Used People
Used People is a 1992 romantic comedy film directed by Beeban Kidron. The film stars Shirley MacLaine, Marcello Mastroianni, Bob Dishy, Kathy Bates, Marcia Gay Harden, Jessica Tandy, Doris Roberts and Joe Pantoliano. The screenplay by Todd Graff, adapted from his 1988 off-Broadway play The Grandma Plays, takes a humorous look at a highly dysfunctional family living in the New York City borough of Queens circa 1969. It is an international co-production between Japan and the United States.
Plot
In the 1960s, Pearl Berman has just returned home from her husband Jack's funeral, her grief disrupted by her many relatives animatedly discussing which parkway offered the best route to the cemetery. Pearl's family tackles any and every subject – from body odor to toilets to Tupperware to borscht – as if it is worthy of a major debate.
More details
| author | Todd Graff |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Beeban Kidron |
| editor | John Tintori |
| events | dysfunctional family |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | animate barbra streisand body odor borscht cemetery faye dunaway her husband italian jackie kennedy john f. kennedy kvetch marilyn monroe on the road religious differences survive toilet tupperware widow |
| musicBy | Rachel Portman |
| producer | Peggy Rajski |
| productionCompany | U. P. Productions |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox |
| theme | romantic comedy |