- The Lonely Lady
Infobox Film
name = The Lonely Lady
caption = "The Lonely Lady" movie poster
director =Peter Sasdy
producer =Robert R. Weston
writer =Harold Robbins (novel)
Ellen Shepard
starring =Pia Zadora Lloyd Bochner
music =Charlie Calello
cinematography = Brian West
editing =Keith Palmer
distributor = Universal Pictures
released =September 30 ,1983
runtime = 92 min.
country =United States
language = English
gross = $1,223,000 (USA)
amg_id = 1:29897
imdb_id = 0085863"The Lonely Lady" is a 1983 film directed by
Peter Sasdy and adapted to screen by Ellen Shepard from the novel written byHarold Robbins . The original music score was composed byCharlie Calello . Some consider it one of the worst films ever madeFact|date=September 2008 mainly because of itscliché d storyline. Its plot and bad acting won it aRazzie .Plot summary
Jerilee Randall (
Pia Zadora ) is an innocentschoolgirl living in theSan Fernando Valley with heartfelt dreams of becoming a famous screenwriter. Shortly after winning a trophy for her creative writing, she meets the son of a famous screenwriter, Walter Thornton (Lloyd Bochner ), at a party. She goes home with the son, along with some other friends. During a late evening pool party, Jerilee is sexually assaulted with a garden hose nozzle by one of the "friends" (Ray Liotta ). Walter arrives after the assault has taken place and saves her from further attacks. A friendship develops between them, and they soon marry, despite the disapproval of Jerilee's mother. The marriage begins to fall apart when she rewrites one of his scripts and improves it greatly (albeit by merely adding the word, "Why?"). Divorce is inevitable when Walter scorns Jerilee during an argument and accuses her of enjoying her prior nozzle assault.As the years pass, Jerilee has several love affairs while trying to get her screenplay produced. She uses her sexual charms to pave the way to recognition, with revenge thrown in the end for good measure. Jerilee finally has a nervous breakdown in a sequence where she sees the callous people of her past appear as faces on the keys of her typewriter. The film ends with Jerilee finally successful and winning a prestigious award for her screenplay of a film called the "The Hold-outs". At the live awards telecast, she admits to her ex-husband Walter Thornton (in attendance) that she has never learned "the meaning of self-respect". Jerilee Randall then refuses to accept the award, and walks out of the auditorium with her newfound dignity.
Main cast
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Pia Zadora - Jerilee Randall
*Lloyd Bochner - Walter Thornton
*Bibi Besch - Veronica Randall
*Joseph Cali - Vincent Dacosta
* Anthony Holland - Guy Jackson
*Jared Martin - George Ballantine
*Ray Liotta - Joe HeronAvailability
Although the film was available in the past on both
VHS videocassette andlaserdisc , it has never been released onDVD . For that reason, both the videocassette and the laserdisc are somewhat collectible.External links
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