No Small Affair

No Small Affair is a 1984 American comedy-drama film directed by Jerry Schatzberg and starring Jon Cryer and Demi Moore. Cryer, Jennifer Tilly and Tim Robbins make their film debuts.

No Small Affair
Movie poster
Directed byJerry Schatzberg
Produced byWilliam Sackheim
Screenplay byCraig Bolotin
Terence Mulcahy
Story byCraig Bolotin
Starring
Music byRupert Holmes
CinematographyVilmos Zsigmond
Edited byPriscilla Nedd-Friendly
Eve Newman
Melvin Shapiro
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • November 9, 1984 (1984-11-09)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$8.5 million
Box office$4,994,094

Story

The 16-year-old amateur photographer Charles (Jon Cryer) accidentally takes a photo of Laura (Demi Moore), and falls in love with her when he develops the picture. He finds out that she works as a singer in a bar, but is about to be thrown out. Although rejected at first by the 22-year-old, he attempts to boost her performing career by starting an ad campaign behind her back — with unexpected results.

Cast

Production

No Small Affair originally went into production in 1981, under director Martin Ritt, and was gonna star Matthew Broderick and Sally Field in the lead roles, but after two weeks, production was shut down after Ritt suffered health problems, Mark Rydell was considered as a possible replacement for Ritt, but the production was scrapped, However, producer William Sackheim, remained committed to the project, screenwriters Michael Leeson and Terence Mulcahy were brought on to do rewrites (with Mulcahy getting credit on the screenplay with Craig Bolotin). In 1984, the film was restarted with Director Jerry Schatzberg, the lead roles were re-cast, with Jon Cryer and Ellen Barkin, but after a rehearsal, Barkin was replaced by Demi Moore.[1][2]

Box office

No Small Affair grossed a little over $4.9 million dollars against an $8.5 million dollar budget, which made the film a box office failure.

Critical reception

No Small Affair received a mixed critical response. The film holds a 57% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on seven reviews.[3]

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References
  1. Miller, Gabriel (2000). The Films of Martin Ritt: Fanfare for the Common Man. ISBN 1578062764. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  2. Cryer, Jon (2015-04-07). So That Happened: A Memoir. Penguin Random House. ISBN 9780698180741. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  3. "No Small Affair". Rotten Tomatoes.


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