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Isn't She Great (2000)

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R | 1 hr 30 mins | Biopic, Romantic comedy, Adaptation | Released: 1/28/2000 |Box Office Total: $2.9M

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Synopsis:

Before Jacqueline Susann published her best-selling novel "Valley of the Dolls," she was deteremined to find her place in the spotlight. When a friend told her that "talent wasn't everything" she embarked on a quest to find someone to promote her. She found Irving Mansfield, a manager and publicist who fell in love with her and came up with a crazy idea: write a book. When Susann protested she had no writing experience he gave her golden advice: "Write what you know." And with that she turned her personal dramas with crazy, drug-addicted, sex-craved hopeful movie stars into an engrossing book that featured taboo subject matter and a vocabulary that would shock a sailor. Shunned by publishers at first, Jackie's charm and committment to personally publicizing the book would eventually change the way books were written and sold. With this battle won, Susann would go on to face larger demons, including the pitfalls of fame and her rapidly deteriorating health.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
1/28/2000

Studio	Credit
Universal Pictures Distribution	Studio
Director	Credit
Andrew Bergman	Director
Andy Muller	Director - 2nd additional director
Ted Kurdyla	Director - 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)
Cast	Credit
Bette Midler	Jacqueline Susann
Nathan Lane	Irving Mansfield
Stockard Channing	Florence Maybelle
David Hyde Pierce	Michael Hastings
John Cleese	Henry Marcus
John Larroquette	Maury Manning
Amanda Peet	Debbie
Terrence Ross	Radio Actor
Jeffrey Ross	Shecky
Christopher McDonald	Brad Bradburn
Paul Benedict	Professor Brainiac
Dina Waters	Bambi Madison
Pauline Little	Leslie Barnett
William Hill	Passerby
Mal Z Lawrence	Mort
Adam Heller	Howie
Ellen David	Sylvia
Dan Ziskie	Guy's Doctor
Anna Lobell	Receptionist
David Costabile	Junior Editor
Brett Gillen	Man with Bicycle
Olga Merediz	Mrs Ramirez
Jacklin Webb	Nurse
Clebert Ford	Claude
Dick Henley	Doorman
Sonia Benezra	Manucurist
Richard Litt	Buddy
Maurice Carlton	Orderly No 1
Edward B Goldstein	Eddie in Lindy's
Larry Block	Herbie
Jack Eagle	Waiter
Le Clanche du Rang	Lissy Hastings
Elizabeth Lawrence	Mimsy Hastings
Helen Stenborg	Aunt Abigail
John Cunningham	Nelson Hastings
Charles Doucet	Teamster
John Moore	News Anchor
Richard McConomy	Harry Gladrey
Lisa Bronwyn Moore	Irma Gladrey
Steven McCarthy	Book Nook Clerk
James Villemaire	Jim Morrison
Karyn Quackenbush	TV Cook
Sam Street	Truman Capote
Peter Blaikie	David
Sheena Larkin	Saleswoman
Frank Vincent	Aristotle Onassis
David Lawrence	Steve Lawrence
Debbie Gravitte	Eydie Gorme
Mickey Toft	Guy
Ricky Mabe	Guy
Robin Wilcock	Stage Murderer
Jude Beny	Skeptical Housewife
Jean-Guy Bouchard	Wolf Whistle Teamster
Carl Alacchi	Orderly No 2
Production Credits	Credit
Mike Lobell	Producer
Ted Kurdyla	Executive Producer
Gary Levinsohn	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Lobell/Bergman Productions	Production Company
TeleMunchen Group (TMG)	Production Company
BBC Enterprises	Production Company
Marubeni	Production Company
Toho-Towa Company	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
UIP The Film Consortium	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Universal Pictures Distribution	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Universal Studios Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Locations
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Writer	Credit
Paul Rudnick	Screenplay
Michael Korda	Source Material (from article)
Accounting	Credit
Lisa Cofini	Post-Production Accountant
Carole Grise	Accountant - payroll accountant
John Gaskin	Production Accountant
Gilles Montreuil	Assistant Accountant
Patricia A Liberati	Accountant - payroll accountant
Charlotte Lightfoot-Magyar	Assistant Accountant
Theresa Marsh	Assistant Accountant
Tina Hong	Assistant Accountant
Jason Stant	Assistant Accountant - accounting assistant
Art Department	Credit
Brick Mason	Art Department - art department illustrator
Gaetan Marsolais	Art Assistant - art department production assistant
Jean-Guy LeBlanc	Set Dresser
Isabelle Letourneau	Art Department Coordinator
Raymond Dupuis	Art Director
Patrick Garcia	Swing Gang
Jerry DeTitta	Lead Person - leadman
Jean-Andre Carriere	Assistant Art Director
Frances Calder	Set Decorator - key set decorator
Jean-Francois Campeau	Assistant Set Decorator
Stuart Wurtzel	Production Designer
Ray Kluga	Art Director
Andre Chouinard	Swing Gang
Kay Michaels	Art Department Coordinator
Susan MacQuarrie	Set Decorator
Jacques Pellerin	Set Dresser
Luc Daneau	Swing Gang
Amy Burt	Set Decorator
George DeTitta Jr	Set Decorator
Stephane Beaudoin	Swing Gang
Andre Bedard	Swing Gang
Casting	Credit
Rosina Bucci	Casting
Eric R Zuckerman	Casting Assistant
Andrea Kenyon and Associates	Extras Casting
Randi Wells	Extras Casting
Tracy Braunstein	Extras Casting
Judie Fixler	Extras Casting - extra casting
Elite Casting	Casting Agency casting
Craft Services	Credit
Robert Herbert	Craft Service
Film Camera	Credit
Joe Violante	Color - technicolor
Kathy Slamen	Camera Trainee
David J Woods	Video - 24-frame video
David Knox	Camera Operator - "B" camera operator
Takashi Seida	Photography - still photographer
Phil Hetos	Color Timer
Tommy Klines	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Nadine DeMeule	Video Assist/Playback - video assist
Karl Walter Lindenlaub	Director of Photography
Colin Anderson	Steadicam Operator - camera operator/Steadicam
Karl Walter Lindenlaub	Director of Photography - 2nd unit director of photography (2nd Unit)
Nils Johnson	Video Assist/Playback - video assist
Boris Roy	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Geoffrey Erb	Director of Photography - 2nd unit director of photography (2nd Unit)
Louis DeErnsted	Director of Photography - 2nd unit director of photography (2nd Unit)
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Mutual Films International	Foreign Distribution Sales
Music	Credit
Todd Kasow	Music Editor
Gary Grant	Trumpet - trumpet/flugel
Rick Grovinazzo	Orchestrations
Dionne Warwick	Song Performer
Tommy Morgan	Music Performer - harmonica
Jim Walker	Flutist - flute
Gary Jones	Music Supervisor
Burt Bacharach	Song - songs
Burt Bacharach	Music
Vanessa Williams	Song Performer
Steven Kasow	Music - assistant music editor
Hal David	Song - songs
Keith Thomas	Song - song producer
Tom Scott	Music - alto sax
Deep Purple	Song Performer
Doc Severinsen & His Orchestra	Song Performer
Gary Foster	Music - tenor sax
Joe South	Song
Henri Rene	Song Performer
Dean Parks	Music - guitar
Steve Allen	Song
Paul Anka	Song
Grumiaux Trio	Song Performer
Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra	Song Performer
Johnny Carson	Song
Milton Delugg	Song
Glenn Miller Orchestra	Song Performer
Louis Bush	Song
James Brown	Song Performer
Franz Shubert	Song
Charles Albertine	Song
Jerry Gray	Song
James Brown	Song
Nat Brown	Song
Mildred Hill	Song
Patty Hill	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Minor Mustain	Stunt Coordinator
Benoit Gauthier	Stunt Coordinator
Production Management	Credit
Mary Gambardella	Script Supervisor
Micheline Garant	Production Manager
Stephane Frechette	Unit Manager
Jason Fisher	Assistant Production Coordinator
Sam Hutchins	Assistant Location Manager
Monica Benazides	DGA Trainee
Catherine Dawe	Location Manager
JoAnn M Laub	Post-Production Supervisor
John A Machione	Unit Production Manager
Marie Quesnel	Production Coordinator
Judy Richter	Production Supervisor
Christine Anthony-Trudelle	Location Assistant
Glen Trotiner	Assistant Director
Ted Kurdyla	Unit Production Manager
Roman Martyn	Location Assistant
Lois Otto Nalepka	Production Coordinator
Katherine M Cohen	Assistant Production Coordinator
Ken Korrall	Location Manager
Esther Lacaille	Unit Manager
Dean Garvin	Assistant Director
Pierre Brassard	Assistant Director
Troy Thomas	Unit Manager
David Pearson	Location Assistant
Dana Robin	Location Manager
Michelle Benoit	Assistant Director
Kathleen Corgan	Location Assistant
Matt Jemus	Assistant Director
Andrew Saxe	Location Assistant
William Floyd	Assistant Director
Zsolt Kadar	Assistant Director
John A Machione	Assistant Director - 2nd unit 1st assistant director (2nd Unit)
Publicity	Credit
Katherine Orloff	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
David Bolton	ADR - ADR recording engineer
Eric Chentrier	Sound - sound trainee
Don Cohen	Sound Mixer
Mick Gormaley	Assistant Sound Editor
George A. Lara	Foley - foley recording engineer
Thierry Hoffman	Boom Operator
Michael W Mitchell	Sound Effects Editor
Deborah Wallach	ADR Editor
Steven Visscher	Foley Editor
Brian Vancho	Foley Artist
Michael Barry	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Paul P Soucek	Sound Editor
Bob Baron	ADR - ADR recording engineer
Harriet Fidlow Winn	ADR Editor
David Wahnon	Assistant Sound Editor
Luke Thorpe	Sound - sound intern
Warren Shaw	Sound Editor
Tom Nelson	Sound Mixer
Daniel Rosenblum	Boom Operator
Lee Dichter	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Kenna Doeringer	ADR Editor - assistant ADR editor
Todd Kasow	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
William Sweeney	Sound Editor
Visual Effects	Credit
Steve Kirshoff	Special Effects
Randall Balsmeyer	Visual Effects - visual effects producer
Isabelle Cote	Graphic Artist
Louis-Rene Landry	Animator - drafting artist
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Lisa Emerson Machione	Costumes
Alan Dangerio	Hair - key hair designs
Linda DeVetta	Makeup - key makeup designs
Michele Paris	Makeup Artist
Melissa Stanton	Wardrobe Supervisor
Francesca Paris	Hair Stylist
Lyse Pomerleau	Wardrobe - wardrobe mistress
Karen Rivera	Assistant Costume Designer
Julie Weiss	Costume Designer
Frankie Ritacco	Costumes
Laurent Sevigny	Wardrobe - wardrobe mistress
Tom Stokes	Wardrobe Supervisor
Annick Chartier	Makeup Artist
Rejean Forget	Hair Stylist
Joan Kaufman	Assistant Costume Designer
Verne Caruso	Hair Stylist
Steven Lawrence	Makeup Artist
Nathan J. Busch	Hair Stylist

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