3 Movies Directed by Elaine May

A New Leaf

A New Leaf

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1971-07-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

G

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (2634 Reviews)

Director:

Elaine May

Cast:

Writer:

Elaine May

Jack Ritchie (story)

Fullplot:

Henry Graham is a man with a problem: he has run through his entire inheritance, and is completely unequipped to provide for himself. His childhood guardian, Uncle Harry (a deliciously mean-spirited James Coco), refuses to give him a dime, and Henry, completely unwilling to exercise the only solution he sees--suicide-- devises a plan with the help of his imaginative butler: he can make money the old-fashioned way--he can marry it. With a temporary loan from Uncle Harry to tide him over, Henry has six weeks to find a bride, marry her, and repay the money, or else he must forfeit all his property to his uncle. With only days remaining, Henry meets clumsy, painfully shy heiress Henrietta Lowell (played by director Elaine May). She's the answer to his prayers--if only Henry can overcome the obstacles placed in his path by Uncle Harry, Henrietta's lawyer, and Henry's own reluctance to wed.

The Heartbreak Kid

The Heartbreak Kid

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1973-02-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

(2488 Reviews)

Director:

Elaine May

Cast:

Writer:

Bruce Jay Friedman (story)

Neil Simon (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Ishtar

Ishtar

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1987-05-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

107 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

4.1 (8343 Reviews)

Director:

Elaine May

Fullplot:

Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the CIA, the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime.

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