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Quick Info

Rating

6.3/10

Release1991

Runtime1h 37m

StatusReleased

Budget$25,000,000

Revenue$36,489,888

Production

Paramount Pictures

Movie

Soapdish

1991

1h 37m

6.3

Comedy

Synopsis

Celeste Talbert is the star of the long-running soap opera "The Sun Also Sets." With the show's ratings down, Celeste's ruthlessly ambitious co-star, Montana Moorehead, and the show's arrogant producer, David Seton Barnes, plot to aggravate her into leaving the show by bringing back her old flame, Jeffrey Anderson, and hiring her beautiful young niece, Lori Craven.

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