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1984 American film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Scandalous is a 1984 British-American comedy film directed by Rob Cohen and starring Robert Hays, John Gielgud and Pamela Stephenson.[3]
| Scandalous | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Rob Cohen |
| Written by | Larry Cohen Rob Cohen John Byrum |
| Based on | play by Larry Cohen |
| Produced by | Carter DeHaven Martin C. Schute Arlene Sellers Alex Winitsky |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Jack Cardiff |
| Edited by | Michael Bradsell |
| Music by | Dave Grusin |
| Distributed by | Orion Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Countries | United States United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $5 million[1] |
| Box office | $526,805[2] |
Cohen said it was the film "where my career will be determined."[4]
The film was based on a play by Larry Cohen. He adapted the play into a screenplay and sold it. According to Cohen, "after acquiring the script, the company once again did me the favor of changing everything around and screwing everything up! I thought Scandalous was an utterly dismal movie... If you have an actor as distinguished as John Gielgud in your cast, you should at least give him some material that is worthy of his talent. I don’t think anybody liked that film, including its director."[5]
Cohen says that when he met Stephenson "she was wearing a leather mini-dress, her hair was spiked out two feet above her head, and I had a feeling she could radiate a sense of the outrageous."[4]
The New York Times called it "a charmless caper movie that seems chiefly a pretext for the characters to keep changing their clothes."[6]
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