Mazursky created (with Larry Tucker) The Monkees, then had hits with Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice, Harry and Tonto, Moscow on the Hudson, the autobiographical Next Stop Greenwich Village and An Unmarried Woman.
René Fauchois was a prolific actor and playwright who wrote 'Boudu Sauve des Eaux' in 1919; it was filmed in 1932 by Jean Renoir. It was adapted by Mazursky and Leon Capetanos and given a very specific 1980s LA vibe which has stood up well.
All the acting's good: Nick Nolte, Richard Dreyfuss, Bette Midler, Elizabeth Peña. The brilliantly trained Matisse is played by Mike. It's most enjoyable, with an interestingly open ending.
Editor Richard Halsey cut most of Mazursky's other films, as well as Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Rocky, American Gigolo, Joe vs the Volcano and Edward Scissorhands. Donald McAlpine shot it and The Police's Andy Summer's wrote the score.
Set decorator Jane Bogart and first assistant director Paul Bogart are not related to Humphrey, but are to each other (she's his mum!)
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