Mannequin is a 1987 American fantasy romantic comedy film directed by Michael Gottlieb in his directorial debut, and written by Edward Rugoff and Gottlieb. It stars Andrew McCarthy, Kim Cattrall, Estelle Getty, James Spader, Meshach Taylor, and G. W. Bailey. The original music score was composed by Sylvester Levay. The film revolves around Jonathan Switcher, a passionate, chronically underemployed artist who lands a job as a department store window dresser, and the mannequin he created which becomes inhabited by the spirit of a woman from Ancient Egypt, but only comes alive for Jonathan.

Plot

In Ancient Egypt, Ema "Emmy" Hesire (Cattrall) takes refuge in a pyramid, pleading to the gods that she find true love rather than enter an arranged marriage with a dung dealer. Emmy suddenly vanishes before her mother's (Phyllis Newman) eyes. In 1987 Philadelphia, Jonathan Switcher (McCarthy) is a sculptor working at a mannequin warehouse and finishes a single female mannequin he considers a masterpiece. His boss fires him for spending time trying to make his mannequins works of art rather than assembling several each day. Jonathan takes a number of odd jobs and is fired each time for working too slowly because he tries to make each project artistic. His girlfriend Roxie Shield, an employee of the Illustra department store, dumps him, criticizing him as a flake.