Ratings

MetaCritic Rating 34%
TMDB Rating 4.7
IMDB Rating 5.4
RottenTomatoes Rating 25%

Financials

Revenue: $3,003,296

Budget: $36,000,000

Profit: - $-32,996,704


Movie Details

Tag Line: Talent isn't everything...

Status: Released

Average Rating: 5

Release Date: Jan 28, 2000

Rating: R

Run Time: 1h 35m

Original Language: English

Website: -

Production Countries: United States of America

Production Companies: Universal Pictures , TOHO , Mutual Film Company , BBC , Lobell/Bergman Productions , Marubeni , Tele München


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Synopsis

An unsuccessful over-the-top actress becomes a successful over-the-top authoress in this biography of Jacqueline Susann, the famed writer of "The Valley of the Dolls" and other trashy novels. Facing a failing career, Susann meets a successful promoter who becomes her husband. After several failures to place her in commercials and a TV quiz show, he hits upon the idea for her to become a writer. In the pre-1960s, her books were looked upon as trash and non-printable. But then the sexual revolution hit and an audience was born for her books. The story shows the hidden behind-the-scenes story of Susann's life, including her autistic son and her continuing bout with cancer which she hid up until her death.


Main Cast

Bette Midler

Bette Midler

Jacqueline Susann

Age : 78 | Popularity : 7%

Nathan Lane

Nathan Lane

Irving Mansfield

Age : 68 | Popularity : 25%

Stockard Channing

Stockard Channing

Florence Maybelle

Age : 80 | Popularity : 16%

David Hyde Pierce

David Hyde Pierce

Michael Hastings

Age : 64 | Popularity : 11%

John Cleese

John Cleese

Henry Marcus

Age : 84 | Popularity : 23%

John Larroquette

John Larroquette

Maury Manning

Age : 76 | Popularity : 7%

Amanda Peet

Amanda Peet

Debbie

Age : 52 | Popularity : 64%

Dina Spybey-Waters

Dina Spybey-Waters

Bambi Madison

Age : 58 | Popularity : 8%


Crew

Department Role Name
Production Executive Producer
Gary Levinsohn
Gary Levinsohn
Mark Gordon
Mark Gordon
Ted Kurdyla
Ted Kurdyla
Producer
Mike Lobell
Mike Lobell
Editing Editor
Barry Malkin
Barry Malkin
Camera Director of Photography
Karl Walter Lindenlaub
Karl Walter Lindenlaub
Sound Original Music Composer
Burt Bacharach
Burt Bacharach
Crew Choreographer
Adam Shankman
Adam Shankman
Writing Screenplay
Paul Rudnick
Paul Rudnick
Directing Director
Andrew Bergman
Andrew Bergman
Costume & Make-Up Prosthetics
Gary Archer
Gary Archer
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