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Brenda Starr

  • 1989
  • PG
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
4.8/10
1.3K
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Brooke Shields, Timothy Dalton, and Diana Scarwid in Brenda Starr (1989)
A comic book artist struggling with his "Brenda Starr" strip decides to draw himself into it when his comic book character is disappointed and leaves the strip.
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Comic book artist Mike Randall struggling with his "Brenda Starr" strip draws himself into it when disappointed Brenda leaves the strip and heads to the Amazon jungle to find a scientist who... Read allComic book artist Mike Randall struggling with his "Brenda Starr" strip draws himself into it when disappointed Brenda leaves the strip and heads to the Amazon jungle to find a scientist whose secret formula will create cheap gasoline.Comic book artist Mike Randall struggling with his "Brenda Starr" strip draws himself into it when disappointed Brenda leaves the strip and heads to the Amazon jungle to find a scientist whose secret formula will create cheap gasoline.

  • Director
    • Robert Ellis Miller
  • Writers
    • Noreen Stone
    • James D. Buchanan
    • Delia Ephron
  • Stars
    • Brooke Shields
    • Timothy Dalton
    • Tony Peck
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.8/10
    1.3K
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    • Director
      • Robert Ellis Miller
    • Writers
      • Noreen Stone
      • James D. Buchanan
      • Delia Ephron
    • Stars
      • Brooke Shields
      • Timothy Dalton
      • Tony Peck
    • 22User reviews
    • 23Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Brooke Shields
    Brooke Shields
    • Brenda Starr
    Timothy Dalton
    Timothy Dalton
    • Basil St. John
    Tony Peck
    Tony Peck
    • Mike Randall
    Diana Scarwid
    Diana Scarwid
    • Libby 'Lips' Lipscomb
    Nestor Serrano
    Nestor Serrano
    • Jose
    Jeffrey Tambor
    Jeffrey Tambor
    • Vladimir
    June Gable
    June Gable
    • Luba
    Charles Durning
    Charles Durning
    • Editor Francis I. Livright
    Kathleen Wilhoite
    Kathleen Wilhoite
    • Reporter Hank O'Hare
    John Short
    John Short
    • Cub Reporter Pesky Miller
    Eddie Albert
    Eddie Albert
    • Police Chief Maloney
    Mark von Holstein
    • Donovan O'Shea, Public Enemy #3
    Henry Gibson
    Henry Gibson
    • Professor Gerhardt Von Kreutzer
    Ed Nelson
    Ed Nelson
    • President Harry S. Truman
    Tom Aldredge
    Tom Aldredge
    • The Fake Capt. Borg
    Matthew Cowles
    Matthew Cowles
    • The Real Capt. Borg
    Avner Eisenberg
    • Carlos The Magnificent
    Mary Lou Rosato
    • Esperanza
    • Director
      • Robert Ellis Miller
    • Writers
      • Noreen Stone
      • James D. Buchanan
      • Delia Ephron
    • All cast & crew
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    User reviews22

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    9mischam76

    deserves cult status

    i thought this movie was unreal.it is certainly Brooke shields vehicle and she does an amazing job with it,she was totally impressive,endearing and mind blowing-ly gorgeous as the ace comic book reporter.her comedic abilities really shine through here so it is a shame that this film didn't become more recognized than it was. the editing in a certain part is terrible-witness Brenda Starr falling from a balcony in slow motion-but the rest is a hell of a lot of camp fun. Diana Scarwidis awesome in this role as is the Russian woman on Brenda's trail. i have watched this film over and over again and it gets better every time. do yourself a favour and dust it off a rental shelf and watch it.
    6kraigwaye

    Interesting

    Let me start off first by saying that this movie is not very good but I would put it against other movies of the same era and say that it is better than average.

    It certainly doesn't deserve the bad rap that it has gotten over the years and isn't a terrible movie either, however. I'm not sure why so many people hate this film. The direction, writing and acting are all just fine.

    Brooke Shields looks great and does a fair enough job of playing the main character.

    The story is also very unique and fun with her literally coming out of the comic strip as a real life character. Maybe the strangeness of that turns some people off.

    But it's a fun movie and worth seeing... if you can find it that is, it's not super well known or loved!
    Wizard-8

    Badly conceived

    The most that people know about this movie was that it was filmed in 1986, then spent six years on the shelf before being (barely) released to theaters. Was it deserving of its fate? For that most part, yes. Though obviously not a big budget exercise, the movie does boast (for the most part) passable production values. However, the rest of the movie falls flat. Brooke Shields looks the part of Brenda Starr, but her performance simply isn't very good. In fairness to Shields, her role is strangely not written to be a smart and resourceful woman, but kind of a bubblehead - such a demeaning role would make anyone reluctant to give a good performance. In fact, just about every character is written to be kind of stupid. The movie seems to think that the whole thing should be some kind of joke, when in fact this kind of movie needs a SERIOUS treatment. It doesn't help that there are several instances where key linking footage or entire scenes seem to be missing, leading to some very confusing moments. I'm willing to be that Dale Messick, the original cartoonist of the "Brenda Starr" comic strip, wasn't very pleased by this cinematic adaptation of her work.
    8PMacDuffie

    Fun, fun, fun!

    This movie is great, campy fun! Light-hearted fluff, but wonderful.

    They say I need four lines, so I guess I'll say it again, because it really says all that needs saying.

    This movie is great, campy fun. Light-hearted fluff, but wonderful!
    4Bunuel1976

    BRENDA STARR (Robert Ellis Miller, 1989) **

    Witless adaptation of a comic-strip revolving around the titular female crime reporter (which had previously been the source of a 1976 TV movie with Jill St. John); Brooke Shields looks good throughout but seems undecided whether to approach the role straight, or else play it for laughs!

    Indeed, this dilemma afflicts the entire production to its ultimate detriment – with the result that the film was shelved for some three years (it was, in fact, shot in 1986 i.e. prior to co-star Timothy Dalton's brief stint as James Bond)! At least, the latter seems to have had a good time making it for he subsequently tackled the part of the villain in another comic-strip adaptation with, again, some powerful gizmo as the object of contention between various factions (and nationalities) – namely ROCKETEER (1991; which I watched a day previously and found to be vastly superior)! Dalton's character here is actually enigmatic – dashing in spite of an eye-patch, he always turns up at unexpected moments to save, guide or otherwise romance the heroine.

    The chief villains are a gang of incompetent Russian agents (including a bald-headed goofball and the pint-sized cigar-smoking female leader), though also hindering Shields is the ambitious and vaguely vampish rival reporter played by Diana Scarwid. Incidentally, the plot involves a fantasy framework in which animator Tony Peck inhabits the world of his subject (they keep quarrelling about how he isn't fit to design Brenda's exploits because he continually looks down on her, something of which the film-makers themselves are guilty!) – this doesn't really work and is actually rather pointless.

    I was surprised to learn that renowned veteran cinematographer Freddie Francis (a beloved minor genre director in his own right) was behind this one in the former capacity; his craftsmanship at least renders the silly and positively dreary goings-on (which relocates to Brazil during the second half) pleasing to the eye. A number of guest appearances (including Eddie Albert as the Police Commissioner, Charles Durning as Starr's flamboyant boss, Henry Gibson as the obligatory eccentric scientist and Ed Nelson as the piano-playing American President) add nothing of substance to the film.

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    • Trivia
      Although shot in 1986 and released in Europe in 1989, the movie, due to legal disputes regarding the American distribution and television rights, was not released in American theaters until 1992.
    • Quotes

      Brenda Starr: [after Mike continually insults Brenda as a cartoon, she comes to life] I've had it! Who the heck do you think you are? For four months I've put up with your insults. Night after night! And I've had it up to here!

      [Mike gasps in disbelief]

      Brenda Starr: So bug off, buster!

    • Connections
      Referenced in Turtle Beach (1992)
    • Soundtracks
      Fiesta With My Love
      Written by Kashif, Brian Alexander Morgan (as Brian Morgan) & Shelley Scruggs

      Published by Music Corp. of America (BMI)

      Kashif Music (BMI)

      New Music Group, Inc. (BMI)

      Produced by Kashif, Brian Alexander Morgan (as Brian Morgan) & Shelley Scruggs for

      The New Music Group, Inc.

      Vocal Performance by Yogi Lee

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    • Release date
      • April 15, 1992 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Бренда Старр
    • Filming locations
      • Jacksonville, Florida, USA
    • Production companies
      • AM/PM Entertainment
      • New World Pictures
      • Tribune Entertainment
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $16,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $67,878
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $30,035
      • Apr 19, 1992
    • Gross worldwide
      • $67,878
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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