Life with Mikey

Life with Mikey (1993)

He's a talent agent. She's a thief. Looks like they've already got something in common.

Michael Chapman, a former child TV star, runs a struggling talent agency specilizing in child acts. When a young girl off the street puts on a real performance after he catches her picking his pocket, he may have just found the next big thing.

Date of release
1993-06-04
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (163)
Runtime
1h 31m
Genres
Comedy, Family
Director
James Lapine

Casting

Interesting facts

Life with Mikey is a 1993 American comedy film directed by James Lapine and written by Marc Lawrence. The film stars Michael J. Fox, Nathan Lane, Cyndi Lauper and Christina Vidal in her film acting debut.

Production

Marc Lawrence came up with the premise for Life with Mikey after reflecting on his five years working as a writer and supervising producer on Family Ties and decided to write a screenplay about a character in a similar transitional stage in their career. Producer Scott Rudin became involved with the project in 1989.

In May 1992, it was reported that Michael J. Fox would star in the Marc Lawrence scripted Life with Mikey for Touchstone Pictures. After completing For Love or Money, Fox exercised an option in his contract with Universal Pictures allowing him to work with an outside studio and accepted the offer from Disney. Christina Vidal was not cast until two weeks before production was slated to commence.

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