- Forget Paris
Infobox Film
name = Forget Paris
caption = Promotional movie poster for the film
director =Billy Crystal
producer =Billy Crystal
writer =Billy Crystal Lowell Ganz Babaloo Mandel
narrator =
starring =Billy Crystal Debra Winger Joe Mantegna Cynthia Stevenson Richard Masur
music =Marc Shaiman
cinematography = Don Burgess
editing =Kent Beyda
distributor =Columbia Pictures
released = 1995
runtime = 101 min.
country =U.S.A.
language = English
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id = 1:134704
imdb_id = 0113097"Forget Paris" is a 1995 film produced, directed, co-written by and starring
Billy Crystal as an NBA referee andDebra Winger as an independent working woman whose lives are interrupted by love and marriage.It also stars
Julie Kavner ,Joe Mantegna ,Richard Masur ,Cynthia Stevenson andCathy Moriarty . It's a comedy about a man and woman learning to compromise.Plot
Mickey Gordon (Billy Crystal) is an NBA referee living the single life, who loves to travel and have fun. He flies to Paris to bury his father, but is detained because his father's casket is missing upon arrival.
Ellen Andrews (Winger), an employee of
American Airlines , assists Mickey in retrieving the lost casket. They fall in love in the streets of Paris, but are separated when Mickey's father is found.They return to the reality of their normal lives, but can not seem to forget Paris. They ultimately reunite and marry - but do not "live happily ever after" (at least, not immediately).
The film, told mostly in flashback by friends of the couple who gather at a restaurant, delves into the hardships of marriage and keeping the romance alive in a relationship.
Selected Cast
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Billy Crystal as Mickey Gordon
*Debra Winger as Ellen Andrews Gordon
*Joe Mantegna as Andy
*Cynthia Stevenson as Liz
*Richard Masur as Craig
*Julie Kavner as Lucy
*William Hickey as Arthur
*John Spencer as Jack
*Tom Wright as Tommy
*Cathy Moriarty as Lois
*Johnny Williams as Lou
*Robert Costanzo as WaiterNBA Star Cameos
During the scenes in which Mickey is working as a ref in the NBA, there are several real NBA players who play themselves.
In the beginning of the movie, David Robinson and the
San Antonio Spurs are playingCharles Barkley ,Dan Majerle and thePhoenix Suns in a crucial game of the Western Conference Finals. Also in this scene isKevin Johnson , and the Suns coach at the time,Paul Westphal .Later during the film, Mickey is an official in
Kareem Abdul Jabbar 's final game of his career. Due to him having a "bad day," Mickey throws Kareem out of the game for no apparent reason, then does the same toDetroit Pistons starIsiah Thomas , and then the entire roster of both teams.Also seen making some highlight plays are
Reggie Miller ,Tim Hardaway ,Patrick Ewing , John Starks, Chris Mullin,Spud Webb ,Bill Laimbeer ,Bill Walton ,Kurt Rambis ,Charles Oakley ,Horace Grant ,Dennis Rodman ,Sean Elliott ,Marques Johnson and, while Mickey was watching a game at home on his couch,Michael Jordan on television. [ [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/forget_paris/about.php Forget Paris Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes ] ]References
External links
*imdb title|id=0113097|title=Forget Paris
*amg title|id=1:134704|title=Forget Paris
*Rotten Tomatoes [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/forget_paris/about.php] , "Forget Paris", May 4, 2007. Accessed May 4, 2007.
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