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Fan (The)
- Director: Ed Bianchi
- Writer: Bob Randall; Priscilla Chapman
- Producer: Kevin McCormick; John Nicolella
CGiii Comment
All you need to know is that it is absolute garbage.
Bacall does melodrama, Garner does no-drama - the repressed homosexuality becomes out-and-out homophobia.
No surprise as to why this has entered cinematic oblivion.
Dreadful.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Douglas is a lonesome record salesman and a true fan of the actress Sally Ross. Every day he writes her gleaming letters of love. But the only response he gets are formal letters. So his love turns into hatred.
Cast & Characters
Lauren Bacall as Sally Ross;
James Garner as Jake Berman;
Maureen Stapleton as Belle Goldman;
Hector Elizondo as Police Inspector Raphael Andrews;
Michael Biehn as Douglas Breen;
Anna Maria Horsford as Emily Stolz;
Kurt Johnson as David Branum;
Feiga Martinez as Elsa;
Reed Jones as Choreographer;
Kaiulani Lee as Douglas' Sister;
Charles Blackwell as John Vetta;
Dwight Schultz as Director;
Dana Delany as Saleswoman in Record Store;
Terence Marinan as Young Man in Bar;
Lesley Rogers as Heidi