Author! Author! (1982)

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PG
1h 50min
Comedy, Drama
18 Jun 1982 (USA)
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6.2 (5,760)

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While facing the stress of his play being produced on Broadway, a playwright deals with having to raise his son, his stepdaughters, and his stepsons.

Director:

Arthur Hiller

Writer:

Israel Horovitz

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Awards:

2 nominations.
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While facing the stress of his play being produced on Broadway, a playwright deals with having to raise his son, his stepdaughters, and his stepsons.

Still of Al Pacino (I) and Ari Meyers in Author! Author! (1982)

Still of Al Pacino (I), B.J. Barie, Eric Gurry (I), Elva Josephson, Ari Meyers and Benjamin H. Carlin in Author! Author! (1982)

Still of Al Pacino (I) and Tuesday Weld in Author! Author! (1982)

Still of Al Pacino (I), Eric Gurry (I) and Benjamin H. Carlin in Author! Author! (1982)

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	Al Pacino	...	Ivan Travalian
	Dyan Cannon	...	Alice Detroit
	Tuesday Weld	...	Gloria Travalian
	Bob Dishy	...	Morris Finestein
	Bob Elliott	...	Patrick Dicker
	Ray Goulding	...	Jackie Dicker
	Eric Gurry	...	Igor
	Elva Josephson	...	Bonnie (as Elva Leff)
	B.J. Barie	...	Spike
	Ari Meyers	...	Debbie
	Benjamin H. Carlin	...	Geraldo
	Alan King	...	Kreplich
	Ken Sylk	...	Roger Slessinger
	James Tolkan	...	Lt. Glass
	Tony Munafo	...	Officer Kapinsky
	Reuben Singer	...	Oliver Cromwell
	Cosmo Allegretti	...	Fippsy Fippininni
	Kevin McClarnon	...	Ted Brawn
	Lori Tan Chinn	...	Mrs. Woo
	Richard Belzer	...	Seth Shapiro
	Andre Gregory	...	J.J.
	Judy Graubart	...	Miss Knoph
	Jamie Tirelli	...	Second Taxi Driver
	Frederic Kimball	...	Larry Kotzwinkle
	Yudie Bank	...	Complete Stranger
	Denny Dillon	...	Young Woman
	James Harder	...	Doorman
	Margo Winkler	...	Millie
	James Shaw	...	Eddie
	Orlando Dole	...	Pimp
	Jean-Pierre Stewart	...	French Student
	Doris Gramovot	...	Waitress
	Rachael Horovitz	...	Young Lady
	Matthew Horovitz	...	Drug Dealer
	Julia Reardon	...	Girl Scout
	Adam Winkler	...	Bystander
	Florence Anglin	...	Bag Lady
	Christal Kim	...	Grunella
	Chet Carlin	...	Newspaper Vendor
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Antone Pagán	...	Doorman at Sardi's
	Matteo Cafiso	...	(uncredited)
	Rudy Jones	...	Dog Walker (uncredited)
	Ruby Payne	...	Woman in Restaurant (uncredited)
	Margaret Richey	...	New York Kid (uncredited)

Directed by

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Arthur Hiller

Written by

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Israel Horovitz

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Produced by

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Dorothy Wilde	...	associate producer
Irwin Winkler	...	producer

Music by

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Dave Grusin
Johnny Mandel

Cinematography by

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Victor J. Kemper

Editing by

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William Reynolds

Casting By

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Cis Corman

Production Design by

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Gene Rudolf

Set Decoration by

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Alan Hicks
Harold McConnell Jr.

Costume Design by

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Gloria Gresham

Makeup Department

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Colleen Callaghan	...	hair stylist: Dyan Cannon
Jay Cannistraci	...	makeup artist

Production Management

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Terence A. Donnelly

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unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Yudi Bennett	...	first assistant director
Kaz Kuzui	...	assistant director
Mark McGann	...	second assistant director
Joseph Paul Moore	...	second assistant director: second unit (uncredited)

Art Department

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Bruno Robotti	...	charge scenic artist
Joe Wood	...	construction coordinator

Sound Department

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Ken Dufva	...	foley artist
Les Lazarowitz	...	sound
Tod A. Maitland	...	boom operator
Gary Parker	...	sound recordist
Donald C. Rogers	...	technical director of sound (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Lou Barlia	...	camera operator
Bobby Brown	...	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Jack Brown	...	assistant camera
Craig DiBona	...	steadicam operator
James 'Packy' Dolan	...	gaffer (as Jim 'Packy' Dolan)
James W. Finnerty	...	grip
George Patsos	...	best boy grip
Lorey Sebastian	...	still photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Guy Tanno

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costumer: men

Location Management

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Myron Adams	...	location manager
Gine Lui	...	location assistant

Music Department

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John R. Harris

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music editor

Script and Continuity Department

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Martha Pinson

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script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Rick Derby	...	production assistant
Wayne Fitzgerald	...	title designer
Charles Miller	...	production assistant
David Oliver Pfeil	...	title designer (as David Oliver)

Production Companies

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Twentieth Century Fox

Distributors

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Twentieth Century Fox (1982) (United States) (theatrical)
Hoyts Distribution (1982) (Australia) (theatrical)
Twentieth Century Fox Film Company (1982) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
City-Euro-Centra (C.E.C.) (1983) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
CBS (1985) (United States) (tv)
CBS/Fox Video (1984) (Belgium) (VHS)
CBS/Fox (1984) (United States) (VHS)
Abril Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
Antenne 2 (A2) (1989) (France) (tv) (dubbed version)
CBS/Fox (Argentina) (VHS)
CBS/Fox (West Germany) (VHS)

Special Effects

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Other Companies

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Alixandre Furs (furs provided by)
Kaufman Astoria Studios (sound stage and production facilities)

Storyline

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Plot Summary	Playwright Travalian feels pulled limb from limb these days. He has a Broadway play in rehearsal and they want rewrites. His tramp wife is leaving him, leaving him as well with four children from her previous marriages plus his own son. And his lead actress wants to move in with him but isn't used to kids. Written by Paul Emmons Plot Summary
Plot Keywords	exclamation-point-in-title marital-separation rooftop premarital-sex anger See All (71) »
Taglines	The play must go on, and so must his family. See more »
Genres	Comedy Drama Family Romance
Parents Guide	Add content advisory for parents »
Certification	Argentina:13 Australia:PG Australia:NRC Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) Canada:A (Nova Scotia) Canada:G (Quebec) Iceland:L Italy:T Japan:G Norway:12 (cinema rating) United Kingdom:A (theatrical rating) United Kingdom:PG (video rating) United States:PG West Germany:12

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Also Known As	Avec les compliments de l'auteur (France) Autor. Autor (Spain, Castilian title) Autor, autor (Spain) 喝采の陰で (Japan, Japanese title) Szerző! Szerző! (Hungary) See more »
Runtime	110 min
Country	United States
Language	English
Color	Color
Aspect Ratio	1.85 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix	Mono
Filming Locations	193 Waverly Place and West 10th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA See more »

Box Office

Opening Weekend United States

$2,279,260, 20 Jun 1982

Did You Know?

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Trivia	According to 'Coming Attractions' magazine, "The idea for the film emerged in a conversation between two lifelong friends, Israel Horovitz, writer of the screenplay, and Irwin Winkler, the producer. During their discussion of married life, they found themselves asking, 'What happens to a man when his wife runs off and leaves him with the children? Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) was one answer to this question; Author! Author! (1982) is Mr. Horowitz's answer, and it has special personal significance for him because of his own experience as a divorced father with primary responsibility for two of his three children". See more »
Goofs	In the theater scene immediately following meeting with Alice, Ivan sports an entirely new hair do. The play's director acknowledges it. Then the very next scene has Ivan exiting the subway station with his old hair do. See more »
Movie Connections	Featured in Dyan Cannon/Dr. Ruth Westheimer (1982). See more »
Soundtracks	Comin' Home To You See more »
Quotes	Travalian: No ex-husband of Gloria's ever has to apologize to me about anything. We're like a little club. See more »

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