Movers & Shakers (1985)

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Movers & Shakers is a 1985 American comedy film distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, starring Walter Matthau and directed by William Asher.

Production

Charles Grodin recounted the making of this film in his autobiography It Would Be So Nice if You Weren't Here: In the mid-1970s, Paramount Pictures paid a large amount of money to secure the rights to Alex Comfort's sex manual The Joy of Sex just so it could use the title, which studio executives thought to be highly commercial. In 1978, they hired Grodin to write a script, telling him that the movie "could be about anything".

After Paramount put Grodin's script in turnaround in 1978, he was free to offer it to other studios. However, because Paramount held the rights to the title The Joy of Sex, the film was retitled Dreamers. Columbia Pictures showed interest in producing it with Peter Falk playing the lead role as the producer.

Grodin persuaded some of his actor friends to become involved. Steve Martin, Gilda Radner, Penny Marshall, Tyne Daly and Grodin all agreed to work for the least amount of money that the union allowed. Martin agreed without reading the script.

When the film was ready to go in front of the cameras, original lead actor Peter Falk was no longer available. An unnamed well-known comic actor had to drop out when he did not pass his insurance physical. At the last minute, Walter Matthau agreed to star, receiving $1 million, half his usual fee for his work at the time.

Following some unsuccessful preview screenings, the son of MGM executive Greg Morrison suggested that narration by Grodin be added to the picture.

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