Brenda Starr (1989)

User Rating:

4.3/10   

Director:

Robert Ellis Miller

Writers:

Noreen Stone (story) &
James D. Buchanan (story) ...

Release Date:

15 April 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure

Plot:

Mike is a struggling artist who draws the 'Brenda Starr' strip for the papers. When Brenda comes to...

Plot Keywords:

Based On Comic | Independent Film | Character Name In Title

Cast

Brooke Shields	...	Brenda Starr
Timothy Dalton	...	Basil St. John
Tony Peck	...	Mike Randall
Diana Scarwid	...	Libby 'Lips' Lipscomb
Nestor Serrano	...	Jose
Jeffrey Tambor	...	Vladimir
June Gable	...	Luba
Charles Durning	...	Editor Francis I. Livright
Kathleen Wilhoite	...	Reporter Hank O'Hare
John Short	...	Cub Reporter Pesky Miller
Eddie Albert	...	Police Chief Maloney
Mark von Holstein	...	Donovan O'Shea, Public Enemy #3
Henry Gibson	...	Professor Gerhardt Von Kreutzer
Ed Nelson	...	President Harry S. Truman
Tom Aldredge	...	The Fake Capt. Borg

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Jacksonville, Florida, USA

Company:

AM/PM Entertainment

Trivia:

Filmed in 1986. Timothy Dalton began filming his first James Bond film, The Living Daylights (1987), two days after completing work on this movie.

Quotes:

Brenda Starr: I'm having a terrible problem with some of those purses you're having me wear. They're just too small! I have to use teeny-weeny notebooks so they'll fit. Half the time I have the memorize what people say. I want my stories accurate!
Mike Randall: Brenda, I just draw you. I didn't create you, a woman did.
Brenda Starr: Well, tell her I don't mind the wardrobe. Of course, logically I couldn't afford it on what I earn. But I understand the public expects me to look chic, and I wouldn't want to let them down!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Inside 'The Living Daylights' (2000) (V)

Soundtrack:

Fiesta With My Love

Why did Brooke put on weight for this one?

Brooke apparently put on 20 pounds to more "realistically" play Brenda Starr (after Robert Dinero put on weight to play Jake LaMotta, this was for a while the "in" thing to do--I am not sure she just did not pig out). I am not a big fan of the Comic Strip, but I do not remember Brenda Starr being particularly plump. Well Brook never really got the weight off her thighs (although the face is still gorgeous, but puffy) and this movie is where I lost the Brooke I used to adore, now I just love a hell of a lot.

For fans of Brooke that want to know "What the hell happened to her after 'Blue Lagoon', this is her watershed (fat gain) public moment.

Brooke, this movie was not worth sacrificing your figure for!