Just the Way You Are (1984 film)
| Just the Way You Are | |
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 Home video release cover. | |
| Directed by | Édouard Molinaro |
| Written by | Allan Burns |
| Produced by | Léo L. Fuchs |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Claude Lecomte |
| Edited by | Georges Klotz Claudio Ventura |
| Music by | Vladimir Cosma |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | MGM/UA Entertainment Company |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $7,889,694[1] |
Just the Way You Are is a 1984 American comedy-drama film starring Kristy McNichol and Michael Ontkean and directed by Édouard Molinaro.
Plot
Susan is a professional flautist in Boston who has been handicapped since childhood and is forced to wear a leg brace to get around. She is all set to enter into a lavender marriage with her gay investment banker friend Frank in order to help him hide his sexuality so he can get ahead in business and get a big promotion, but decides not to when she realizes that the marriage won't meet her (or his) sexual needs. Shortly afterwards she accepts the offer to travel to Europe on a concert tour. While in Paris, she comes up with an idea to disguise her leg by putting it in a cast and travel on her own to the French Alps to be treated without pity. Not looking to find romance, Susan however has become the interest of Peter, a news photographer. They soon fall in love and Peter dumps his insufferable and narcissistic girlfriend Bobbie for her. Susan is forced to decide if she should tell Peter the truth about herself.
Main cast
- Kristy McNichol ... Susan Berlanger
- Michael Ontkean ... Peter Nichols
- Kaki Hunter ... Lisa Elliott
- André Dussollier ... François Rossignol
- Catherine Salviat ... Nicole Schallon
- Robert Carradine ... Sam Carpenter
- Alexandra Paul ... Bobbie
- Lance Guest ... Jack the Answering Service Guy
- Tim Daly ... Frank Bantam
- Patrick Cassidy ... Steve Haslachez
- Gérard Jugnot ... Desk Clerk, Hotel Monte Blanc
- André Oumansky ... Paris Doctor
- Billy Kearns ... Earl Cooper, Frank's Boss
- Joyce Gordon ... Answering Service Lady
- Wayne Robson ... Theater Assistant Manager
- Jean-Claude Ostrander ... French Ski Instructor
- Garrick Dowhen ... Bill Holland, American Ski Coach
Production
The movie was filmed in Toronto and in France.[2] In France, Kristy McNichol suffered an emotional breakdown while filming, and the production had to be interrupted for a year while she recovered. She later said that her emotional breakdown had been caused by the pressures of her childhood career.[3]
External links
- Just the Way You Are at IMDb
- Just the Way You Are at the TCM Movie Database
- Just the Way You Are at AllMovie
- Just the Way You Are at Rotten Tomatoes
Reference list
- ^ Box Office Mojo
- ^ Lorraine LoBianco (2019). Just the Way You Are, TCM. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
- ^ Haller, Scot (1989-04-03). "Cover Story: 'I Was Crying All the Time' – Vol. 31 No. 13". PEOPLE. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
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