Something funny is happening in L.A.
With the help of a talking freeway billboard, a "wacky weatherman" tries to win the heart of an English newspaper reporter, who is struggling to make sense of the strange world of early-90s Los Angeles.
ComedyFantasyRomancemeteorologymetereologistweather forecasterlos angeles, californiaduelunemployment
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Character
Warm, comic, effortless and unpretentious.
- warmbleak
- gravecomic
- effortlessdemanding
- unpretentiousprestige
- resolvedopen-ended
Who loves it, who doesn't
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Cast
- Steve MartinHarris K. Telemacher
- Victoria TennantSara McDowel
- Richard E. GrantRoland Mackey
- Marilu HennerTrudi
- Sarah Jessica ParkerSanDeE
- Susan ForristalAriel
- Kevin PollakFrank Swan
- Sam McMurrayMorris Frost
- Patrick StewartMr. Perdue
- Andrew AmadorBob, News Anchor
Crew
- Mick JacksonDirector
- Steve MartinScreenplay
- Andrew DunnDirector of Photography
- Peter Rodgers MelnickOriginal Music Composer
- Richard A. HarrisEditor
- Michael I. RachmilProducer
- Daniel MelnickProducer
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