Mannequin is a 1987 romantic comedy film, starring Kim Cattrall, Andrew McCarthy, Meshach Taylor, James Spader, G. W. Bailey, and Estelle Getty. It was written and directed by Michael Gottlieb, and the original music score was composed by Sylvester Levay. It was followed by a sequel, Mannequin Two: On the Move, in 1991. The film was nominated for one Oscar for the Original Song category for "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now".
Despite poor reviews, the...
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Mannequin is a 1987 romantic comedy film, starring Kim Cattrall, Andrew McCarthy, Meshach Taylor, James Spader, G. W. Bailey, and Estelle Getty. It was written and directed by Michael Gottlieb, and the original music score was composed by Sylvester Levay. It was followed by a sequel, Mannequin Two: On the Move, in 1991. The film was nominated for one Oscar for the Original Song category for "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now".
Despite poor reviews, the film was a major commercial success and has since obtained cult status.
Jonathan Switcher (McCarthy) is a struggling artist who goes from one dead-end job to another. This all changes when he sees a mannequin (Cattrall) that he had created before. He finds work at the store displaying her and befriends a flamboyantly gay coworker named Hollywood Montrose (Taylor) while still managing a girlfriend, Roxy (Carole Davis). While having to dodge the store's vice president (Spader), who's also working with Illustra, and his dimwitted security guard ...
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