Soapdish | |
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Directed by | Michael Hoffman |
Produced by |
Aaron Spelling Alan Greisman |
Written by |
Robert Harling Andrew Bergman (screenplay) Robert Harling (story) |
Starring | |
Music by | Alan Silvestri |
Cinematography | Ueli Steiger |
Edited by | Garth Craven |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date
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Running time
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93 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $7 million |
Box office | $36,489,888 |
Soapdish is a 1991 American comedy film which tells a story of the cast and crew of a popular fictional television soap opera. It stars Sally Field as a mature soap star, joined by Kevin Kline, Robert Downey, Jr., Elisabeth Shue, Whoopi Goldberg, Teri Hatcher, Cathy Moriarty, Garry Marshall, Kathy Najimy, and Carrie Fisher, as well as cameo appearances by TV personalities like Leeza Gibbons, John Tesh (both playing themselves as Entertainment Tonight hosts/reporters), real-life soap opera actors Stephen Nichols and Finola Hughes, and Ben Stein. Kline was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for the film.
Soapdish was directed by Michael Hoffman, from a screenplay by Robert Harling and Andrew Bergman. The film was produced by Aaron Spelling and Field's then-husband Alan Greisman, and executive produced by Herbert Ross.