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Rich and Famous is a 1981 American drama film directed by George Cukor, the final film of his career. The screenplay by Gerald Ayres is based on the 1940 play Old Acquaintance by John Van Druten, previously adapted in 1943 by Vincent Sherman under its original title, starring Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins.
Oct 9, 1981 · Rich and Famous: Directed by George Cukor. With Jacqueline Bisset, Candice Bergen, David Selby, Hart Bochner. Liz and Merry become BFFs in college. A decade later, Liz is a serious writer with writer's block, and Merry is a homemaker and a mom who has written a novel. Other bestsellers, riches, and fame follow.
Rich and Famous (1981) Rated R. The lesson of "Rich and Famous" is that, although a woman cannot be too thin or too rich, she can be too famous. The movie stars Jacqueline Bisset and Candice Bergen as college classmates who become writers (Bisset, a serious intellectual writer and Bergen, an author of trashy bestsellers) and who maintain their ...
Oct 5, 2012 · Directed by George Cukor. With Jacqueline Bisset, Candice Bergen, David Selby, Hart Bochner. Liz and Merry Noel become friends as college roommates and their friendship endures over the years. Liz...
Two literary women compete for 20 years: one (Jacqueline Bisset) writes for the critics; the other one (Candice Bergen), to get rich.
Candice Bergen and Jacqueline Bisset star as two close friends who leave college to lead very different lives on opposite coasts--only to envy each other--as they both dream of being Rich and Famous. Liz Hamilton (Bissett) has become a well-respected, if not best-selling, writer living in Manhattan.
With Liz's help, Merry gets a publisher for her trashy novel, which does not get many good reviews, but becomes a huge best-seller, suddenly making Merry richer and more famous than Liz. This causes a jealous rift between the old friends and marriage problems for Merry.
