Mannequin
The movie poster for Mannequin
Directed by	Michael Gottlieb
Produced by	Art Levinson Edward Rugoff (executive)
Written by	Michael Gottlieb Edward Rugoff
Starring	Andrew McCarthy Kim Cattrall Estelle Getty James Spader G. W. Bailey Steve Vinovich
Music by	Sylvester Levay
Cinematography	Tim Suhrstedt
Editing by	Richard Halsey Frank E. Jimenez
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date(s)	February 13, 1987 (USA)
Running time	90 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Gross revenue	$42,700,000
Followed by	Mannequin: On the Move
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Mannequin is a 1987 romantic comedy film, starring Kim Cattrall, Andrew McCarthy, Meshach Taylor, James Spader, G. W. Bailey, and Estelle Getty. It was written and directed by Michael Gottlieb, and the original music score was composed by Sylvester Levay. It was followed by a sequel, Mannequin: On the Move, in 1991. Mannequin (1937) is an MGM film, starring Joan Crawford, Spencer Tracy, Alan Curtis. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Andrew McCarthy (born November 29, 1962) is an American actor who appeared in several films during the 1980s. ... Kim Victoria Cattrall (born August 21, 1956, in Liverpool, England) is an English-born Canadian actress. ... Estelle Getty (born Estelle Scher on July 25, 1923 in New York City) is an Emmy and Golden Globe Award winning actress (theatre and screen). ... James Todd Spader (born February 7, 1960 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American actor best known for his eccentric roles in movies such as sex, lies, and videotape (for which he won the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival), Stargate, and Secretary. ... G.W. Bailey (left) and one of The Sunshine Kids George W. Bailey (born August 27, 1945 in Port Arthur, Texas) is a veteran stage, television and film character actor. ... Steve Vinovich (born January 22, 1945 in Peoria, Illinois, USA) is an Serbian-American actor. ... Sylvester Levay is a Hungarian composer. ... Tim Suhrstedt is a prolific cinematographer with nearly 30 years of film-making experience. ... Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation (known from 1935 to 1985 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation) is one of the six major American film studios. ... is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... // May 9 - Actor Tom Cruise marries actress Mimi Rogers. ... Kim Victoria Cattrall (born August 21, 1956, in Liverpool, England) is an English-born Canadian actress. ... Andrew McCarthy (born November 29, 1962) is an American actor who appeared in several films during the 1980s. ... Meshach Taylor (born April 11, 1947 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an Emmy Award nominated American actor. ... James Todd Spader (born February 7, 1960 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American actor best known for his eccentric roles in movies such as sex, lies, and videotape (for which he won the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival), Stargate, and Secretary. ... G.W. Bailey (left) and one of The Sunshine Kids George W. Bailey (born August 27, 1945 in Port Arthur, Texas) is a veteran stage, television and film character actor. ... Estelle Getty (born Estelle Scher on July 25, 1923 in New York City) is an Emmy and Golden Globe Award winning actress (theatre and screen). ... Sylvester Levay is a Hungarian composer. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ...

Plot summary

McCarthy plays Jonathan Switcher, a struggling artist who goes from one dead-end job to another. This all changes when a mannequin (Cattrall) he created for a department store window comes magically to life. The mannequin was actually once Ema Hesire, a real-life princess from ancient Egypt. Her beauty and love inspires Switcher to become the best window dresser in town. Of course, there is intrigue involving a rival department store's attempt to drive the heroes out of business, and together the two star-crossed lovers must outwit the store's bumbling security guard, the rival store's scheming executives, and others intent on the store's demise.

The story has a subplot: in order to regain full status as a real life person, the mannequin must find true love, first. The film is an unacknowledged remake of the obscure 1948 film One Touch of Venus, starring Robert Walker and Ava Gardner. A subplot is a series of connected actions within a work of narrative that function separately from the main plot. ... Love is any of a number of emotions and experiences related to a sense of strong affection or profound oneness. ... The year 1948 in film involved some significant events. ... One Touch of Venus is a 1948 film directed by William A. Seiter, starring Robert Walker and Ava Gardner. ... Robert Walker (October 13, 1918 - August 28, 1951) was an American actor. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Taglines

• Just because Jonathan's fallen in love with a piece of wood, it doesn't make him a dummy.
• Some guys have all the luck!
• When she comes to life, anything can happen!

Before They Were Stars

The movie and it's sequel Mannequin: On the Move (1991) launched the careers of some of today's biggest stars:

• Kim Cattrall starred in Sex and the City.
• Meshach Taylor starred in Designing Women.
• Andrew McCarthy starred in Pretty in Pink.
• Estelle Getty starred in The Golden Girls.
• James Spader starred in The Practice.
• G.W. Bailey starred in Police Academy.
• Kristy Swanson starred in the film version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
• William Ragsdale starred in the FOX sitcom Herman's Head.
• Terry Kiser starred in Weekend at Bernie's
• Cynthia Harris starred in Mad About You

To some the above list may seem a little ridiculous in light of the already flourishing careers of most of these actors and the fact that some of the films cited predate both Mannequin films. Sex and the City is a popular American cable television program. ... Designing Women was an American television sitcom that centered around the working and personal lives of four women in an interior design firm in Atlanta, Georgia. ... Pretty in Pink is a popular 1986 film about teenage love and social cliques in 1980s American high schools. ... For the Hong Kong film, see The Golden Girls (1995 film). ... The Practice was an American legal drama created by David E. Kelley centering on the partners and associates at a Boston, Massachusetts law firm. ... Police Academy is a 1984 comedy crime film starring Steve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall and G.W. Bailey. ... Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a 1992 comedy film about a Valley Girl cheerleader (Kristy Swanson) chosen by fate to fight and kill vampires. ... The Fox Broadcasting Company, usually referred to as just Fox (the company itself prefers the capitalized version FOX), is a television network in the United States. ... Hermans fractured psyche Hermans Head was a TV series on the FOX network that aired from 1991 to 1994. ... Weekend at Bernies is a comedic American motion picture released in 1989. ... Mad About You is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 23, 1992, to May 24, 1999. ...

Kim Cattrall portrays Emmy in Mannequin (1987).

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Main Cast

Andrew McCarthy (born November 29, 1962) is an American actor who appeared in several films during the 1980s. ... Kim Victoria Cattrall (born August 21, 1956, in Liverpool, England) is an English-born Canadian actress. ... Estelle Getty (born Estelle Scher on July 25, 1923 in New York City) is an Emmy and Golden Globe Award winning actress (theatre and screen). ... James Todd Spader (born February 7, 1960 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American actor best known for his eccentric roles in movies such as sex, lies, and videotape (for which he won the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival), Stargate, and Secretary. ... G.W. Bailey (left) and one of The Sunshine Kids George W. Bailey (born August 27, 1945 in Port Arthur, Texas) is a veteran stage, television and film character actor. ... Meshach Taylor (born April 11, 1947 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an Emmy Award nominated American actor. ... Hollywood Montrose is a fictional character played by Meshach Taylor in the 1987 romantic comedy film Mannequin. ... Carole Davis (born February 17, 1958 in London, England) is a former Playboy model, musician and currently an actress. ... Steve Vinovich (born January 22, 1945 in Peoria, Illinois, USA) is an Serbian-American actor. ... Christopher Maher (born in Alexandria, Egypt, 1955) is a successful and talented actor in film and television, as well as being a nationally acclaimed chef who is recognized by the James Beard foundation as one of the great regional chefs of America. ...

Trivia

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• The theme song "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" by Starship was featured in the film, and hit #1 in the US charts. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song, written by Diane Warren and Albert Hammond. The dance montage song "Do You Dream About Me" was sung by Alisha and can be found on her "Nightwalkin'" album, originally released in 1987.

• Portions of the film were shot in John Wanamaker's flagship store in Philadelphia, and in a Boscov's department store in the former Camp Hill Shopping Mall (now Camp Hill Shopping Center) near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

• Just before the car chase scene, the character Felix Maxwell refers to Johnathan Switcher as a 'prevert'. This is a small reference to the Stanley Kubrick's film 'Dr. Strangelove'.

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References In Popular Culture

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• On Mystery Science Theater 3000, Crow T. Robot occasionally refers to Mannequin as one of his favorite films.

• In an episode of Family Guy, "Mother Tucker" from season five, a flashback is shown in which Peter is said to watch the horror film from The Ring. Instead of the actual video, he watches a copy of Mannequin which murders him in the typical fashion of the former.

• Ween has a song on their third album Chocolate and Cheese entitled "Freedom of '76" which references Mannequin; the lyric goes "Mannequin was filmed at Woolworth's / Boyz II Men still keeping up the beat." Gene and Deen Ween are from New Hope, PA, near the film's Philadelphia location.

• In an episode of Married...with Children, Bud gets his fingers stuck in the bra of a mannequin. He then starts saying to the mannequin, '...like that one movie where the mannequin came to life...' referring to Mannequin.

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See also

• Hollywood Montrose
• Pygmalion
• Statuephilia
• Pinocchio

Hollywood Montrose is a fictional character played by Meshach Taylor in the 1987 romantic comedy film Mannequin. ... Étienne Maurice Falconet: Pygmalion & Galatee (1763) Pygmalion is a fictional character from the Roman poet Ovid, found in the tenth book of his Metamorphoses. ... A set of erotic statues. ... For other uses, see Pinocchio (disambiguation). ...

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