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Neil Simon forgoes his typical urban East Coast kvetchers and replaces them with sunny Californian kvetchers in THE MARRYING MAN, a film which became a beacon of gossip in 1991 due to the alleged shenanigans of stars Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger, who fell in love during production.Product Identifiers
EAN5017188811385
eBay Product ID (ePID)44094833
Product Key Features
Film/TV TitleThe Marrying Man
ActorAlec Baldwin, Armand Assante, Kim Basinger, Robert Loggia, Paul Reiser, Elisabeth Shue
DirectorJerry Rees
FormatDVD
Release Year2004
LanguageEnglish
Run Time112 Mins
GenreDrama, General
Additional Product Features
Certificate15
Number of Discs1
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
Additional InformationNeil Simon forgoes his typical urban East Coast kvetchers and replaces them with sunny Californian kvetchers in THE MARRYING MAN (originally released in UK cinemas under the title TOO HOT TO HANDLE), a film which became a beacon of gossip in 1991 due to the alleged shenanigans of stars Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger, who fell in love during production. Simon based his script on a true story concerning the love affair between shoe tycoon Harry Karl and actress Marie (The Body) McDonald during the 1950s. Married to each other four times, McDonald still managed to carry on an affair with mobster Bugsy Siegel. In this Simon-ized version, Baldwin plays Charley Pearl, a sharp and handsome Hollywood millionaire, engaged to Adele Horner (Elisabeth Shue), the daughter of dyspeptic movie studio executive Lew Horner (Robert Loggia). The day before their wedding, Charley heads off to Las Vegas for a bachelor party, and in a sleazy casino on the outskirts of town, he sets his eyes on sexy singer Vicki Anderson (Basinger) and falls for her hard. He wants her immediately and even though she warns him she's the property of Bugsy Siegel (Armand Assante), he crawls into her bedroom window to be with her. Caught with his pants down by Siegel, Bugsy, instead of killing him, forces him to marry Vicki (I was about to dump her anyway, he says). But after their marriage, Charley and Vicki discover they're more attracted to the danger of their relationship than in each other.
Movie/TV TitleThe Marrying Man