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Delirious (1991)

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Film details

Featuring

John Candy Mariel Hemingway Emma Samms
Country

USA
Year

1991
Genre

Comedy
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Comedy spoof on soap operas in which the head writer of a show named "Beyond Our Dreams" nurses an unrequited crush on the programme's leading actress, who plays the evil, sluttish female character in the show. Meanwhile he overlooks the young aspiring actress who plays the "girl-next-door" character. However, when he suffers a blow to the head, he falls into a dream like reverie in which he imagines himself to be one of the more powerful male characters in the series who is involved with both women...

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - cast member
    
    John Candy
  - cast member
    
    Mariel Hemingway
  - cast member
    
    Emma Samms
  - cast member
    
    Raymond Burr
  - cast member
    
    Jerry Orbach
  - cast member
    
    Renée Taylor
  - cast member
    
    David Rasche
  - cast member
    
    Dylan Baker
  - cast member
    
    Charles Rocket
  - cast member
    
    Robert Wagner
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Tom Mankiewicz
  - Production Company
    
    MGM/UA Entertainment
  - Production Company
    
    Richard Donner
  - Production Company
    
    Star Partners III
  - Producer
    
    Lawrence J. Cohen
  - Producer
    
    Fred Freeman
  - Producer
    
    Doug Claybourne
  - Script
    
    Lawrence J. Cohen
  - Script
    
    Fred Freeman
  - Photography
    
    Robert Stevens

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