Summaries

Brooklynite Libby Tucker leaves her mother in Brooklyn to visit her screenwriter dad Herbert Tucker in L. A. She hasn't seen him for years and aspires to find a fast-paced life in movies. Along the way, Libby discovers who her dad is.

Grandmother has nothing to say when Libby tells her that she is off to LA to look up Dad, a Hollywood screenwriter. Grandmother has been in a New York cemetery for six years and Dad has been out of Libby's life for 16 of her 19 years. Libby arrives in LA on a Tuesday and phones Dad the one night that Stephanie, who does Jane Fonda's hair, stays over. Stephanie is there the next morning when Libby decides she needs to tell her story face-to-face.—Dale O'Connor <[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • literature on screen
  • american literature on screen
  • 20th century literature on screen
  • humoristic literature on screen
  • american humoristic literature on screen
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Drama
Release date Mar 25, 1982
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) PG
Countries of origin United States
Language English Spanish
Filming locations 6830 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, California, USA
Production companies Twentieth Century Fox

Box office

Budget $10500000
Gross US & Canada $6968359
Opening weekend US & Canada $2170397
Gross worldwide $6968359

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 48m
Color Color
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

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