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(1998)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Stephen Herek
Writer: Tom Schulman
Producers: Roger Birnbaum, Jeffrey Chernov, J.D. Freedman, Jonathan Glickman, Stephen Herek, Ray Murphy Jr. Rebekah Rudd
Synopsis: Stephen Herek directed this comedy-drama in which soul-less exec Ricky
Hayman (Jeff Goldblum), programmer for the failing Good Buy Shopping
Network, is dismayed by a request to increase sales in two weeks. Bald
do-gooder guru G. (Eddie Murphy) assists when Ricky and marketing
director Kate (Kelly Preston) get a freeway flat. When G. passes out,
tests indicate a heart murmur and heat prostration, so the robed prophet
becomes Ricky's house guest. At a party, G. uses hypnosis and
psychology to rid
guest Nino Cerruti
(portraying himself) of his flying fears. Ricky witnesses this and gets
the notion to put G. on the air. Unfortunately, G. ignores both cue
cards and on-sale products, prompting station owner McBainbridge (Robert
Loggia) to calculate Ricky's severance pay. He's back on the job when
both sales and ratings soar. The situation eventually causes Ricky to
reexamine how his own values became lost in the labyrinth of corporate
consumerism. -- (Written by IMDb Editors)
Cast:
- Eddie Murphy
- Jeff Goldblum
- Kelly Preston
- Eric McCormack
- Jon Cryer
