All Night Long (1981 film)

Infobox Film
name = All Night Long

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caption = Original film poster
director = Jean-Claude Tramont
producer =Associate producers:
Terence A. Donnelly
Fran Roy
Producers:
Leonard Goldberg
Jerry Weintraub
writer = W.D. Richter
narrator =
starring = Barbra Streisand
Gene Hackman
Diane Ladd
Dennis Quaid
music = Richard Hazard
Ira Newborn
José Padilla
cinematography = Philip H. Lathrop
editing = Rachel Igel
Marion Rothman
distributor = Universal Pictures
released = March 6, 1981
runtime = 88 min.
country = flagicon|USA
language = English
budget = US$
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id = 1:1573
imdb_id = 0082001

"All Night Long" is a 1981 comedy movie starring Barbra Streisand and Gene Hackman, Diane Ladd, Dennis Quaid, Kevin Dobson, and William Daniels. Directed by Jean-Claude Tramont.

Plot

The story concerns a man (Hackman) nearing middle age who is "downsized" and reduced to working as the manager of an all-night pharmacy/convenience store, and the effects this has on his life with his wife (Ladd), adult son (Quaid), and a newfound relationship with his sister-in-law, a somewhat dizzy, hilariously untalented singer-songwriter (Streisand) married to a volatile firefighter (Dobson).

Production

The film was originally a low-budget affair, starring Hackman and Lisa Eichhorn; however, Barbra Streisand's then-manager, Sue Mengers, who was friends with the film's director, suggested Barbra for the part instead of Eichhorn. Several biographies suggest that because of the film's subsequent failure at the box office, Streisand fired Mengers as her manager.

Streisand's agent Sue Mengers was married to the director, Jean-Claude Tramont. Streisand's manager is Martin Erlichman.

Reception

Streisand was nominated for a 1981 Golden Raspberry Award for her performance. The film received very mixed reviews; despite a Razzie nomination, some critics cited Streisand's performance as one of her very best, up to that time (Stephen Holden, in Rolling Stone magazine, gave the film a positive review, adding that Streisand's performance suggested Marilyn Monroe).

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