TAKE YOUR BEST SHOT(1982)
This is NOT a comedy!
Right away you can tell this was a made-for-television
movie! Urich plays a disallusioned actor who decides he
needs a change of scenery. His wife is divorcing him,
he's not getting great jobs, and he just needs to find
himself! C-
From a reviewer at IMDb.com:
Man, you cannot get ahead of this film. The main
character - a reasonably talented but far-from-successful
LA actor - makes a series of choices in the story: selfish
choices, altruistic choices, foolish choices, practical
choices - and nothing, NOTHING, turns out exactly as
you'd expect. Which makes it very much like life.
Urich is good in the lead. You can't help liking his
character even though he's a bit of an egomaniac. And
Meredith Baxter (in what amounts to a supporting role)
does fine subtle work as Urich's loving but frustrated
soon-to-be-ex-wife who's tired of waiting for his ship
to come in.
Jeffrey Tambor's good in an early role as Urich's
acerbic gay best friend, who inadvertently offers
Urich an alternative to the acting life: The restaurant
business. But is that what Urich really wants?
Enjoy the story. Just don't expect a rollicking
comedy (which is how it was promoted). What it
is, really, is a sometimes funny but more often
painfully realistic, warts-and-all character study
about the struggles of a 30something actor. - filmklassik
Robert Urich ... Jess Marriner
Meredith Baxter ... Carol Marriner (as Meredith Baxter Birney)
Jeffrey Tambor ... Alden Pepper
Jack Bannon ... Dr. Barry Richardson
Claudette Nevins ... Andrea
Susan Peretz ... Plump Girl
Howard McGillin ... Dean Hilliard
Rosanna Huffman ... Gail
Jeannetta Arnette ... Fran
Richard Roat ... Bainbridge
Matthew Faison ... Sy Dellinger
Michael Bell ... Phil
Ruth Manning ... Casting Director
Vahan Moosekian ... Young Man in Acting Class
Robert Nadder ... Acting Teacher
Sam Scarber ... Actor
Tom Sims ... Mime
Eric Sinclair ... Butler
Stephen Yates ... Actor-Type in Gas Station
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