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Soapdish

An ambitious television soap actress connives with her producer to scuttle the career of the show's long-time star, but nothing works as they plan.

Director

Michael Hoffman

Year

Genre

comedy, romance

Box Office

$36,489,888

Production

Paramount Pictures

Awards

5 nominations

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Montana Moorehead

Ariel Maloney

David Barnes

Robert Downey Jr.

Celeste Talbert

Bolt

Lori Craven

Rose Schwartz

Whoopi Goldberg

Jeffrey Anderson

Burton White

A.D.

Tawny Miller

Betsy Faye Sharon

Mark

Costas Mandylor

Receptionist

Actor

Housewife

Marianne Muellerleile

Housewife

Mary Pat Gleason

Young Autograph Seeker

Michael Berkowitz

Woman Shopper

Fran

Bartender

Nitwit Executive

Nitwit Executive

Nitwit Executive

Nitwit Executive

Edmund Edwards

P.A.

Homeless Extra

Fan

Fan

Fan

Mary Thompson Hunt

Old Man

Old Woman

Old Woman

Dorothy Patterson

Bus Boy

Bus Boy

Bus Driver

Doorman

Clive Rosengren

Leeza Gibbons

John Tesh

Stephen Nichols

Stephen Nichols

New York City Cabbie

Soap Star

All My Trials Actress

Camera Man

Fan

Extra

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Celeste Talbert Jeffrey Anderson Edmund Edwards Burton White David Barnes Rose Schwartz Ariel Maloney Tawny Miller Montana Moorehead Lori Craven Betsy Faye Sharon Mark Old Woman Bolt Nitwit Executive Leeza Gibbons

[FEMALE REPORTER]
WE'RE HERE OUTSIDE NEW YORK'S
FABULOUS PLAZA HOTEL - Soapdish

[FEMALE REPORTER] WE'RE HERE OUTSIDE NEW YORK'S FA...

FROM THE SUN ALSO SETS, - Soapdish

FROM THE SUN ALSO SETS,

MONTANA, I'M FROM YOUR
FAN CLUB. MONTANA! - Soapdish

MONTANA, I'M FROM YOUR FAN CLUB. MONTANA!

NOW THE OIL REFINERIES
BELONG TO ME. - Soapdish

NOW THE OIL REFINERIES BELONG TO ME.

NOW OUR FIFTH NOMINEE-- - Soapdish

NOW OUR FIFTH NOMINEE--

I NEVER SAID I WAS
THE WORLD'S BEST MOTHER. - Soapdish

I NEVER SAID I WAS THE WORLD'S BEST MOTHER.

Yes Yes yes yes - Soapdish

Yes Yes yes yes

AND THE AWARD... - Soapdish

AND THE AWARD...

CELESTE TALBERT. - Soapdish

CELESTE TALBERT.

FIVE MINUTES,
MR. LOMAN! - Soapdish

FIVE MINUTES, MR. LOMAN!

Don't call me Mr Loman - Soapdish

Don't call me Mr Loman

There's so many people to thank - Soapdish

There's so many people to thank

Listen she's just won her 8th Shmeggy all right - Soapdish

Listen she's just won her 8th Shmeggy all right

All right look I have a public okay They write me letters - Soapdish

All right look I have a public okay They write me letters

STORY CONFERENCE
IN DARREL'S OFFICE - Soapdish

STORY CONFERENCE IN DARREL'S OFFICE

Then it's my show - Soapdish

Then it's my show

Why aren't we having sex yet You know the rules - Soapdish

Why aren't we having sex yet You know the rules

Next time could you wear a swimsuit underneath the towel - Soapdish

Next time could you wear a swimsuit underneath the towel

David David David Great scene with Bolt - Soapdish

David David David Great scene with Bolt

Gloria Swanson is dead see - Soapdish

Gloria Swanson is dead see

Very very good Mark Very true I love what you're doing - Soapdish

Very very good Mark Very true I love what you're doing

Hi I'm Lori Craven and I'm an actress - Soapdish

Hi I'm Lori Craven and I'm an actress

I had this It's just an idea - Soapdish

I had this It's just an idea

I'm looking at crawdad butts Cover 'em up - Soapdish

I'm looking at crawdad butts Cover 'em up

I have to get off this show while I'm alive - Soapdish

I have to get off this show while I'm alive

That's fine I could write you out for six months - Soapdish

That's fine I could write you out for six months

What kind of moron are you It's a disfiguring disease - Soapdish

What kind of moron are you It's a disfiguring disease

We've got to get off the dime here sexually 'Cause I'm losing it - Soapdish

We've got to get off the dime here sexually 'Cause...

It can't be one of the regulars Not even Bolt - Soapdish

It can't be one of the regulars Not even Bolt

Ariel should be raped by Father Corey - Soapdish

Ariel should be raped by Father Corey

Actors don't like to play a coma They feel it limits the range - Soapdish

Actors don't like to play a coma They feel it limits...

I would like to voice my strong concern - Soapdish

I would like to voice my strong concern

I also wanted to keep the socially relevant storylines - Soapdish

I also wanted to keep the socially relevant storylines

The point I'm trying to make is that quiz shows are beating us - Soapdish

The point I'm trying to make is that quiz shows are...

David Yeah - Soapdish

Look at the hooters on that one Mark's good - Soapdish

Look at the hooters on that one Mark's good

She came in yesterday I don't know who the hell she is - Soapdish

She came in yesterday I don't know who the hell she is

Okay so when the soup lady arrives - Soapdish

Okay so when the soup lady arrives

It's really big It'll look smaller on the screen - Soapdish

It's really big It'll look smaller on the screen

Okay boys and girls we're going to tape this rehearsal - Soapdish

Okay boys and girls we're going to tape this rehearsal

You know I would think you were acting - Soapdish

You know I would think you were acting

Have a little soup it's so warming You're so kind miss - Soapdish

Have a little soup it's so warming You're so kind...

Aunt Celeste - Soapdish

Celeste I want to act - Soapdish

Celeste I want to act

What is it about you I can't put my finger on it You're not my type - Soapdish

What is it about you I can't put my finger on it...

I said You've got a fine city here Mayor - Soapdish

I said You've got a fine city here Mayor

See my theory is that all the characters are Hamlet - Soapdish

See my theory is that all the characters are Hamlet

New boy in town Just stepped off the choo choo - Soapdish

New boy in town Just stepped off the choo choo

They guy was decapitated I looked it up - Soapdish

They guy was decapitated I looked it up

What I want you to help me understand is making Celeste Montana's mother - Soapdish

What I want you to help me understand is making Celeste...

And you I was under orders - Soapdish

And you I was under orders

David you can't turn me into a grandmother I still have my looks - Soapdish

David you can't turn me into a grandmother I still have...

I didn't realize you'd be here Well I am - Soapdish

I didn't realize you'd be here Well I am

Rod I'd like you to meet my husband Bolt - Soapdish

Rod I'd like you to meet my husband Bolt

ENCHANTE. - Soapdish

HELLO, MOTHER. - Soapdish

OH, MAGGIE, I... - Soapdish

OH, MAGGIE, I...

GIVE THEM MY BEST
IN PARAMUS. - Soapdish

GIVE THEM MY BEST IN PARAMUS.

Yummy With a spoon - Soapdish

Yummy With a spoon

Excuse me can I join you I'm Lori Craven The homeless mute - Soapdish

Excuse me can I join you I'm Lori Craven The homeless...

This place is crawling with sub plots - Soapdish

This place is crawling with sub plots

But the hand thing it started to sound rehearsed - Soapdish

But the hand thing it started to sound rehearsed

You've got to kill him off Get him out of town - Soapdish

You've got to kill him off Get him out of town

CELESTE SAID
THAT I SHOULD
STAY AWAY FROM YOU. - Soapdish

CELESTE SAID THAT I SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM YOU.

SEE YOU
IN SURGERY. - Soapdish

SEE YOU IN SURGERY.

[WHIMPERING] - Soapdish

I hope you're wearing underwear Jeffrey - Soapdish

I hope you're wearing underwear Jeffrey

You sure that's why you're here Get your hands off my - Soapdish

You sure that's why you're here Get your hands off...

Lori get your clothes on your aunt's here - Soapdish

Lori get your clothes on your aunt's here

Why are you here This is my apartment I live here - Soapdish

Why are you here This is my apartment I live here

Of course I'm an egomaniac I've got America's sweetheart - Soapdish

Of course I'm an egomaniac I've got America's...

I didn't know it was your drainpipe - Soapdish

I didn't know it was your drainpipe

YOU'LL BE BACK. - Soapdish

YOU'LL BE BACK.

Isn't Celeste Talbert Jeffrey Anderson's - Soapdish

Isn't Celeste Talbert Jeffrey Anderson's

Of course I can kiss her This is ridiculous - Soapdish

Of course I can kiss her This is ridiculous

IT WAS OUR FOURTH DATE-- - Soapdish

IT WAS OUR FOURTH DATE--

I THINK THAT
WORKED QUITE NICELY. - Soapdish

I THINK THAT WORKED QUITE NICELY.

Celeste is a bad news buffet - Soapdish

Celeste is a bad news buffet

But No No She's turned unstable We can't - Soapdish

But No No She's turned unstable We can't

She's been through hell and we're her family - Soapdish

She's been through hell and we're her family

YEAH,
GIVE US A POSE. - Soapdish

YEAH, GIVE US A POSE.

CAN I HAVE
YOUR AUTOGRAPH,
MISS TALBERT? - Soapdish

CAN I HAVE YOUR AUTOGRAPH, MISS TALBERT?

One more date and we'd have had a Greek tragedy on our hands - Soapdish

One more date and we'd have had a Greek tragedy on our...

Hell I'm not a genius I'm just a working actress - Soapdish

Hell I'm not a genius I'm just a working actress

I never said I was the best mother in the world - Soapdish

I never said I was the best mother in the world

God Get out - Soapdish

You promised me you'd get rid of Celeste - Soapdish

You promised me you'd get rid of Celeste

She has more lines than I do and she's a goddamn mute - Soapdish

She has more lines than I do and she's a goddamn mute

We need to talk Look I don't care what Tawny Miller says - Soapdish

We need to talk Look I don't care what Tawny Miller...

Do you mind You You're asking me to leave - Soapdish

Do you mind You You're asking me to leave

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An ambitious television soap actress connives with her producer to scuttle the career of the show's long-time star, but nothing works as they plan.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Michael Hoffman

Writer: Robert Harling, Andrew Bergman

Production: Paramount Pictures

Genre: comedy, romance

Year: 1991

MetaScore: 65/100

ImdbRating: 6.6

BoxOffice: $36,489,888

Released: 31 May 1991

Awards: 5 nominations

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