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Chances Are

Year:
Duration:
108 min
Genres:
Comedy | Fantasy | Romance
IMDB rate:
6.4
Director:
Emile Ardolino
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 1 nomination
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1989-03-10
Filming Locations: Culver Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
Earnings
Budget: $16,000,000
Gross: $16,278,590 (USA) Production Dates 23 May 1988 Copyright Holder Copyright © 1989 TRI-STAR PICTURES, INC. All Rights Reserved (on print)
Cast
Actor
Character
Robert Downey Jr.
Robert Downey Jr.
Chances Are
Cybill Shepherd
Corinne Jeffries
Ryan O'Neal
Philip Train
Christopher McDonald
Louie Jeffries
Josef Sommer
Judge Fenwick
Joe Grifasi
Omar
Henderson Forsythe
Ben Bradlee
Susan Ruttan
Woman in the Bookstore
Lester Lanin
Conductor
Richard DeAngelis
Hot Dog Vendor
Franchelle Stewart Dorn
Receptionist (as Franchelle Dorn)
Jacquelyn Drake
Bradlee's Secretary
Don Richards
Bonino's Defense Attorney
June Thorne
Clerk of the Court
Nat Benchley
Marshall
Cliff McMullen
Marshall
Carey Hauser
Paramedic
Laura Lee Stetzel
Paramedic
Max Trumpower
First Minister
Dennis Mancini
Second Minister
Katie Schwarz
Limbodrome Staff
Margi Holland
Limbodrome Staff
Andrew Reilly
Limbodrome Staff
Fran Ryan
Mavis Talmadge
James Noble
Dr. Bailey
Marc McClure
Richard
Mimi Kennedy
Sally
Kathleen Freeman
Mrs. Handy
Dennis Patrick
Archibald Blair
Martin Garner
Mr. Zellerbach
Gianni Russo
Anthony Bonino
Channing Chase
Aide at Smithsonian
Laura Caulfield
Dancer (uncredited)
Scout Raskin
Girl On Carousel (uncredited)
Maurice Schwartzman
Dancer (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
The angels' tablets are shaped like the Ten Commandments.
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Despite playing mother and daughter, Cybill Shepherd is only approximately 16 years older than Mary Stuart Masterson. The actual ages of actors Ryan O'Neal and Mary Stuart Masterson more closely reflect their characters ages.
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Heart and Souls (1993) is another romantic comedy fantasy starring Robert Downey Jr. about misplaced souls, though this time the souls are stuck with him after a traffic accident at the time of his birth.
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Goofs
The newspaper issue at the end shows the date to be Sunday August 7, 1989. August 7, 1989 was a Monday.
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Corrine is wearing a pink coat at work, later when she gets home to first meet Alex at the barbecue she is wearing a green one.
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As Alex and Corinne are getting undressed, Alex's underpants change from white or light blue boxers in the close-up to darker blue boxers with white trim in the long shot.
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Quotes
Corinne Jeffries: I don't know if it's just his body I'm attracted to or his soul... or if it's just me. Oh, I'm feeling generally... attracted. The truth is, I'm so ripe I'm about to fall off the vine.
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Alex Finch: I'm Louie!
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Corinne Jeffries: I came here to tell you that I'm interested in someone... a man. Well, he's almost a man... he's twenty-two years old. But it's not like I'm rushing into anything - I've know him for twenty-six years... It's a little complicated.
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Photos from cast
Robert Downey Jr. Mary Stuart Masterson
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