Richard Dreyfuss
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Moon over Parador is a 1988 American romantic comedy film directed and produced by Paul Mazursky, who co-wrote the screenplay with Leon Capetanos. The film is based on the short story "Caviar for His Excellency" by Charles G. Booth and is a loose remake of the 1939 film The Magnificent Fraud.
Sep 9, 1988 · Moon Over Parador: Directed by Paul Mazursky. With Richard Dreyfuss, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga, Jonathan Winters. A U.S. actor gets a gig in South American Parador. When the dictator dies, he's forced to play him for real and gets his mistress.
In Paul Mazursky’s “Moon Over Parador,” Richard Dreyfuss explores that possibility as a second-rate New York actor who is shooting a movie on location in Parador when the military dictator is finally killed by his imprudent lifestyle.
Richard Dreyfuss plays an actor who gets the role of a lifetime when he is invited to play the part of Parador's fascist president after the real leader dies at election time.
When the iron-fisted ruler of a small African nation dies, his top aide, Roberto Strausmann (Raul Julia), will do anything to avoid a regime change, so he recruits struggling...
Moon Over Parador (1988) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Aug 19, 2009 · Moon over Parador is a (1988) romantic comedy film, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Raul Julia and Sonia Braga. It is a remake of the 1939 film The Magnificent Fr...
Noah's confidence grows with each speech and with personal support from the dead leader's sultry mistress (Sonia Braga), a champion of Parador's downtrodden masses.
A U.S. actor gets a gig in South American Parador. When the dictator dies, he's forced to play him for real and gets his mistress. Can they change Parador?
Overview. Little known actor, Jack Noah, is working on location in the dictatorship of Parador at the time the dictator dies. The dictator's right hand man, Roberto, makes Jack an offer he cannot refuse.. to play the dictator. Jack's acting skills fool the masses but not close friends and employees of the dictator.
