Tag: Elaine May

Ishtar Script

Script by:Elaine May (Screenplay)
Directed by:Elaine May
Year:1987
IMDb:tt0093278

Plot:Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the CIA, the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime.
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Heaven Can Wait (1978) Script

Script by:Elaine May (Screenplay), Harry Segall (Theatre Play)
Directed by:Warren Beatty, Buck Henry
Year:1978
IMDb:tt0077663

Plot:Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him to heaven only to discover that he wasn't ready to die, and that his body has been cremated. A new body must be found, and that of a recently murdered millionaire is chosen. His wife and accountant, the murderers, are confused by this development, as he buys the L.A. Rams in order to once again quarterback them into the Superbowl.
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A New Leaf Script

Script by:Elaine May (Writer), Jack Ritchie (Story)
Directed by:Elaine May
Year:1971
IMDb:tt0067482

Plot:Henry Graham lives the life of a playboy. When his lawyer tells him one day that his lifestyle has consumed all his funds, he needs an idea to avoid climbing down the social ladder.
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Primary Colors (1998) Script

Script by:Elaine May (Screenplay)
Directed by:Mike Nichols
Year:1998
IMDb:tt0119942

Plot:In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Governor Jack Stanton. Burton is pulled into the politician's colorful world and looks on as Stanton -- who has a wandering eye that could be his downfall -- contends with his ambitious wife, Susan, and an outspoken adviser, Richard Jemmons.
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