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Memories of Me

Play trailer Poster for Memories of Me PG-13 Released Oct 12, 1988 1h 43m Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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Abbie (Billy Crystal), a successful New York surgeon, has a heart attack and realizes he should reconnect with his father, Abe (Alan King), before it is too late. With his fiancée, Lisa (JoBeth Williams), he flies to Los Angeles, where Abe has made a career for himself as a film and television extra. Moreover, Abe regards his fellow background players as family, and they look up to him as their elder statesman. Abbie finds he must compete with Hollywood's unknowns for his father's attention.
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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times The best moments in the movie involve tightly knit dialogue scenes between King and Crystal... Their timing has the almost effortless music of two professionals who have spent their lifetimes learning how to put the right spin on a word. Rated: 3.5/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Nov 1, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Brilliant film with brilliant acting. Must see movie. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member I liked memories of me billy crystal showed that he can do dramatic parts just as well alan kings character though got on my nerves at times good film Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Two Great Comics Explore Death & Making The Most Of What You Have..A Slow Sunday Arvo With Ya Mother Kinda Flick, It Ain't Too Bad. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Sweet, funny little charmer that's very well acted and surprisingly touching. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member I watched the 1988 movie "Memories of Me," with Alan King and Billy Crystal for the first time yesterday afternoon. It was about a film-extra actor who never could realy get his act together until the final act of his life when his son, a doctor, comes into his life to try and reconcile his relationship with his estranged father. The lead character played by Alan King, BTW a fantastic actor in real-life and in this role, and a greaat comic, seemed to exhibit textbook ADHD traits in his part as the loose-tongued 63 year old. Eating tacos for breakfast, smoking and filled with boundless energy, enthusiasm and self-neglect. He basically acts impulsively and recklessly with no thought of the consequences of his words or actions on others. He also has such low-regard for himself and such self-loathing that he willingly sits in the shadows whilst lesser luminaries, like his former felow extra actors, move on to bigger and brighter jobs in the entertainment biz while he languishes without an agent continuing to struggle for roles as he ages. I am a talented singer. Hear me singing here: Amy Zents Sings "Memory." Yet for the past 48 years I have not advanced beyound doing local low-paying gigs. Just like the lead character in "Memories of Me," like the Alan King character in "Memories of Me," at some level, I have been afraid to be "discovered." Yet, it would matter to me a lot. But, I think I feel secretly afraid. Also, I don't take care of my health as well as I should. True, I quit drinking and smoking, but I eat like a horse and don't get enough exercise. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Winkler’s direction is workmanlike but his staging is unimaginative and there’s no comic bounce to the supposedly funny sequences. The film looks exactly like a TV sitcom with flat lighting and a minimum of camera movement. Ultimately, Memories Of Me simply dies on the screen. Alan King, who died of cancer earlier this year, deserved a lot better. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Abbie (Billy Crystal), a successful New York surgeon, has a heart attack and realizes he should reconnect with his father, Abe (Alan King), before it is too late. With his fiancée, Lisa (JoBeth Williams), he flies to Los Angeles, where Abe has made a career for himself as a film and television extra. Moreover, Abe regards his fellow background players as family, and they look up to him as their elder statesman. Abbie finds he must compete with Hollywood's unknowns for his father's attention.
Director
Henry Winkler
Producer
Billy Crystal, Michael Hertzberg, Alan King
Screenwriter
Billy Crystal, Eric Roth
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co
Odyssey Entertainment
Rating
PG-13
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 12, 1988, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 16, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA)
$3.3M
Runtime
1h 43m
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