The Pickle (1993)
- Starring:
- Danny Aiello, Dyan Cannon, (more)
- Director(s):
- Paul Mazursky
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Category:
- Comedy
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Paul Mazursky directed this comedy, which blends a broad satire of the film industry with a thoughtful tale of a middle-aged man looking back on his life's failures. Harry Stone (Danny Aiello) is a film director who desperately needs a hit -- so desperately that he gets talked into directing an inane sci-fi film about a group of farm kids (led by Ally Sheedy) who grow an enormous pickle that they turn into a spaceship, allowing them to visit the planet Cleveland (ruled by Little Richard and his right hand man, Griffin Dunne) where everyone eats nothing but meat. Convinced that the film will flop, Harry is in a state of panic as he returns to New York with his Parisian girlfriend Francoise (Clotilde Courau), a mere 20 years his junior, and visits his ex-wife Ellen (Dyan Cannon); his mother Yetta (Shelley Winters); and his son Gregory (Chris Penn). Meanwhile Harry flashes back on his childhood and the film he could have made of it, and pitches his dream film (a historical epic about the life of Montezuma) to studio executives, who instead want him to make a movie kids can relate to. The Pickle was filmed in 1991, but only received a token theatrical release two years later. Actually, the sci-fi story with Little Richard as the undisputed ruler of Cleveland looks like it might have been an ideal vehicle for Edward D. Wood Jr.. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 103 mins
Complete Cast:
- Danny Aiello - Harry Stone
- Clotilde Courau - Francoise
- Barry Miller - Ronnie Liebowitz
- Chris Penn - Gregory Stone
- Rebecca Miller - Carrie
- Caroline Aaron - Nancy Osborne
- Ally Sheedy - Molly-Girl
- Paul Mazursky - Butch Levine
- Isabella Rossellini - Planet Cleveland Woman
- Eric Edwards - Farm Boy
- Robert Cicchini - Electronics Store Clerk
- Ben Diskin - Little Boy 1945
- Michael Greene - Mission Control Farmer
- Davenia McFadden - Woman in Window
- Hap Lawrence - Gothic Man
- Rita Karin - Grandmother
- Brent Hinkley - Farm Boy
- Carrie Frazier
- Arthur Taxier - Father
- Jill Mazursky - Tractor Woman
- Michael Harris - David
- Brooke Smith - 1st A.D.
- John Rothman - Chauffeur
- Sergio Premoli - Alberto
- Patricia Place - Gothic Woman
- Fyvush Finkel - Mr. Shacknoff
- Steve Cody - Tractor Man
- Geoffrey Blake - Clem
- Dyan Cannon - Ellen Stone
- Shelley Winters - Yetta
- Jerry Stiller - Phil Hirsch
- Jodi Long - Yakimoto Yakimura
- Stephen Tobolowsky - Mike Krakower
- Linda Carlson - Bernadette
- Spalding Gray - Dr. Spalding
- Griffin Dunne - Planet Cleveland Man
- Dudley Moore - Planet Cleveland Man
- Elya Baskin - Russian Cab Driver
- Caris Corfman - Young Yetta
- Arthur French - Car Man
- Andre Philippe - Mr. Aaronwitz
- Betsy Mazursky - Pharmacy Clerk
- Erik King - Man with Beer
- Billy Jaye - FX Man
- Castulo Guerra - Jose Martinez
- Shani Ginsberg
- Joe Pecoraro - Doorman
- Waldemar Kalinowski - Crying Man
- Tony Conforti - Crying Man in Candy Store
- Michael Shulman - Young Butch
- Sharrieff Pugh - Boy Who Also Stopped
- Stephen Polk - Farm Boy
- Sol Frieder - Grandfather
- J.D. Daniels - Young Harry
- Paul Bates - Kareem
- Twink Caplan - Crying Woman
- Director(s):
- Paul Mazursky
- Writer(s):
- Paul Mazursky
- Producer(s):
- Patrick McCormick, Paul Mazursky
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Profanity, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Nudity)
- Categories:
- Comedy
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