Forget Paris
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| Forget Paris | |
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 Promotional movie poster for the film |
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| Directed by | Billy Crystal |
| Produced by | Billy Crystal |
| Written by | Billy Crystal Lowell Ganz Babaloo Mandel |
| Starring | Billy Crystal Debra Winger Joe Mantegna Cynthia Stevenson Richard Masur |
| Music by | Marc Shaiman |
| Cinematography | Don Burgess |
| Editing by | Kent Beyda |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 1995 |
| Running time | 101 min. |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Language | English |
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Forget Paris is a 1995 film starring Billy Crystal as a NBA referee and Debra Winger as an independent working woman, whose lives are interrupted by love and marriage. It also stars Julie Kavner, Joe Mantegna, Richard Masur, and Cynthia Stevenson.
It's a comedy about a man and woman learning to compromise.
[edit] Plot
Mickey Gordon (Billy Crystal) is a NBA referee living the single life, who loves to travel and have fun. He flies to Paris to bury his father, but is detained because his father's casket is missing upon arrival. Ellen Andrews (Winger), an employee of the international airport, assists Mickey in retrieving the lost casket. They fall in love in the streets of Paris, but are separated when Mickey's father is found. They return to the reality of their normal lives, but can not seem to forget Paris.
They ultimately reunite and marry. The film then delves into the hardships of marriage and keeping the romance alive in a relationship.
[edit] Selected Cast
- Billy Crystal as Mickey Gordon
- Debra Winger as Ellen Andrews Gordon
- Joe Mantegna as Andy
- Cynthia Stevenson as Liz
- Richard Masur as Craig
- Julie Kavner as Lucy
- William Hickey as Arthur
- John Spencer as Jack
- Tom Wright as Tommy
- Cathy Moriarty as Lois
- Johnny Williams as Lou
- Robert Costanzo as Waiter
