If Ever I See You Again

1978
PG
1h 45m

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Bob Morrison, a successful composer of TV commercial jingles, is unhappy with his his lack of creative freedom in developing the definitive dog-food song. Frustrated, he heads out to Hollywo... Read allBob Morrison, a successful composer of TV commercial jingles, is unhappy with his his lack of creative freedom in developing the definitive dog-food song. Frustrated, he heads out to Hollywood to score a movie. While in California, he establishes contact with an old girlfriend. J... Read allBob Morrison, a successful composer of TV commercial jingles, is unhappy with his his lack of creative freedom in developing the definitive dog-food song. Frustrated, he heads out to Hollywood to score a movie. While in California, he establishes contact with an old girlfriend. Joe Brooks ("You Light Up My Life") co-wrote, produced, directed, scored and starred in the... Read all

Director
- Joseph Brooks
Writers
- Joseph Brooks
- Martin Davidson
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4.1/10

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Director
- Joseph Brooks
Writers
- Joseph Brooks
- Martin Davidson
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations

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The movie was nominated in three categories at the Hastings Bad Cinema Society's inaugural 1st Stinkers Bad Movie Awards in 1978. These included 'Worst On-Screen Couple' for Joseph Brooks and Shelley Hack and 'Worst Sense of Direction (Stop them before they direct again!)' for director Joseph Brooks. The movie in the end took home one gong which was for Worst Picture for producer Joseph Brooks who had been nominated in all three of the film's nominations. The Bad Stinker's Expansion Project in 2003 gave the picture further nominations for 'Worst Actress' for Shelley Hack and two nominations for 'Worst Song Or Song Performance in a Film or Its End Credits' for both the "California" and "If Ever I See You Again" tunes.

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If Ever I See You Again
Written by Joseph Brooks (as Joe Brooks)
Performed by Jamie Carr (vocal)

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4/10

See the ad agency scenes

Saw this movie back in the mid-80's on HBO just as I'd gone to work for a medium-sized advertising agency. The best parts of this film are the ones where Joe Brooks has to pitch his music to clients and deal with them in the recording studio along with their ignorance and complete lack of knowledge. As a jingle writer and producer, Joe knows this dynamic very well, and as portrayed here, it's dead-on - the most accurate and honest part of the film. It's extremely relatable if you're in the advertising business. Joe Brooks probably has a hundred stories that are just as funny and inane as the ones presented here, maybe enough for an entire film. That might wear thin pretty quickly, but it would more entertaining than the bulk of "If Ever I See You Again."