Author! Author!

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Author! Author!

PG,

1982,

1h 50m,

Comedy

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6 Reviews

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1,000+ Ratings

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49%

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While struggling playwright Ivan Travalian (Al Pacino) tries to get movie actress Alice Detroit (Dyan Cannon) to star in his new Broadway show, his personal life spins out of control. Bored with their marriage, Ivan's wife, Gloria (Tuesday Weld), leaves him -- but she leaves him with not only their son but her children from previous marriages. As Ivan attempts to rewrite the second act of his play to his own satisfaction, he finds himself in the unfamiliar position of being a single parent.

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

May 8, 2019

2/4

That unwillingness to really be about its characters is fatal to Author! Author!

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Judy Stone

San Francisco Examiner

Nov 11, 2021

4/4

A felicitously funny collaboration. New York to the core.

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F.X. Feeney

L.A. Weekly

Nov 10, 2021

There are no easy answers. And thankfully, Horovitz doesn't fake any; he lets us savor his hero's difficulty, at the same time taking a sharp, funny and satiric look at the Broadway and New York literary crowds.

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Octavi Marti

El Pais (Spain)

Aug 30, 2019

The plot never progresses. [Full Review in Spanish]

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Camille Kittrell

Sojourner

Aug 19, 2019

The message isn't extremely profound, which is too bad because as a whole, the film is somewhat lousy.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Sep 25, 2002

3/4

...a subdued and often exceedingly deliberate drama that nevertheless remains quite watchable for the duration of its (overlong) running time...

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Hermione W

Jun 5, 2018

Arthur Hiller was the king of feel-good cheese, and Author! Author! is so textbook that it might as well have been called Arthur! Arthur! The ending says it all... it's a rave review! Cue the corny music. I give it one star because Pacino delivers a brave performance and there's some decent child acting. How ironic, though, that a film called "Author! Author!" has such a horrendous screenplay!

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Arthur Hiller

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Al Pacino

Ivan Travalian

Dyan Cannon

Alice Detroit

Tuesday Weld

Gloria Travalian

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Synopsis

While struggling playwright Ivan Travalian (Al Pacino) tries to get movie actress Alice Detroit (Dyan Cannon) to star in his new Broadway show, his personal life spins out of control. Bored with their marriage, Ivan's wife, Gloria (Tuesday Weld), leaves him -- but she leaves him with not only their son but her children from previous marriages. As Ivan attempts to rewrite the second act of his play to his own satisfaction, he finds himself in the unfamiliar position of being a single parent.

Director: Arthur Hiller
Producer: Irwin Winkler
Screenwriter: Israel Horovitz
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: 20th Century Fox
Rating: PG
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 18, 1982, Original
Release Date (DVD): Jun 19, 2007
Runtime: 1h 50m

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