Lovesick

Lovesick (1983)

A comedy for the incurably romantic.

Sigmund Freud's ghost advises a married New York psychiatrist in love with a patient.

Date of release
1983-02-18
TMDB
5.9 / 10 (15)
Runtime
1h 36m
Genres
Romance, Comedy, Fantasy
Director
Marshall Brickman

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Long Island

Lovesick is a 1983 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Marshall Brickman. It stars Dudley Moore and Elizabeth McGovern and features Alec Guinness as the ghost of Sigmund Freud.

Production

Lovesick was one of two early-1980s films originally intended to star Peter Sellers. Production was to have begun in early 1981, once Sellers had finished shooting Romance of the Pink Panther. Sellers's death in July 1980, before Romance of the Pink Panther had even started production, meant that his roles in both Lovesick and 1984's Unfaithfully Yours went to Dudley Moore.

Peter Falk was then announced to replace Sellers. Diane Keaton, Ellen Burstyn and Mary Steenburgen were under consideration for the female lead, before Beverly D'Angelo was then cast. However, when Falk became dissatisfied with the screenplay, he resigned from the project while it was in pre-production. Dudley Moore signed on to replace Falk in the lead.

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