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This Is My Life tells the story of Dottie Ingels (Julie Kavner), who works at a cosmetics counter but aspires to be a stand-up comedian. Ingels’ Aunt Harriet dies and leaves the family her home in Queens which Ingels then sells to move to an apartment in Manhattan. Ingels’ comedy career starts to take off with the help her agent, Arnold Moss (Dan Aykroyd) and Moss’s assistant, Claudia Curtis (Carrie Fisher).
Ingels’ children, Erica (Samantha Mathis) and Opal (Gaby Hoffmann) get angry at Dottie because they hardly ever see her. Erica and Opal then run away to find their father in upstate Albany, whom Opal doesn’t even remember, only being 1 or 2 years old when he left them. The character portrayed by Aykroyd, Arnold Moss, is based on the famous New York talent agent Sam Cohn, and has some of the eccentricities for which Cohn was known, such as a habit of eating paper.
This Is My Life is a 1992 film that marked the directorial debut of screenwriter Nora Ephron. The screenplay, written by Ephron and her sister, Delia Ephron, is based on the book, This Is Your Life, by Meg Wolitzer. It stars Julie Kavner, Samantha Mathis, Gaby Hoffmann, Carrie Fisher, Dan Aykroyd, Marita Geraghty, Welker White, Kathy Najimy, Caroline Aaron and Estelle Harris.
This Is My Life (1992)
Directed by: Nora Ephron
Starring: Julie Kavner, Samantha Mathis, Gaby Hoffmann, Carrie Fisher, Dan Aykroyd, Marita Geraghty, Welker White, Kathy Najimy, Caroline Aaron, Estelle Harris
Screenplay by: Nora Ephron, Delia Ephron
Production Design by: David Chapman
Cinematography by: Bobby Byrne
Film Editing by: Robert M. Reitano
Costume Design by: Jeffrey Kurland
Set Decoration by: Jaro Dick, Hilton Rosemarin
Art Direction by: Barbra Matis
Music by: Carly Simon
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for a scene of sensuality.
Distributed by: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: February 21, 1992
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