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All Night Long

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All Night Long (1981)

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She's got a way with men. And she's getting away with it...


Gene Hackman plays a disgruntled suburbanite who manages the Ultra-Sav, an all-night drugstore. He hates his job, hates his debts and responsibilities, and isn't overly fond of his wife (Diane Ladd) and son (Dennis Quaid). Partly as a form of protest, Hackman enters into an affair with Barbra Streisand, one of his wife's distant relatives (don't ask how she's related - it takes Hackman about thirty seconds to explain it to another character). Streisand doesn't belong in this picture at all, but she can be forgiven her acting excesses because she wasn't the first choice for the role anyway (Lisa Eichhorn dropped out just before shooting began). The best moments in All Night Long involve the steady stream of oddballs and losers who trickle into Hackman's establishment. There is also a cute Apocalypse Now parody involving a battery-operated toy helicopter. The principal attraction of All Night Long is Gene Hackman playing an endearingly recognizable modern type.


Streisand was nominated for a 1981 Golden Raspberry Award for her performance. The film received negative reviews,[2] though some critics cited Streisand's performance as one of her very best. Stephen Holden, in Rolling Stone magazine, gave the film a positive review, adding that Streisand's performance suggested Marilyn Monroe. Pauline Kael in The New Yorker was full of praise for the film : " The director, Jean-Claude Tramont, a Belgian who has worked in American television, is a sophisticated jokester. There may be a suggestion of Lubitsch and of Max Ophüls in his approach, and there is more than a suggestion of Jacques Tati. Gene Hackman, whose specialty has been believable, lived-in characters, gives one of his most likable performance


Release Date: March 6, 1981

Distrib: Universal

Boxoffice: $4,454,295 2013: $12,722,000


Trivia:

A) Superstar Streisand took over the role in All Night Long by the young Lisa Eicchorn as a favor to her agent-Sue Mengers. In which 1980s film did the opposite happen-a young actress took over a role from a legendary actress because she wasnt compatible with her male costar. The older actress wound up suing the studio. Name the older actress, the younger actress and the film?


B) The male costar in question A costarred with two of the stars of All Night Long in other films. Name this actor and the 2 costars and films with them he starred in?


C) This blockbuster 1980s ilm originally starred an actor that was not working out and was replaced by a television actor who made this film and its 2 sequels. Name the film, the original star and the replacement?

D) The original star in Question C starred in a hit film from the same studio in the same year that was a tragic story based on a real life person. His costar was an Oscar winning actress 2 years later. Name this film and its two stars?

E) Although no one was replaced in the film in question C, another aspect of the film was changed when that film was released on homevideo. What was that , and who was replaced by whom?

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