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Being the Ricardos

Follows Lucy and Desi as they face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage.

Director

Aaron Sorkin

Year

Genre

biography, drama

Box Office

N/A

Production

Amazon Studios,Big Indie Pictures,Escape Artists

Awards

Nominated for 3 Oscars. 11 wins & 59 nominations total

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Lucille Ball

Desi Arnaz

William Frawley

Vivian Vance

Jess Oppenheimer

Madelyn Pugh

Bob Carroll

Older Madelyn Pugh

Older Bob Carroll

Older Jess Oppenheimer

John Rubinstein

Howard Wenke

Joe Strickland

Nelson Franklin

Roger Otter

Tip Tribby

Donald Glass

Christopher Denham

Charles Koerner

Macy

Mary Pat

1st AD

P.A. Bill

Miss Rosen

David Levy

David Hart

Italian Woman

Announcer

Chorus Girl Angie

Chorus Girl Daisy

Caroline Anderson

Chorus Girl Patty

Dresser

Irwin Gotlieb

Italian Bellman

Guido Cocomello

J. Edgar Hoover

Koerner's Secretary

Musician Outside Ciro's

Radio Show Katy

Stephanie Lesh-Farrell

Radio Show Man

Radio Show Woman

Pamela Mitchell

Sam Stein

Lawrence Novikoff

Security Guard Bobby

Vittorio

Woman Outside Ciro's

Tommy Wardrobe

Lucy Radio Show Announcer

John F. Carpenter

Ann Miller

Melinda Sullivan

Camera A Focus Puller

Christian Roberts

Camera B Focus Puller

Camera C Focus Puller

Allan Wayne Anderson

Boom Operator

Ciro's Dancer

Val Chmerkovskiy

Ciro's Dancer

Ciro's Dancer

Ciro's Dancer

Ciro's Dancer

Ciro's Dancer

Ciro's Dancer

Ciro's Dancer

Ciro's Dancer

Ciro's Dancer

Eddie Torres Jr.

Man 1

James Patrick Duffy

Woman 1

Woman 2

Stagehand

Waitress

Studio Staffer

Sandy Gunter

Flower Girl Dancer

Radio Band Pianist

Benedikt Brydern

Rhumba Dancer

I Love Lucy Audience

Dancer

Edgar J. Hoover

Ian James Corlett

Announcer

Costume Designer

Louis Delavenne

I Love Lucy Show Audience

Amanda J. Dobos

Too Many Girls Dancer

Dancer

Kate Ellie Fitzgerald

Club Guest

Studio Usher

Too Many Girls Dancer

Audience Member

Dancer

Desilu Rep

Dancer

Cuban Dancer

Reporter

Vincent Lionetti

Richard Denning

Too Many Girls AD

Ciro's Audience Member

Heywood McGuffee

Dancer

Dancer

Rumba Dancer

Jazz Club Waiter

Audience Member

Jeremiah Ripley

Camera Man

Bruce M. Stockert

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Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Charles Koerner William Frawley Jess Oppenheimer Bob Carroll Madelyn Pugh J. Edgar Hoover

They kept Desi in the cast,
but the second female lead was replaced - Being the Ricardos

They kept Desi in the cast, but the second female lead was r...

A couple of days before shooting started, - Being the Ricardos

A couple of days before shooting started,

A more handsome, charming man than Desi
you've never met. - Being the Ricardos

A more handsome, charming man than Desi you've never me...

Standing off, away from
the pack of chorus girls, is Lucy, - Being the Ricardos

Standing off, away from the pack of chorus girls, is Lucy,

DESI:
♪ She could shake the maracas ♪ - Being the Ricardos

DESI: ♪ She could shake the maracas ♪

♪ He said, “I'm the attraction” ♪ - Being the Ricardos

♪ He said, “I'm the attraction” ♪

I'm Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III,
but just my mother calls me that. - Being the Ricardos

I'm Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III, but just my ...

-I'm looking forward, too, Angie.
-(laughs) - Being the Ricardos

-I'm looking forward, too, Angie. -(laughs)

You were rudely attentive,
but now you're obnoxiously indifferent.” - Being the Ricardos

You were rudely attentive, but now you're obnoxiously i...

(chuckles) - Being the Ricardos

-I'm Daisy.
-(guitar playing gentle lullaby) - Being the Ricardos

-I'm Daisy. -(guitar playing gentle lullaby)

“You were rudely attentive,
but now you're obnoxiously…” - Being the Ricardos

“You were rudely attentive, but now you're obnoxiously…...

-That was you?
-”…indifferent.” - Being the Ricardos

-That was you? -”…indifferent.”

I just want to say, when I drink,
I take off my clothes.” - Being the Ricardos

I just want to say, when I drink, I take off my clothes.”

(strumming guitar) - Being the Ricardos

(strumming guitar)

(band playing “Rumba Internacional”) - Being the Ricardos

(band playing “Rumba Internacional”)

I'm showing you this
because it'll come in handy - Being the Ricardos

I'm showing you this because it'll come in handy

Oh, that's a sign
of a poorly written screenplay. - Being the Ricardos

Oh, that's a sign of a poorly written screenplay.

(chuckles) - Being the Ricardos

I got kicked out of acting school
for not being good enough. - Being the Ricardos

I got kicked out of acting school for not being good enough.

I got some modeling work,
I was hired and fired as a Ziegfeld Girl - Being the Ricardos

I got some modeling work, I was hired and fired as a Ziegfel...

-♪ Lucille ♪
-(playing gentle music) - Being the Ricardos

-♪ Lucille ♪ -(playing gentle music)

(Desi clears throat) - Being the Ricardos

(Desi clears throat)

So… - Being the Ricardos

Uh, what's your, mm… - Being the Ricardos

Uh, what's your, mm…

Uh… - Being the Ricardos

Why are you playing the second female lead
in Too Many Girls? - Being the Ricardos

Why are you playing the second female lead in Too Many Girls...

You have a lot more talent than the roles
you play have allowed you to exhibit. - Being the Ricardos

You have a lot more talent than the roles you play have allo...

You could be a serious actor.
You should be a star by now. - Being the Ricardos

You could be a serious actor. You should be a star by now.

There is also something about
your physicality. You are, you are… - Being the Ricardos

There is also something about your physicality. You are, you...

You, uh… There isn't an English word. - Being the Ricardos

You, uh… There isn't an English word.

Tú estás… dotada cineticamente. - Being the Ricardos

Tú estás… dotada cineticamente.

It means you're kinetically gifted. - Being the Ricardos

It means you're kinetically gifted.

-I mean, not that I haven't…
-(dialing) - Being the Ricardos

-I mean, not that I haven't… -(dialing)

(dialing) - Being the Ricardos

You don't love me, and I don't love you, - Being the Ricardos

You don't love me, and I don't love you,

I'll send someone
to pick up my clothes, okay? - Being the Ricardos

I'll send someone to pick up my clothes, okay?

I interrupted you. What were you saying? - Being the Ricardos

I interrupted you. What were you saying?

(laughs) - Being the Ricardos

-ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Back onstage
in an hour. -(soundstage bell rings) - Being the Ricardos

-ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Back onstage in an hour. -(soundstage b...

(footsteps receding) - Being the Ricardos

(footsteps receding)

(grunts, sighs) - Being the Ricardos

(grunts, sighs)

When the soldiers came - Being the Ricardos

When the soldiers came

You're giving me that look that says,
“I don't get scared of nothing.” - Being the Ricardos

You're giving me that look that says, “I don't get...

It's six to five and pick 'em - Being the Ricardos

It's six to five and pick 'em

This show, everyone who works here, - Being the Ricardos

This show, everyone who works here,

Madelyn was way out of line,
and I'll talk to Jess. - Being the Ricardos

Madelyn was way out of line, and I'll talk to Jess.

Ah. (sighs) - Being the Ricardos

Doesn't make me look like a simpleton - Being the Ricardos

Doesn't make me look like a simpleton

(sighs) - Being the Ricardos

I've got people who'll let me know
the moment an editor thinks about it. - Being the Ricardos

I've got people who'll let me know the moment an e...

There's something wrong
with the story, they know it, - Being the Ricardos

There's something wrong with the story, they know it,

No. The Confidential story. - Being the Ricardos

No. The Confidential story.

(both laugh) - Being the Ricardos

(wolf whistle) - Being the Ricardos

She thinks she's being fixed up
with an eligible guy. - Being the Ricardos

She thinks she's being fixed up with an eligible guy.

“Does Desi Love Lucy Loosely?” - Being the Ricardos

“Does Desi Love Lucy Loosely?”

“If neighbors hear screams of rage
followed by the sound of…” - Being the Ricardos

“If neighbors hear screams of rage followed by the sound of…...

“The red-haired missus
has just finished reading - Being the Ricardos

“The red-haired missus has just finished reading

“Lucy, I ain't been with no girls
since the moment I saw you.” - Being the Ricardos

“Lucy, I ain't been with no girls since the moment I sa...

-What? -You said
you'd “be more concerned about,” - Being the Ricardos

-What? -You said you'd “be more concerned about,”

We didn't think yesterday was the best day
to tell them about the third thing. - Being the Ricardos

We didn't think yesterday was the best day to tell them...

First Jess, then the network,
then Philip Morris. - Being the Ricardos

First Jess, then the network, then Philip Morris.

We only hear one side of the call.
Are we staying too long at the fair? - Being the Ricardos

We only hear one side of the call. Are we staying too long a...

-No, don't tell me…
-No, no, no, no. No, we're… - Being the Ricardos

-No, don't tell me… -No, no, no, no. No, we're…...

(chuckles softly) - Being the Ricardos

(chuckles softly)

We were gonna have this conversation
yesterday, but other things were… - Being the Ricardos

We were gonna have this conversation yesterday, but other th...

I know it seems like
no one said congratulations, - Being the Ricardos

I know it seems like no one said congratulations,

-Very exciting. Yeah.
-So, uh… - Being the Ricardos

-Very exciting. Yeah. -So, uh…

With Lucie,
I was the size of a phone booth, so… - Being the Ricardos

With Lucie, I was the size of a phone booth, so…

You've got about seven weeks
before you have to start - Being the Ricardos

You've got about seven weeks before you have to start

But whatever script you're working on now, - Being the Ricardos

But whatever script you're working on now,

Episode– no, episode nine is now
“Lucy Tells Ricky She's Pregnant,” - Being the Ricardos

Episode– no, episode nine is now “Lucy Tells Ricky She'...

-JESS: Which one?
-LUCILLE: “Lucy Goes to Italy.” - Being the Ricardos

-JESS: Which one? -LUCILLE: “Lucy Goes to Italy.”

I'd like to know how they make the wine, - Being the Ricardos

I'd like to know how they make the wine,

BELLMAN:
There is one little town called Turo - Being the Ricardos

BELLMAN: There is one little town called Turo

The role of a beautiful Italian redhead - Being the Ricardos

The role of a beautiful Italian redhead

(audience laughter) - Being the Ricardos

(audience laughter)

(speaks Italian) - Being the Ricardos

(speaks Italian)

(audience laughter) - Being the Ricardos

(audience laughter)

-(audience whispering)
-(man in audience clears throat) - Being the Ricardos

-(audience whispering) -(man in audience clears throat)

We need to get back to–
Des, the network isn't gonna allow it - Being the Ricardos

We need to get back to– Des, the network isn't gonna al...

I'll bet you my next paycheck
against your next paycheck - Being the Ricardos

I'll bet you my next paycheck against your next paychec...

-She got it just seconds after
I pitched it. -Folks… - Being the Ricardos

-She got it just seconds after I pitched it. -Folks…

I can't spend the afternoon - Being the Ricardos

I can't spend the afternoon

-(audience laughter)
-I'll call Carolyn and tell her I'm sick. - Being the Ricardos

-(audience laughter) -I'll call Carolyn and tell her I&...

MADELYN:
After 47 hours, - Being the Ricardos

MADELYN: After 47 hours,

MADELYN: …Ricky gets a visit from
the IRS, and the guy wants to ask about - Being the Ricardos

MADELYN: …Ricky gets a visit from the IRS, and the guy wants...

Lucy's sitting in the living room, too,
and of course when she's asked - Being the Ricardos

Lucy's sitting in the living room, too, and of course w...

Look for something else, and
start working on the first pregnancy show. - Being the Ricardos

Look for something else, and start working on the first preg...

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Follows Lucy and Desi as they face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Aaron Sorkin

Writer: Aaron Sorkin

Production: Amazon Studios,Big Indie Pictures,Escape Artists

Genre: biography, drama

Year: 2021

MetaScore: 60/100

ImdbRating: 6.5

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 21 Dec 2021

Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. 11 wins & 59 nominations total

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