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Synopsis: Robert Wuhl is an honest director with the perfect script, but no way to get his movie made. Martin Landau introduces him to three producers who would love to finance him, but there's one catch -- each wants his girlfriend to be the star!
Starring: Robert Wuhl, Martin Landau
Supporting actors: Vasek Simek, Thomas R. Voth, Jace Alexander, Mary Mercier, Tuesday Knight, Eli Wallach, Danny Aiello, Jean Smart, Robert De Niro, William Rotko, Dimitri Dimitrov, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Chuck Low, Ernest Borgnine, Laurie Metcalf, Fríða Aradóttir, Raphaela Rose Primus, Christopher Walken, Stefan Gierasch, Michael G. Kelley
Directed by: Barry Primus
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Runtime: 1 hour 50 minutes
Release year: 1992
Studio: Lionsgate
MPAA Rating: Rated R for language.
ASIN: B0017YPPL2 (Rental) and B0015IVJPG (Purchase)
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #62,605 in Amazon Video On Demand (See Bestsellers in Amazon Video On Demand)
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Format: Amazon Video on Demand (streaming online video and digital download)
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Mistress DVD ~ Robert Wuhl

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Theatrical Release Information
  • US Theatrical Release Date: July 24, 1992
  • MPAA: Rated R for language.
  • Production Company: Tribeca Productions
  • USA Box Office: $ 1 Million
  • Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant Hollywood comedy, September 16, 1999
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This review is from: Mistress (DVD)
Do not miss this picture! This is the film that blows away all the other "movie industry" comedies of the last few years. If you liked "Swimming with Sharks" or "The Player," you will love "Mistress." Eli Wallach should be on the cover of this DVD along with Wuhl, Landau, De Niro, and Aiello. You couldn't ask for a more perfect cast, and I don't know how Barry Primus brought them all together. The only down side to this DVD release seems to be the 1.33:1 "full screen" image format. I wish they had released this in the theatrical aspect ratio, since I've been wondering what I've missed by seeing only the VHS release. This is a brilliant and subtle comedy for movie fans everywhere.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Indie filmmaking gets an intelligent send-up, May 12, 2002
By Gerald P. Owens (Pompano Beach, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mistress (DVD)
If you want an insider's perpsective on the movie biz, two films that were released in 1992 give a view of the top and the bottom of the Hollywood food chain. "The Player" is a delightful black comedy about the top rung, the major studio insider who has the power to say "yes" just twelve times a year and green-light a big-budget movie (trouble ensues when he murders a particularly troublesome screenwriter). The opposite end of the food chain is lampooned in "Mistress," where we get an insider's view of trying to get an independent film financed. Filmmaking is the most expensive of hobbies, and compromises must be made. Two writers and a washed-up producer get three businessmen on the hook as possible backers, but each has a mistress, who needs a part... It's a delightful exploration of how far can one compromise artistic integrity just to get a story in front of the cameras. Martin Landau is a delight as the has-been producer, and Robert Wuhl is wonderful as the bemused screenwriter whose vision is rewritten into exploitative shlock. Both funny and sad, these are men who have sacrificed everything that matters in pursuit of the Hollywood dream.
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4.0 out of 5 stars It's about the bimbo... or is it?, September 3, 2000
By Regent St. Claire (Santa Monica, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mistress (DVD)
Martin Landau ("Ed Wood," "Space 1999") leads a super cast through the ringer as they all try to get a film bankrolled. The connecting thread here is that "the other woman" who most of the potential financiers are boffing - is one and the same bimbo! The most unique angle to "Mistress" is how it refuses to portray the writers, actors, or other normally high-pedestaled creative types, as any more pure, or noble, or reasonable to deal with, than anyone else in this wacky business.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A Criminally Overlooked Gem
Absolutely on a par with Altman's 'The Player' and the perfect companion piece to 'Living In Oblivion', 'Mistress' is a darkly comic delight from start to finish. Read more
Published 13 months ago by PDC

3.0 out of 5 stars ENDEARING PORTRAITS THROUGH A CYNICAL LENS, BUT...
As sly takes on the monumental effort it takes to hack it in shark-infested Hollywood, films like 'The Player' or 'The Muse' come to mind. Read more
Published on June 5, 2005 by Shashank Tripathi

5.0 out of 5 stars Nothing but Excellent
I loved Mistress because it portrays the "behind the scenes" of what producing a movie is truly about. Read more
Published on January 18, 2000 by Shari Cooper

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