil Leeds - Old Man; Gino Lucci - Bus Driver; Costas Mandylor - Mark; Vince Melocchi - P.A.; Armando Molina - Bus Boy; Marianne Muellerleile - Housewife; Amy Nabi - Woman Shopper; Kathy Najimy - Tawny Miller; Arne Nannestad - Burton White; Dorothy Patterson - Old Woman; Clive Rosengren - Doorman; Ben Stein - Nitwit; Herta Ware - Old Woman; Ivory Ocean - Bartender; Lora Kennedy
Credit
Jim Dultz - Art Director, Lora Kennedy - Casting, Victoria White - Co-producer, Joel Freeman - Co-producer, Nolan Miller - Costume Designer, Michael Hoffman - Director, Garth Craven - Editor, Herbert Ross - Executive Producer, Alan Silvestri - Composer (Music Score), Eugenio Zanetti - Production Designer, Joel Freeman - Production Designer, Ueli Steiger - Cinematographer, Alan Greisman - Producer, Aaron Spelling - Producer, Lee Poll - Set Designer, Roger Paradiso - Unit Production Manager, Andrew Bergman - Screenwriter, Robert Harling - Screenwriter
