It is not even worth watching for the actors, as the script is abominable. Liza Minnelli reportedly told writer Carrie Fisher that the. The story line is based on Carrie Fisher 's own life and battle with fame, family and addiction. However, director Mike Nichols personally requested Shirley MacLaine. And it just gets steadily worse with very little good stuff in between. Debbie Reynolds reportedly wanted to play the role of Doris Mann, loosely based on herself. Why doesn't she just deposit the check without worrying about being arrested? Or just send it back and ask for a correct one with a payment of $50,000 instead of 5 million? Everything is overdone with no reason behind it. As the self-doubting Daniel struggles to make his case, a budding relationship with the uninhibited Julia (Meryl Streep) offers him a chance to finally feel alive. Based on the semi-autobiographical novel by STAR WARS actress Carrie Fisher. Then the story already starts to go downhill. Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Gene Hackman, Dennis Quaid, Richard Dreyfuss.
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One of the best scenes in the whole movie is her calling the insurance company to try to straighten out the mistake. It goes on to show the widow receive a falsely made out check from his life insurance. Fresh out of rehab, a troubled actress (Meryl Streep) reluctantly moves in with her movie-star mother (Shirley MacLaine) who will supervise her for the. The movie starts out with MacLain and Lange at the funeral of MacLain's husband. They would only have to do the second half. I wish they would redo it, write a decent plot with an improved script, and re-release it next year. Some Came Running is a 1958 American drama film directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Shirley MacLaine, based on the 1957 novel of the same name by James Jones. Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Gene Hackman, Dennis Quaid and Richard Dreyfuss star in Mike Nichols' hilarious blockbuster film about a very real mother-daughter relationship set against the backdrop of today's Hollywood. No wonder it never opened in the theaters. However, the script went from mediocre to really bad, the plot was worse, and the whole thing nose-dived in the second half.
I was so happy to see a movie with such a fantastic cast of old people - I especially love Shirley MacLain and Billy Connolly, and the rest of the cast was also good.
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