Angie (1994 film)

{{Infobox film

| name = Angie

| image = Angieposter.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Martha Coolidge

| producer = {{Plainlist|

Larry Brezner
Patrick McCormick

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| writer = Todd Graff

| based_on = {{based on|Angie, I Says|Avra Wing}}

| starring = {{Plainlist|

| music = Jerry Goldsmith

| cinematography = Johnny E. Jensen

| editing = Steven Cohen

| studio = {{Plainlist|

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| distributor = Buena Vista Pictures Distribution

| released = {{film date|1994|3|4}}

| runtime = 107 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget = $26 million

| gross = $9.4 million

}}

Angie is a 1994 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Martha Coolidge, written by Todd Graff, and starring Geena Davis as the title character. It was produced by Caravan Pictures and distributed by Hollywood Pictures. It is based on the 1991 novel Angie, I Says by Avra Wing, which was a New York Times Notable Book of 1991. The film received mixed reviews and was a box-office bomb, grossing only $9.4 million against its $26 million budget.

Plot

Angie Scacciapensieri is an office worker who lives in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, New York and dreams of a better life. After learning that she is pregnant by her boyfriend Vinnie, she decides that she will have the baby, but not Vinnie as a husband.

This turns the entire neighborhood upside down and starts her on a journey of self-discovery, including a love affair with a man named Noel who she meets at an art museum. Even her best friend Tina has trouble understanding her.

Cast

Geena Davis as Angie Scacciapensieri
James Gandolfini as Vinnie
Stephen Rea as Noel
Aida Turturro as Tina
Philip Bosco as Frank Scacciapensieri
Jenny O'Hara as Kathy Scacciapensieri
Michael Rispoli as Jerry
Betty Miller as Joanne Scacciapensieri
Susan Jaffe as Ballerina
Ray Xifo as Dr. Gould
Rosemary De Angelis as Aunt Vicky
Leonard Spinelli as Tina's Son #2
Adam LeFevre as Museum Guard
Margaret Cho as Admissions Nurse

Production

20th Century Fox films head Joe Roth, production president Roger Birnbaum and producer Larry Brezner had Angie, I Says under development. Todd Graff had written the screenplay for Madonna. The adaptation was placed into turnaround. Roth and Birnbaum had left for an independent label at Disney, Caravan Pictures, and were able to get the adaptation moved there from Fox. Because of scheduling conflicts with her role in Abel Ferrara's movie Dangerous Game, which is also produced by her company, Maverick, she dropped out of the then Jonathan Kaplan-directed film. Madonna had wanted them to push back production on the film, but given that it was a winter story, Caravan wanted to film it in winter, then debut it in winter. She bowed out as they also took issue with her lack of acting experience. The lead role was then offered to Geena Davis.{{cite news |last=Eller |first=Claudia |title=Madonna faxes Roth her wrath |url=https://variety.com/1992/film/news/madonna-faxes-roth-her-wrath-102048/ |access-date=September 6, 2017 |work=Variety|date=December 14, 1992}}

Reception

The film opened to mixed reviews and was a box-office bomb. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a rating of 53% from 19 critics.{{cite web | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/angie | title=Angie | Rotten Tomatoes | website=Rotten Tomatoes }} Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade of "B" on scale of A+ to F.{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= Cinemascore |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= 2018-12-20 }}

=Year-end lists=

Top 10 worst (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – Mike Mayo, The Roanoke Times{{cite news|last=Mayo|first=Mike|date=December 30, 1994|title=The Hits and Misses at the Movies in '94|newspaper=The Roanoke Times|page=1|edition=Metro}}