Don't Tell Her It's Me

Don't Tell Her It's Me
Theatrical Poster
Directed by	Malcolm Mowbray
Produced by	George G. Braunstein
Written by	Sarah Bird
Starring	Steve Guttenberg Jami Gertz Shelley Long Kyle MacLachlan
Cinematography	Reed Smoot
Release date(s)	September 1990
Running time	101 min
Country	United States
Language	English

Don't Tell Her It's Me (also known as The Boyfriend School) is a 1990 comedy film starring Shelley Long, Steve Guttenberg, and Jami Gertz. The film was directed by Malcolm Mowbray and written by Sarah Bird (adapted from her novel, The Boyfriend School).^[1][2]

Plot

Gus Kubicek (played by Guttenberg) is a depressed and overweight cartoonist who recently won a battle against Hodgkin’s disease. His caring sister Lizzie Pots (Long), a nosy romance novelist, responds to his sadness by trying to set him up with a suitable woman. Yet to do so she must make him seem more dynamic and attractive. When Gus falls in love with Emily (Gertz), he adopts the persona of Lobo Marunga, a leather-clad biker from New Zealand.^[1]

Cast

• Shelley Long as Lizzie Potts
• Steve Guttenberg as Gus Kubicek
• Jami Gertz as Emily Pear
• Kyle MacLachlan as Trout
• Mädchen Amick as Mandy
• Kevin Scannell as Mitchell Potts
• Beth Grant as Babette
• Caroline Lund & Sally Lund as Annabelle Potts

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Review, Don’t Tell Her It’s Me, New York Times, 21 September 1990". movies.nytimes.com. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9405E6DF153AF932A1575AC0A966958260. Retrieved 2010-11-09. 
2. ^ "BIRD'S WORDS by Jennifer C. Shenk". moxiemag.com. http://www.moxiemag.com/moxie/articles/sheroes/bird.html. Retrieved 2010-11-09. 

External links

• Don't Tell Her It's Me at the Internet Movie Database