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Born Yesterday (1993)
Directed by Luis Mandoki
“Never underestimate the power of an underestimated woman.”
Comedy, Romance · 1h 40m
A rich millionaire hires a sophisticated journalist to bring his somewhat dim-witted girlfriend up to the level of his peers. He fears that the showgirl's lack of etiquette may damage his own social reputation and tries to change her — but fails to realise that her enhanced eloquence will empower her to voice her own strong opinions.
Cast
Melanie Griffith
Billie Dawn
John Goodman
Harry Brock
Don Johnson
Paul Verrall
Edward Herrmann
Ed Deverey
Max Perlich
JJ
Michael Ensign
Phillipe
B
Ben Bradlee
Secretary Duffee
S
Sally Quinn
Beatrice Duffee
W
William Frankfather
Senator Kelley
Fred Thompson
Senator Hedges
Celeste Yarnall
Mrs. Hedges
Nora Dunn
Cynthia Schreiber
Crew
- Director
- Luis Mandoki
- Screenplay
- Douglas McGrath
- Director of Photography
- Lajos Koltai
- Original Music Composer
- George Fenton
- Editor
- Lesley Walker
- Producer
- D. Constantine Conte
Details
- Release date
- 1993-03-26
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Hollywood Pictures, Touchwood Pacific Partners 1
- Box office
- $17,952,857