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==Plot==
==Plot==
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A thousand years ago in the kingdom of Hauptmann-Koenig, Prince William wants to marry his beloved Jessie, a peasant girl. But his mother, the Queen, does not approve and has an evil sorcerer trick the Prince into putting a necklace on Jessie, which turns her into a wooden icon for 1000 years (or until she finds true love in a foreign land).
A thousand years ago in the kingdom of Hauptmann-Koenig, Prince William wants to marry his beloved Jessie, a peasant girl. But his mother, the Queen, does not approve and has an evil sorcerer trick the Prince into putting a necklace on Jessie, which turns her into a wooden icon for 1000 years (or until she finds true love in a foreign land).


A thousand years later in the city of [[Philadelphia]], Jason Williamson is hired to work in Prince & Company's visual display department, which is headed by flamboyant window dresser Hollywood Montrose. As a tribute to Hauptmann-Koenig, the Enchanted Peasant Girl is being sent to Prince & Company for a window display. Jason removes the necklace, which awakens Jessie. She believes he is Prince William until he convinces her a thousand years have passed and he is not the Prince (although Jason and his mother mention his family history, leading the audience to believe that Jason is the descendant of the Prince).
A thousand years later in the city of [[Philadelphia]], Jason Williamson is hired to work in Prince & Company's visual display department, which is headed by flamboyant window dresser Hollywood Montrose. As a tribute to Hauptmann-Koenig, the Enchanted Peasant Girl is being sent to Prince & Company for a window display. Jason removes the necklace, which awakens Jessie. She believes he is Prince William until he convinces her a thousand years have passed and he is not the Prince (although Jason and his mother mention his family history, suggesting Jason is the descendant of the Prince).


The sorcerer's descendant, Count Gunther Spretzle, arrived with the Enchanted Peasant Girl. He plans to take Jessie when she awakens (along with her necklace and the royal jewels) and hop a flight for Bermuda. Jason (with help from Hollywood) is the only one who can stop him.
The sorcerer's descendant, Count Gunther Spretzle, arrived with the Enchanted Peasant Girl. He plans to take Jessie when she awakens (along with her necklace and the royal jewels) and hop a flight for Bermuda. Jason (with help from Hollywood) is the only one who can stop him.


==Cast==
==Cast==
* [[Kristy Swanson]] as Jessie
* [[Kristy Swanson]] as Jessie
* [[William Ragsdale (actor)|William Ragsdale]] as Jason Williamson/Prince William
* [[William Ragsdale (actor)|William Ragsdale]] as Jason Williamson/Prince William
* [[Meshach Taylor]] as Hollywood Montrose/Doorman
* [[Meshach Taylor]] as Hollywood Montrose/Doorman
* [[Terry Kiser]] as Count Gunther Spretzle/Sorcerer
* [[Terry Kiser]] as Count Gunther Spretzle/Sorcerer
* [[Stuart Pankin]] as Mr. James
* [[Stuart Pankin]] as Mr. James
* [[Cynthia Harris]] as Mrs. Williamson/Queen
* [[Cynthia Harris]] as Mrs. Williamson/Queen
* Andrew Hill Newman as Andy Ackerman
* Andrew Hill Newman as Andy Ackerman


==Production==
==Production==
The first film had been financially successful and the production company wanted a sequel. A script was written and [[David Begelman]] hired [[Stewart Raffill]], who had made ''[[The Ice Pirates]]'' (1984) for Begelman earlier, to direct.<ref name="int2">{{cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/stewart-raffill-mannequin-2-interview/2/|website=Slashfilm|title=Interview with Stewart Raffill Part 2|date=15 July 2016}}</ref>
The first film had been financially successful and the production company wanted a sequel. A script was written and [[David Begelman]] hired [[Stewart Raffill]], who had made ''[[The Ice Pirates]]'' (1984) for Begelman earlier, to direct.<ref name="int2">{{cite web |date=15 July 2016 |author=Blake Harris |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/stewart-raffill-mannequin-2-interview/2/ |website=Slashfilm |title=Interview with Stewart Raffill Part 2 }}</ref>


Raffill said his philosophy was "just to play the humor. It’s a situation comedy so you have to set up the situation. It’s obviously an outlandish idea—it’s an inanimate thing and then it comes to life—so in that structure you have all sorts of humor. Particularly if the person is just suddenly falling in love. You want that person’s reactions to be interesting, so you try to come up with scenes that, you know, take advantage of that particular configuration of comedy potentials."<ref name="int2"/>
Raffill said his philosophy was "just to play the humor. It’s a situation comedy so you have to set up the situation. It’s obviously an outlandish idea—it’s an inanimate thing and then it comes to life—so in that structure you have all sorts of humor. Particularly if the person is just suddenly falling in love. You want that person’s reactions to be interesting, so you try to come up with scenes that, you know, take advantage of that particular configuration of comedy potentials."<ref name="int2"/>


Filming took place in Philadelphia at [[Wanamaker's]] department store. "It was a good shoot," said Raffill. "And Kristy was a charm to work with. Very accessible and not spoiled in any way. She was just a neophyte as far as being an actor is concerned, but she played that part pretty well... It’s a cute movie."<ref name="int2"/>
Filming took place in Philadelphia at [[Wanamaker's]] department store. "It was a good shoot," said Raffill. "And Kristy was a charm to work with. Very accessible and not spoiled in any way. She was just a neophyte as far as being an actor is concerned, but she played that part pretty well... It's a cute movie."<ref name="int2"/>


== Soundtrack ==
== Soundtrack ==
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==Reception==
==Reception==
''Mannequin Two: On the Move'' received negative reviews from critics and unlike its predecessor, it was a [[box office bomb]], grossing just less than $4 million against its $13 million budget. It currently holds a 13% rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]]. Audiences surveyed by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film a grade of "B" on scale of A+ to F.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= Cinemascore |work= [[CinemaScore]] |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= 2018-12-20 }}</ref> This sequel was dubbed as "one of the worst follow-ups ever made."<ref>{{cite web|title=Kim Cattrall, Andrew McCarthy's ''Mannequin'' set for remake|url=http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/movies/kim-cattrall-andrew-mccarthy-s-mannequin-set-for-remake_50994.htm|work=Zee News|date=11 January 2010|access-date=15 May 2013}}</ref>
''Mannequin Two: On the Move'' received negative reviews from critics and unlike its predecessor, it was a [[box office bomb]], grossing just less than $4 million against its $13 million budget.
On [[Rotten Tomatoes]] it has an approval rating of 13% based on reviews from 23 critics.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mannequin 2: On the Move (1991) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mannequin_two_on_the_move |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=2020-05-04 }}</ref> Audiences surveyed by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film a grade of "B" on scale of A+ to F.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= Cinemascore |work= [[CinemaScore]] |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= 2018-12-20 }}</ref> This sequel was dubbed as "one of the worst follow-ups ever made."<ref>{{cite web|title=Kim Cattrall, Andrew McCarthy's ''Mannequin'' set for remake|url=http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/movies/kim-cattrall-andrew-mccarthy-s-mannequin-set-for-remake_50994.htm|work=Zee News|date=11 January 2010|access-date=15 May 2013}}</ref>

[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] gave it a negative review: "It took four writers to struggle with another idea of why a mannequin would come to life in a department store and what would happen if she did." <ref>{{cite web |date=1 January 1991|author=Variety Staff |title=Mannequin on the Move |url=https://variety.com/review/VE1117792935 |website=Variety }}</ref>
Kevin Thomas of the [[Los Angeles Times]] called it "even more feeble than the original" and "From start to finish Mannequin Two: On the Move is insipid in the extreme."<ref>{{cite web |author1=Kevin Thomas |title=MOVIE REVIEWS : 'Mannequin Two' Is a Dummy Too |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-05-20-ca-1376-story.html |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=20 May 1991}}</ref>
July 15, 2014


==Home media==
==Home media==

Revision as of 19:02, 6 September 2020

Mannequin Two: On the Move
Original movie poster
Directed byStewart Raffill
Written byEdward Rugoff
Michael Gottlieb
David Isaacs
Ken Levine
Betsy Israel
Produced byEdward Rugoff
Starring
CinematographyLarry Pizer
Edited byJohn Rosenberg
Joan E. Chapman
Music byDavid McHugh
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • May 17, 1991 (1991-05-17)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$13 million (estimated)[citation needed]
Box office$3.8 million[1]

Mannequin Two: On the Move is a 1991 romantic comedy film and a sequel to the 1987 film Mannequin. The film stars Kristy Swanson as a mannequin who was frozen one thousand years ago by an evil sorcerer using a magic necklace. She remains frozen until the necklace is removed and can stay permanently unfrozen if she receives a kiss from her true love.

The original film's theme song "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" by Starship, written by Diane Warren and Albert Hammond, was featured in this film. The original music score was composed by David McHugh.

Plot

A thousand years ago in the kingdom of Hauptmann-Koenig, Prince William wants to marry his beloved Jessie, a peasant girl. But his mother, the Queen, does not approve and has an evil sorcerer trick the Prince into putting a necklace on Jessie, which turns her into a wooden icon for 1000 years (or until she finds true love in a foreign land).

A thousand years later in the city of Philadelphia, Jason Williamson is hired to work in Prince & Company's visual display department, which is headed by flamboyant window dresser Hollywood Montrose. As a tribute to Hauptmann-Koenig, the Enchanted Peasant Girl is being sent to Prince & Company for a window display. Jason removes the necklace, which awakens Jessie. She believes he is Prince William until he convinces her a thousand years have passed and he is not the Prince (although Jason and his mother mention his family history, suggesting Jason is the descendant of the Prince).

The sorcerer's descendant, Count Gunther Spretzle, arrived with the Enchanted Peasant Girl. He plans to take Jessie when she awakens (along with her necklace and the royal jewels) and hop a flight for Bermuda. Jason (with help from Hollywood) is the only one who can stop him.

Cast

Production

The first film had been financially successful and the production company wanted a sequel. A script was written and David Begelman hired Stewart Raffill, who had made The Ice Pirates (1984) for Begelman earlier, to direct.[2]

Raffill said his philosophy was "just to play the humor. It’s a situation comedy so you have to set up the situation. It’s obviously an outlandish idea—it’s an inanimate thing and then it comes to life—so in that structure you have all sorts of humor. Particularly if the person is just suddenly falling in love. You want that person’s reactions to be interesting, so you try to come up with scenes that, you know, take advantage of that particular configuration of comedy potentials."[2]

Filming took place in Philadelphia at Wanamaker's department store. "It was a good shoot," said Raffill. "And Kristy was a charm to work with. Very accessible and not spoiled in any way. She was just a neophyte as far as being an actor is concerned, but she played that part pretty well... It's a cute movie."[2]

Soundtrack

Track list: Mannequin Two: On the Move [3]
Title: Performed by: Produced by: Courtesy of: Composed by:
"Do It For Love" Gene Miller Phil Galdston
John Van Tongeren 		John Van Tongeren
Phil Galdston
"Wake Up" Gene Miller Phil Galdston
John Van Tongeren 		John Van Tongeren
Phil Galdston
"Can't Believe My Eyes" Gene Miller Jon Lind John Bettis
Jon Lind
"Pick Up the Pieces (To My Heart)" Cindy Valentine Tony Green
for TGO Records, Ltd. 		Arista Records, Inc. Cindy Valentine
Tony Green
"Casa De Coati" Meshach Taylor
Coati Mundi 		Coati Mundi Coati Mundi
"The Sea Hawk" Erich Wolfgang Korngold
"Feel the Way I Do" Shoes Shoes Black Vinyl Records John Murphy
"That Love Thang" E.I.E.I.O. Phil Bonanno & E.I.E.I.O. Frontier Records Richard Szeluga
David Kendrick
"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" Starship Narada Michael Walden RCA Records Albert Hammond
Diane Warren

Reception

Mannequin Two: On the Move received negative reviews from critics and unlike its predecessor, it was a box office bomb, grossing just less than $4 million against its $13 million budget. On Rotten Tomatoes it has an approval rating of 13% based on reviews from 23 critics.[4] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade of "B" on scale of A+ to F.[5] This sequel was dubbed as "one of the worst follow-ups ever made."[6]

Variety gave it a negative review: "It took four writers to struggle with another idea of why a mannequin would come to life in a department store and what would happen if she did." [7] Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times called it "even more feeble than the original" and "From start to finish Mannequin Two: On the Move is insipid in the extreme."[8] July 15, 2014

Home media

Mannequin Two: On the Move was first released on VHS and LaserDisc in 1992 by Live Home Video. MGM Home Entertainment released the film to DVD for the first time on January 16, 2008 as part of a double feature two-disc set with the first Mannequin as the first disc. Mannequin Two: On the Move was released on Blu-ray for the first time by Olive Films (under license from MGM) on September 22, 2015.

References

  1. ^ Mannequin Two: On the Move at Box Office Mojo
  2. ^ a b c Blake Harris (15 July 2016). "Interview with Stewart Raffill Part 2". Slashfilm.
  3. ^ "Soundtracks for". Mannequin: On the Move. Internet Movie Database. 1991. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  4. ^ "Mannequin 2: On the Move (1991)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  5. ^ "Cinemascore". CinemaScore. Archived from the original on 2018-12-20.
  6. ^ "Kim Cattrall, Andrew McCarthy's Mannequin set for remake". Zee News. 11 January 2010. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  7. ^ Variety Staff (1 January 1991). "Mannequin on the Move". Variety.
  8. ^ Kevin Thomas (20 May 1991). "MOVIE REVIEWS : 'Mannequin Two' Is a Dummy Too". Los Angeles Times.
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