Talk:Neil Simon's I Ought to Be in Pictures

Expand The Plot

Thanks to whoever edited the plot but I think it can be expanded. Remember, No plot is too big or too small.E2e3v6 (talk) 16:53, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

Where is the house?

I was watching the movie recently, and I have always wondered where the house used in the movie is. Could somebody please find the house, get a photo of it and put it in the article? Thank you. E2e3v6 (talk) 00:26, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the info of 1761 Vista Del Mar Avenue, in Hollywood. Now, what about the photo?--E2e3v6 (talk) 19:21, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Unsourced Trivia

• In this film, Dinah Manoff reprises her Tony Award winning role for Best Featured Actress as Libby Tucker from the Broadway play 'I Ought to Be in Pictures'. Manoff also had won the 1980 Theatre World Award for that stage role.
• The play 'I Ought to Be in Pictures' originally opened on Broadway at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on 3 April 1980 and completed its run on 11 January 1981 after 324 performances.
• This was the Fifth appearance of Walter Matthau in a screen adaptation of a Neil Simon play. The previous ones were The Odd Couple (1968); Plaza Suite (1971); The Sunshine Boys (1975/I) and California Suite (1978). No other actor has achieved this feat.
• Writer Neil Simon added number of new characters were added to the screenplay for this filmed adaptation of his 'I Ought to Be in Pictures' play which were not in this play, it only having three characters. Among these new parts included Gordon (played by Lance Guest) and Martin (played by David Faustino).
• Herbert Ross, who directed this movie, also directed the play of it on the stage on Broadway.
• Walter Matthau once said of this movie: "It's filled with very real emotions . . . there were a few seconds while I was acting when I flashed back to my childhood when my father deserted us . . . I was exhausted at the end of each day. Some roles are easier but comedy, such as Neil Simon writes, is twenty times more difficult than straight acting or tragic acting. I prefer the challenge of comedy. It requires a great deal more energy, a great deal of kinetic output."
• Walter Matthau plays Herb Tucker in this movie. Ron Leibman played this lead role during the Broadway stage run of the 'I Ought to Be in Pictures' play.
• The 'I Ought to Be in Pictures' play is a three-character comedy-drama.
• Ann-Margret plays Steffy Blondell in this movie. Joyce Van Patten played this lead role during the Broadway stage run of the 'I Ought to Be in Pictures' play.
• Cameo: [Michael Dudikoff] The action star in an early role as a boy on a bus.
• I'm adding my name [Gary Zahnow] for credit as an actor in this movie (as I have on IMDB), I hope my addition will be accepted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.237.222.59 (talk) 02:44, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
• Second and final appearance of Ann-Margret in a filmed adaptation of a Neil Simon play. The Cheap Detective (1978) was the first.
• Prior to the lead role of Libby Tucker in this picture, actress Dinah Manoff had actually appeared in two significant and well-known movies, they being Ordinary People (1980) and Grease (1978). Both films were released by Paramount Pictures.
• Dinah Manoff was the only member of the original Broadway cast to appear in this filmed adaptation of the play 'I Ought to Be in Pictures'.
• Walter Matthau plays Herb Tucker in this movie, a character who left his family sixteen years earlier. In real life, Matthau's father, a Russian peddler from Kiev, left home when he was three years of age.
• Dinah Manoff and Walter Matthau star in this picture directed by Herbert Ross and written by Neil Simon. Manoff is the daughter of Lee Grant who co-starred with Matthau in the earlier Simon written and Arthur Hiller directed Plaza Suite (1971).
• In its premiere engagement in America, this movie was released hot-on-the-heels of Only When I Laugh (1981), another filmed adaptation of a Neil Simon play ("The Gingerbread Lady") which had been launched in cinemas only six months earlier. Both works predominantly dealt with the conflict between a daughter and a parent, the parent being a mother in Only When I Laugh (1981) and a father in I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982). Both parent characters abuse alcohol. --E2e3v6 (talk) 14:14, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

NEWSFLASH: VIDEO CLIP FOUND

*Link removed* is the clip. This will expand the plot. I know. This is Redonkuluos. --E2e3v6 (talk) 19:59, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Please do not link to copyrighted videos posted on YouTube. This is against Wikipedia guidelines for links (see: WP:YOUTUBE). Pinkadelica^♣ 20:13, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

The clip is not on youtube anymore. Don't worry. Bye. --E2e3v6 (talk) 17:39, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

Requested move 19 June 2022

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: no consensus to move the page to the proposed title at this time, per the discussion below. Dekimasuよ! 04:25, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

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Neil Simon's I Ought to Be in Pictures → I Ought to Be in Pictures (film) – "Neil Simon's" appears before the title iin promotional materials, but is not part of the actual title. The film is generally referred to as just "I Ought to Be in Pictures". I"m unable to move the page myself over the existing redirect. Trivialist (talk) 02:16, 19 June 2022 (UTC) — Relisting. — Ceso femmuin mbolgaig mbung, mellohi! (投稿) 04:03, 26 June 2022 (UTC)

• Oppose. This film's opening credits, which are currently available on YouTube, do depict "Neil Simon's" as part of the title as does this film's entry in the American Film Institute Catalog. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 03:35, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
• Oppose. In addition to the clip noted above on YouTube, I found a different opening clip showing Neil Simon's. Actually other Neil Simon movies probably should be re-titled to include his name on Wikipedia as the digital copies I bought through Amazon or Vudu clearly show his name in the title. Examples: Seems Like Old Times (film) and The Goodbye Girl.Msw1002 (talk) 05:59, 26 June 2022 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.