Author! Author!
“Anyone can be a father. But not every father deserves a standing ovation.”
1982•PG•1h 50m•5.9•Released
ComedyDramaRomance
A broadway playwright is burning the candle at both ends. He is dealing with pressure from a production nearing premiere, a wife who is leaving him, and 5 children 4 of which belong to her.
Director
Arthur Hiller
Writer
Israel Horovitz
Revenue
$13M
Languages
English
Studio
20th Century Fox
Cast
Al Pacino
Ivan Travalian
Dyan Cannon
Alica Detroit
Tuesday Weld
Gloria Travalian
Bob Dishy
Morris Finestein
Bob Elliott
Patrick Dicker
Ray Goulding
Jackie Dicker
Eric Gurry
Igor
Elva Josephson
Bonnie (as Elva Leff)
B.J. Barie
Spike
Ari Meyers
Debbie
Benjamin H. Carlin
Geraldo
Alan King
Kreplich
Ken Sylk
Roger Slessinger
James Tolkan
Lt. Glass
Tony Munafo
Officer Kapinsky
Production
Company
20th Century Fox
Producer
Irwin Winkler
Recommended
6.3
Father of the Bride
2022
6.2
The Baltimorons
2025
6.9
Irreplaceable You
2018
5.8
Young Adult
2011
5.8
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
2011
6.1
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
2002
6
She's Having a Baby
1988
5.9
Catch and Release
2006
6.2
Anything Else
2003
5.9
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010
6.6
A California Christmas: City Lights
2021
6.3
Not Easily Broken
2009
6.1
Danny Deckchair
2003
6.7
The Wrong Paris
2025
6
New York, I Love You
2008
6.2
Which Brings Me to You
2023
6.7
The Mirror Has Two Faces
1996
7.1
Rosaline
2022
6.1
Other People's Money
1991
6.8
Chasing Papi
2003
Similar Movies
6.2
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
1997
5.9
Daddy Day Care
2003
8.5
Banat Hawaa
1954
5.8
The Clearing
2004
6.9
Santa Claus
1959
8
The Only Woman
1924
7
Father of the Bride
1950
3.4
Is This Love?
1957
The Gamblers
2007
7.6
Kramer vs. Kramer
1979
7
The Show-Off
1946
5.8
Miracolo a Palermo!
2005
6.7
The Forty-Year-Old Version
2020
7.5
The First Day of the Rest of Your Life
2008
6.8
The Apartment
1996
6
Verses of Love
2008
6.2
The Good Girl
2002
6.1
The Pacifier
2005
6.3
The People We Hate at the Wedding
2022
7
Martha
1974