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Mannequin
The movie poster for Mannequin
Directed by	Michael Gottlieb
Written by	Michael Gottlieb Edward Rugoff
Produced by	Art Levinson Edward Rugoff (executive)
Starring	Andrew McCarthy Kim Cattrall Estelle Getty James Spader G. W. Bailey Steve Vinovich
Cinematography	Tim Suhrstedt
Edited by	Richard Halsey Frank E. Jimenez
Music by	Sylvester Levay
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release dates	February 13, 1987 (USA)
Running time	90 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$42,700,000

Mannequin is a 1987 romantic comedy film, starring Kim Cattrall, Andrew McCarthy, Meshach Taylor, James Spader, G. W. Bailey, and Estelle Getty. It was written and directed by Michael Gottlieb, and the original music score was composed by Sylvester Levay. It was followed by a sequel, Mannequin: On the Move, in 1991. The film's tagline is: "Just because Jonathan's fallen in love with a piece of wood, it doesn't make him a dummy."

Plot summary

McCarthy plays Jonathan Switcher, a struggling artist who goes from one dead-end job to another. This all changes when a mannequin (Cattrall) he created for a department store window comes magically to life. The mannequin was actually once Ema Hesire, a real-life princess from ancient Egypt. Her beauty and love inspires Switcher to become the best window dresser in town. Of course, there is intrigue involving a rival department store's attempt to drive the heroes out of business, and together the two star-crossed lovers must outwit the store's bumbling security guard, the rival store's scheming executives, and others intent on the store's demise.

The story has a subplot: in order to regain full status as a real life person, the mannequin must find true love, first. The film is often mistaken to be a remake of the 1948 classic One Touch of Venus, starring Robert Walker and Ava Gardner.

Main cast

Trivia

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• The theme song "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" by Starship was featured in the film, and hit #1 in the US charts. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song, written by Diane Warren and Albert Hammond. The dance montage song "Do You Dream About Me" was sung by Alisha and can be found on her "Nightwalkin'" album, originally released in 1987.

• Portions of the film were shot in John Wanamaker's flagship store in Philadelphia, and in a Boscov's department store in the former Camp Hill Shopping Mall (now Camp Hill Shopping Center) near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

• Just before the car chase scene, the character Felix Maxwell refers to Johnathan Switcher as a 'prevert'. This is a small reference to the Stanley Kubrick's film 'Dr. Strangelove'.

References In Popular Culture

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• OnMystery Science Theater 3000, Crow T. Robot occasionally refers to Mannequin as one of his favorite films.

• In an episode of Family Guy, "Mother Tucker" from season five, a flashback is shown in which Peter is said to watch the horror film from The Ring. Instead of the actual video, he watches a copy of Mannequin which murders him in the typical fashion of the former.

• Ween has a song on their third album Chocolate and Cheese entitled "Freedom of '76" which references Mannequin; the lyric goes "Mannequin was filmed at Woolworth's / Boyz II Men still keeping up the beat." Gene and Deen Ween are from New Hope, PA, near the film's Philadelphia location.

• In an episode of Married...with Children, Bud gets his fingers stuck in the bra of a mannequin. He then starts saying to the mannequin, '...like that one movie where the mannequin came to life...' referring to Mannequin.

See also

• Hollywood Montrose
• Pygmalion
• Statuephilia
• Pinocchio

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