Bette Midler
Jacqueline Susann
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Isn't She Great is a 2000 American biographical comedy-drama film that presents a fictionalized biography of author Jacqueline Susann, played by Bette Midler. An international co-production between the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan, the film was directed by Andrew Bergman from a screenplay by Paul Rudnick based on a 1995 ...
Jan 28, 2000 · Isn't She Great: Directed by Andrew Bergman. With Bette Midler, Nathan Lane, Stockard Channing, David Hyde Pierce. Bette Midler and Nathan Lane star in this comedy about Jacqueline Susann, the ambitious woman of dubious talent who wrote Valley of the Dolls, a best-selling novel that became a sensation.
- (2.6K)
- Biography, Comedy, Drama
- Andrew Bergman
- 2000-01-28
Roger Ebert criticizes the film for being flat and peculiar, and not capturing the spirit of Jackie Susann, the author of Valley of the Dolls. He praises Bette Midler and Stockard Channing, but laments the lack of satire, sex and gossip in the story of Susann's life.
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- Andrew Bergman
- 95 min
- 16
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Brief Synopsis. Before Jacqueline Susann published her best-selling novel "Valley of the Dolls," she was deteremined to find her place in the spotlight. When a friend told her that "talent wasn't everything" she embarked on a quest to find someone to promote her. She found Irving Mansfield, a manager and publicist.
