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Compromising Positions 
Directed by Frank Perry Produced by Salah M. Hassanein,
Frank PerryWritten by Susan Isaacs (also novel) Starring Susan Sarandon
Raúl Juliá
Edward Herrmann
Judith Ivey
Joe MantegnaMusic by Brad Fiedel Cinematography Barry Sonnenfeld Editing by Peter Frank Distributed by Paramount Pictures Release date(s) August 30, 1985 Running time 99 minutes Country 
USALanguage English Budget $9 million Box office $12,531,831 Compromising Positions is a 1985 film released by Paramount and directed by Frank Perry. The screenplay, by Susan Isaacs, was adapted from her 1978 detective novel. The plot concerns a Long Island housewife and former journalist who becomes involved in a murder investigation. The film stars Susan Sarandon, Raúl Juliá, Judith Ivey, Edward Herrmann, Mary Beth Hurt, Joe Mantegna, Deborah Rush, Anne DeSalvo, and Josh Mostel. Joan Allen has a small role.
The film is reviewed, favorably, in Pauline Kael's ninth collection of movie reviews Hooked. She is especially complimentary about Susan Sarandon's performance. "The screenplay provides a batch of actresses with a chance to show some comic verve. Susan Sarandon's smile has never been more incredibly lush, and she does some inspired double takes - just letting her beautiful dark eyes pop." "It's fun to have a movie about a woman whose curiosity is her salvation."
External links
- Compromising Positions at the Internet Movie Database
- Compromising Positions at AllRovi
The films of Frank Perry 1960s David and Lisa (1962) • Ladybug Ladybug (1963) • The Swimmer (1968) • Last Summer (1969) • Trilogy (1969)1970s Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970) • Doc (1971) • Play It As It Lays (1972) • Man on a Swing (1974) • Rancho Deluxe (1975)1980s 1990s On the Bridge (1992)Categories:- 1980s comedy films
- 1985 films
- American comedy films
- American mystery films
- American comedy thriller films
- English-language films
- Paramount Pictures films
- 1980s comedy film stubs
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