Mistress (film)

Mistress (film)

Infobox Film
name = Mistress


image_size = 200px
caption =
director = Barry Primus
producer = Meir Teper
Robert De Niro
writer = Barry Primus
J.F. Lawton
narrator =
starring = Robert Wuhl
Martin Landau
Jace Alexander
Danny Aiello
Robert De Niro
Christopher Walken
Eli Wallach
music = Galt McDermont
cinematography = Sven Kirsten
editing = Steven Weisberg
distributor =
released = 24 July 1992
runtime = 110 min
country = USA
language = English
budget =
gross = $1,102,469 (USA)
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0104892

"Mistress" is a 1992 comedy film. It directed by Barry Primus. It stars Robert Wuhl, Martin Landau, Danny Aiello, Robert De Niro and Eli Wallach. Film rated R for language. Film features cameo appearances by Ernest Borgnine, Christopher Walken and Laurie Metcalf.

Plot

Mistress talkin' about a screenwriter named Marvin Landisman (Robert Wuhl) who's old movie script is read by Jack Roth, a producer (Matin Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (Aiello, De Niro, Wallach) has their own mistress that they want put into the film. Gradually, the screenwriter is forced to make changes to his script to accommodate these backers until he finally sees no semblance of his original ideas in the writing.

Trivia

*Academy Award-winner actor Ernest Borgnine stars as himself.
*Film's two star Martin Landau and Danny Aiello born on the same day of the month: 20 June.
*Barry Primus had been shopping his script around for several years before his good friend Robert De Niro agreed to back the film and take a co-starring role.
*Film debut for Dimitri Dimitrov, which is an also Manager/Maitre d' at West Hollywood restaurant Diaghilev since c. 1986. He played Maitre d' in the film.
*Feature film debut for editor Steven Weisberg.
*Christopher Walken, makes a cameo appearance playing an actor who kills himself, he also starred as a semi-suicidal man in "Annie Hall". Walken also won an Oscar with the film "The Deer Hunter" which also stars Robert De Niro.

Cast

Reception

Critical reception

Mistress was generally well received by critics. Film review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a "fresh" score of 100% based on 16 reviews.

Box office

The film grossed a total of $1,102,469 in the United States alone.

Tagline

* "The Director Had A Vision. The Producers All Had Girlfriends."

External links

*imdb title|id=0104892|title=Mistress


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