| | | All that glitter... All that glamour... All that dirt.
Features: DVD, Dolby, Digital Audio, English, Dolby Digital (5.1), Widescreen
Sally Field leads an all-star cast in this side-splittingly funny look at a scandal-ridden TV soap opera. Kevin Kline, Robert Downey Jr., Whoopi Goldberg, Cathy Moriarity and Elizabeth Shue star as the zany cast and crew of "The Sun Also Sets," America's hottest "soap," where on-screen drama and off-screen craziness combine for outrageous hilarity! There's enough dirty laundry to keep everyone in hot water in this unadulterated comedy hit, that's "99 and 22/100 percent fun!" (Joel Siegal, Good Morning America).
"Field and Kline are a treat to watch..." Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
Editor's Note
Jealousy and intrigue, on and off the set of a popular daytime soap opera. Celeste Talbert (Sally Field) is the neurotic diva of "The Sun Also Sets," but her popularity with the show's fans does not extend to her relationships with her envious co-stars. Sultry Montana Moorehead (Cathy Moriarty) has set her eyes on the soap's top spot, and she even offers to sleep with the show's nervous young producer if he'll have Celeste written off the program. In a moment of inspiration, the horny executive decides to bring Talbert's hated ex-lover, Jeffrey Anderson (Kevin Kline), back onto the series, with the hope of driving the fragile star to an early retirement. The fact that Anderson's character was decapitated in an earlier episode is seen as a difficult, but not insurmountable, obstacle.
Plot Summary
A hilarious behind-the-scenes look at the lives and loves of the cast of a fictional soap opera, "The Sun Also Sets."
| Features | Behind-The-Scenes Featurette | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Theatrical Trailer | | Widescreen Version, Enhanced For 16X9 TVs | | Audio: English 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround, Dolby Surround; French Stereo | | Subtitles: English |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Paramount |
| Release Date: 1/24/2006 |
| Running Time: 96 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1991 | | Catalog ID: 324454 | | UPC: 00097363244547 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Golden Globe (1992) | | | Kevin Kline, Nominee, Best Actor |
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
"...Inspired lunacy....It's a kick to see Fields sending up her sweetheart image..." 06/27/1991 p.77-8New York Times
"...Often side-splitting....[Kline] proves himself to be an utter delight..." 05/31/1991 p.C10 USA Today
"...SOAPDISH provides a Field day for Sally..." 05/31/1991 p.4D Los Angeles Times
"...A spirited and amusing comedy....[Hoffman] has kept SOAPDISH moving at the crackling pace this kind of material demands..." 05/31/1991 p.F1 Chicago Sun-Times 9 of 10
This is the kind of movie that is a balancing act... it succeeds in making its plot clear even though the basic story device is unending confusion... Since all of the characters in Soapdish are shamelessly venal and banal (the big motivations are lust, greed, jealousy and vanity), the movie has the purity of a Marx Brothers comedy. Also some of the anarchy. - Roger Ebert
Rolling Stone 8 of 10
...Soapdish has moments of inspired lunacy... this unbridled farce boasts a spirited cast of crazies, led by Sally Field... The backstage back stabbing has an irresistible fizz. Moriarty is wickedly funny... Downey gives Barnes a wonderfully sleazy avidity... - Peter Travers
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