
Overview:
Jonathan Switcher, an unemployed artist, finds a job as an assistant window dresser for a department store. When Jonathan happens upon a beautiful mannequin he previously designed, she springs to life and introduces herself as Emmy, an Egyptian under an ancient spell. Despite interference from the store's devious manager, Jonathan and his mannequin fall in love while creating eye-catching window displays to keep the struggling store in business.Status: | Released (1987-02-13) |
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Awards: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 5 wins & 4 nominations total |
BoxOffice: | $42,721,196 |
Screen: | Edward Rugoff, Michael Gottlieb |
Productions: | Gladden Entertainment, 20th Century Fox, The Cannon Group |
Production Countries: | United States of America |
Spoken Languages: | English |


Casts
- 37041: Andrew McCarthy - Jonathan Switcher
- 2109: Kim Cattrall - Ema 'Emmy' Hesire
- 59956: Estelle Getty - Claire Prince Timkin
- 13548: James Spader - Mr. Richards
- 27237: G.W. Bailey - Captain Felix Maxwell
- 62042: Carole Davis - Roxie Shield
- 101784: Meshach Taylor - Hollywood
Crews
- 62043: Michael Gottlieb - Director - Directing
- 62043: Michael Gottlieb - Screenplay - Writing
- 62044: Edward Rugoff - Screenplay - Writing
- 62045: Art Levinson - Producer - Production
- 62046: Joseph Farrell - Executive Producer - Production
- 62044: Edward Rugoff - Executive Producer - Production
- 58120: Sylvester Levay - Original Music Composer - Sound
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Reviews
John Chard
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Looking in your eyes I see a paradise. Mannequin is either a sweet affectionate nostalgia movie – or an empty vacuous experience that fronts the bad side of 1980s American film making? Of all the teen comedies and brat packer pictures that flooded the decade, Mannequin appears to ....
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<em>'Mannequin'</em> is pure cheese and very silly, but I can't deny it's a nice piece of light entertainment; it's cute, in its own way, too. Andrew McCarthy and Kim Cattrall both fit their respective roles well, so does everyone else on the cast; Meshach Taylor is the standout of t ....
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After an altercation with a department store sign, the young “Jonathan” (Andrew McCarthy) saves the day and gets himself a job from it’s owner (Estelle Getty). This is much to the chagrin of the shop’s boss “Richards” (James Spader) especially when he starts to make a great impressio ....
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