Mr. Wonderful
Sometimes love is a stranger. And sometimes it's someone you've known all your life.
1993 | 98m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Anthony Minghella |
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| Writer: | Vicki Polon, Amy Schor |
| Staring: |
| Electrician Gus gets the chance to fulfil a childhood dream by buying an old bowling-alley with some of his friends, but first he must find his ex-wife a new husband so he can stop paying alimony. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 15, 1993 |
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| Director: | Anthony Minghella |
| Writer: | Vicki Polon, Amy Schor |
| Genres: | Comedy, Romance |
| Keywords | professor, friendship, unfaithfulness, bowling alley, alimony |
| Production Companies | Warner Bros. Pictures, The Samuel Goldwyn Company, Night Life |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $3,125,424
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jul 30, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Job |
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| Anthony Minghella | Director |
| Debra Zane | Casting |
| Vicki Polon | Writer |
| Geoffrey Simpson | Director of Photography |
| John Tintori | Editor |
| David Rubin | Casting |
| Doug Kraner | Production Design |
| Alyssa Winter | Set Decoration |
| John Dunn | Costume Design |
| Nick Miller | Construction Coordinator |
| Kathleen Gerlach | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Jolie Gorchov | First Assistant Editor |
| Kate Sanford | First Assistant Editor |
| Dianne Dreyer | Script Supervisor |
| Douglas Murray | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Aaron F. Quarles | Key Hair Stylist |
| Bernadette Mazur | Makeup Artist |
| Ken Ferris | Camera Operator |
| Morris Flam | Gaffer |
| Eric Swanek | First Assistant Camera |
| John Clifford | Still Photographer |
| Jeff Carson | Music Editor |
| Robert Griffon Jr. | Property Master |
| Clare C. Freeman | Dialogue Editor |
| Craig A. Dellinger | ADR Editor |
| Sue Fox | ADR Editor |
| Margie O'Malley | Foley Artist |
| Jennifer Myers | Foley Artist |
| Steve Kirshoff | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Amy Schor | Writer |
| Steve Saklad | Art Direction |
| Miriam Schapiro | Art Department Coordinator |
| James Lebrecht | Sound Effects Editor |
| David Parker | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Dan Perri | Title Designer |
| Michael Gore | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
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| Marianne Moloney | Producer |
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_**New York City love story with Matt Dillon and Annabella Sciorra**_ A Con Edison electrician in Manhattan (Matt Dillon) needs money to buy/renovate a bowling alley with his four partners and so tries to find a husband for his ex-wife (Annabella Sciorra) so he can stop paying alimony. Mary-Louis ... e Parker plays his girlfriend while William Hurt appears as the ex’s beau, a college professor. Vincent D'Onofrio is also on hand. "Mr. Wonderful" (1993) is a solid enough romantic drama with some amusing touches set in the Big Apple. It’s a great movie to see Manhattan in the early 90s, big hair and all (e.g. Sciorra). It successfully establishes the main characters and you buy into their story. On top of this you get Parker at the height of her beauty, which the director doesn’t fail to tastefully display on a few occasions. Speaking of the director, Anthony Minghella would go on to direct notable films like “The English Patient” (1996) and “Cold Mountain” (2003). Unfortunately he died prematurely at the age of 54 from a hemorrhage following surgery to remove tonsils & neck cancer. The film runs 1 hour, 39 minutes, and was shot in Manhattan & points nearby. GRADE: B-