Mistress (1992)

5.5/10 110 min Comedy Drama

Overview

A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (Aiello, DeNiro, Wallach) has his own mistress that he wants put into the film. Gradually, the screenwriter is forced to make changes to his script to accommodate these backers until he finally sees no semblance of his original ideas in the writing.

Cast

Robert Wuhl

Marvin Landisman

Martin Landau

Jack Roth

Jace Alexander

Stuart Stratland Jr.

Robert De Niro

Evan M. Wright

Laurie Metcalf

Rachel Landisman

Eli Wallach

George Lieberhof

Danny Aiello

Carmine Rasso

Sheryl Lee Ralph

Beverly Dumont

Jean Smart

Patricia Riley

Tuesday Knight

Peggy Pauline

Christopher Walken

Warren Zell

Ernest Borgnine

Himself

Vasek Simek

Hans (as Vasek C. Simek)

Chuck Low

Benrie

Tim Bagley

Mitch's Singing Student

Roberta Wallach

Nancy

Gretchen Becker

Hamburger Girl

Debbie James

Mitch’s Singing Student

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