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Skin Deep

United States

1989

97 Min
Color
2.35:1
English
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DIR Blake Edwards

EXEC James G. Robinson

PROD Tony Adams

SCR Blake Edwards

DP Isidore Mankofsky

CAST John Ritter, Vincent Gardenia, Joel Brooks, Chelsea Field, Denise Crosby, Raye Hollitt

MUSIC Henry Mancini

Synopsis

Zach Hutton is a womanizing, drunken, allelic writer who’s life seems to be falling apart at the seams. He’s still in love with his ex-wife (whose family can’t stand him), writer’s block is keeping him from completing his latest novel, and he repeatedly finds himself in trouble of one sort or another with the law, ex-girlfriends, and jealous boyfriends. —IMDb

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Blake Edwards

Blake Edwards’ stepfather’s father J. Gordon Edwards was a silent screen director, and his stepfather Jack McEdwards was a stage director and movie production manager. Blake acted in a number films, beginning with Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942) and wrote a number of others, beginning with Panhandle (1948) and including six for director Richard Quine. He created the popular TV series “Peter Gunn” (1958), “Mr. Lucky” (1959) and “Dante” (1960). He directed a diverse body of films, from comedies to dramas to war films to westerns, including such pictures as Operation Petticoat (1959), Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961), Experiment in Terror (1962), Days of Wine and Roses (1962), The Pink Panther (1963) and A Shot in the Dark (1964). After The Great Race (1965) he began fighting with studios. In England he surfaced again with The Return of the Pink Panther (1975), then went back to Hollywood and a real hit, 10 (1979). Victor Victoria (1982) won him French and Italian awards for Best Foreign… read more

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Dan Bayer

18Feb12

Gets the comedy but not the drama, and even then it's often awkward.

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hebdige

16Dec10

dont' you think the tv show californication is a serialised version of this film,both hilarious,the scene with the glow in the dark condoms is genius

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