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6.9Jonathan 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.
Released: 1987-02-1389 minDir: Michael GottliebComedy, Romance, FantasyBudget: $6.0MBox office: $42.7MPart of: Mannequin Collection
Cast
- Andrew McCarthy as Jonathan Switcher
- Kim Cattrall as Ema 'Emmy' Hesire
- Estelle Getty as Claire Prince Timkin
- James Spader as Mr. Richards
- G.W. Bailey as Captain Felix Maxwell
- Carole Davis as Roxie Shield
Themes
- new love
- mannequin
- department store
- transformation
- puppet
- romcom
- window dresser
- mannequin come to life
- adoring
- comforting
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Ratings
IMDb
6/10
39,088 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
20%
Metacritic
21/100
- Year
- 1987
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 5 wins & 4 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- fantasy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Mannequin Two: On the Move
- Director
- Michael Gottlieb
- Cast member
- Meshach Taylor
- Composer
- Sylvester Levay
- Cinematographer
- Tim Suhrstedt
- Narrative location
- Philadelphia
- Filming location
- Philadelphia
- Duration
- 90
- FilmAffinity ID
- 600592
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1987-06-11
- film editor
- Richard Halsey
- title
- Mannequin
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 3.9/10
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- capital cost
- 7900000
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