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Playing Mona Lisa

Duration:

Brazil:97 min | USA:97 min

Genres:

Comedy

IMDB rate:

6.2

Director:

Matthew Huffman

Awards:

2 wins

Details

Country: USA

Filming Locations: Hayes Street, San Francisco, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Ivan Sergei

Playing Mona Lisa

Alicia Witt

Harvey Fierstein

Bennett

Brooke Langton

Sabrina

Johnny Galecki

Arthur

Marlo Thomas

Sheila Goldstein

Elliott Gould

Bernie Goldstein

Tammy Townsend

Alice

Molly Hagan

Jenine Goldstein

Estelle Harris

Aunt Velva

Pat Crawford Brown

Grandma Ida Weinberg

Zachary Kranzler

Jeremy

Joe Mazza

Barry

Sulo Williams

Manny

Sandra Bernhard

Bibi Carlson

Shannon Finn

Karen

Jacqueline Klein

Laura

Peter Quartaroli

Guacamole Alan

Christopher Douglas

Threeway Tommy

Robert M. Koch

Almost Naked Man (as Robert Koch)

Yuri Lane

Rejected Music Student #1

Mai Huynh

Rejected Music Student #2

Alan Dale

Uncle Joe

Mara Casey

Administrative Assistant

James Carraway

Mohammed

Petri Hawkins-Byrd

Fire Captain (as Petri-Hawkins Byrd)

Joshua Preven

Preppy Cute Guy #1

Tony Daly

Preppy Cute Guy #2 (as Anthony Daly)

Billy Phenix

Fred, The Cross Dresser

Susan Chesler

Alexa

Domenic Saso

Accordian Player

Kate Weiman

New York Woman

Jeffrey Leon

Bar Patron (uncredited)

Yoli Mapp

Bar Patron (uncredited)

Joel McDonell

Music Student (uncredited)

Jason Rosette

Bartender (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

There are a few homages to the sitcom Friends (1994) in this movie. Elliott Gould and Marlo Thomas play husband and wife in this movie and both played Ross's and Monica's father, Jack Geller and Rachel's mother, Sandy Green respectively. When Bo and Bennett are talking in the bedroom, Bo said that he changed his name to 'Barry' because 'Bo' wasn't a good name for a dental practice. In Friends (1994), Rachel's ex-fiancé is also named Barry and he is also a dentist.

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Goofs

When Claire puts the Tchaikovsky Competition letter on her mirror, she puts it across the corner lengthwise. In the next and subsequent shots, it can be seen sticking out of the corner endwise.

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When Eddie takes Clair to the greenhouse for pizza, you can see a cameraman crouching behind leaves as they enter, even though he says they closed it a long time ago.

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Quotes

Arthur: No, I only work at the video store part time, and at night I'm working on my first novel, called "I Hate People".

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Bennett: I once heard someone say: "When you dim your light, so that someone else can shine, the whole world gets darker."

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