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1978 American romantic film past Joe Brooks

If Ever I Come across Yous Over again

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Theatrical release affiche
Directed past Joe Brooks
Written by Joe Brooks
Martin Davidson
Produced by Joe Brooks
Starring Joe Brooks
Shelley Hack
Jimmy Breslin
Jerry Keller
George Plimpton
Cinematography Adam Holender
Edited past Rick Shaine
Music by Joe Brooks
Distributed past Columbia Pictures

Release date
  • May 24, 1978 (1978-05-24) (U.S.)

Running time

 105 minutes
State United States
Language English

If Ever I See You Once more is a 1978 American romantic drama motion picture about a composer who rekindles his relationship with a sometime girlfriend. It stars Joe Brooks, who as well co-wrote, produced, directed, and scored the moving picture, and Shelley Hack. The film'southward theme song, "If Ever I See You Over again", was a moderate striking for Roberta Flack, reaching #24 on the Billboard Hot 100 nautical chart.

Plot [edit]

Bob Morrison is a successful composer of TV commercial jingles who has become rich from his work, allowing him to make a good life in New York City for himself and his two immature children. Withal, Bob is frustrated with having to conform his music to the ideas of executives such equally Lawrence who are often eccentric or rude. Bob secretly envies his quondam friend David, who has lived in relative poverty for years while pursuing a career as a classical pianist. David's sacrifices are at present starting to pay off with a concert at Carnegie Hall, and he is as well happily married, while Bob has been a widower for some years (the expiry of his married woman is strongly implied, although not shown or stated directly). Bob never got over his college girlfriend, Jennifer Corly, who slept with him briefly in college and then, maxim she wasn't ready for a serious commitment, bankrupt upward with him and dated another man.

Bob and his banana Mario travel to Los Angeles for 1 solar day to meet two film producers for whom Bob hopes to score a motion picture. While there, Bob learns that Jennifer is living in Malibu, calls her and visits her at home soon earlier he has to leave. Jennifer has get a painter, is however cute and single, and seems attracted to Bob, even kissing him good day at the airport. Bob falls in love with her all over again.

Back in New York just earlier Christmas, Bob'south frustrations lead him to determine with his partner Steve Warner to close downwards their jingle-writing business, thus putting Mario out of a task. However, before Bob can inform Mario, Mario makes a grateful speech thanking Bob for all Bob has washed for him, leaving Bob feeling too guilty to speak further. Bob and then learns the producers are seriously considering hiring him, but that they insist he come to Los Angeles to record music for the final audition. Bob reluctantly agrees to get, although he prefers to piece of work from New York.

Upon arriving, Bob calls Jennifer and invites her to his recording session and to dinner, just she abruptly turns him down. A down-hearted Bob goes to the studio, just cheers upward later David arrives unexpectedly to play piano at his session, so Jennifer arrives, having changed her listen. Afterwards, Bob confesses to Jennifer that he composed the love song recorded at the session many years agone with her in mind. Bob and Jennifer make beloved and spend fourth dimension together, but Jennifer breaks upward with him again, telling him that although she loves him, she's "not a forever person" and can't modify. As she drives away, Bob learns that he got the film score job and that he will fifty-fifty be able to work from New York Metropolis as he prefers, significant that he will not be returning to California.

Heartbroken, Bob returns to New York and prepares to celebrate the holidays with his family and friends. While he is hosting a children'southward Christmas party, Jennifer suddenly appears, having reconsidered the breakup, and Bob and Jennifer happily reunite.

Bandage [edit]

  • Joe Brooks every bit Bob Morrison
  • Shelley Hack as Jennifer Corly
  • Jimmy Breslin as Mario Marino
  • Jerry Keller as Steve Warner
  • George Plimpton as Laurence Lawrence
  • Kenny Karen as David Miller
  • Caroline Mignini every bit Laura Miller
  • Shannon Bolin every bit Elsa
  • Danielle Brisebois as Amy Morrison
  • Branch Emerson every bit Jonathan Morrison

Peter Billingsley, and so a child actor who became well known a few years later on as "Ralphie" in A Christmas Story, fabricated one of his showtime motion picture appearances in the Christmas party scene.

Product [edit]

Brooks made If Ever I See You Again as the follow-up to his successful 1977 picture show, You Calorie-free Upwardly My Life, which Brooks had produced, written, directed and scored. You Calorie-free Up My Life was a box office hit and the title song "You Light Up My Life" was an even bigger success, setting a new record for nearly weeks at #i on the Hot 100 Nautical chart and winning Brooks an Academy Award for Best Original Song, a Grammy Award for Song of the Year, and other honors.[1] [2]

Brooks' partner, Robert M. Lifton, subsequently wrote that he and Brooks set out to make a similar follow-up, as financing was likely to be available for a concept that had already been proven successful. In his cocky-published memoir, Lifton wrote that they "focus[ed] on making low cost movies with music that could carry the movie and let the tape assist the motion picture and the picture help the record." For If Ever I See You Again, Brooks and Lifton obtained financing from a friend whose son was seeking a film business experience, and were therefore able to make the movie with little financial risk to themselves.[3] Daily Diversity at the time of production reported a budget of starting time $1.45 million and later $1.viii million.[4] Pic historian Paul Talbot later reported the production budget equally $3 million.[5]

In addition to producing, co-writing, directing and scoring the film, Brooks also decided to play the leading office of "Bob Morrison" himself.[3] Although the graphic symbol mirrored Brooks' own life equally a rich, successful composer of advertizing jingles who moved into picture work, Brooks had no significant interim feel.[1] [6] Brooks claimed to have spent $twenty,000 on giving himself 2 screen tests to make sure he could play the role and received Columbia Pictures' approval based on the tests.[5] In a New York Times interview while the film was in production, Brooks said, "I really thought I was the all-time guy to play the lead."[six] Co-ordinate to one columnist, Brooks cast himself in the part after Al Pacino and George Segal both turned it down.[7]

Similar Brooks, most of the other master actors were also inexperienced. Jerry Keller and Kenny Karen were quondam pop musicians turned jingle creators who had worked with Brooks in the past. Keller'due south film experience consisted of a bit office in You Light Upwardly My Life as an orchestra music manager. Shelley Hack was and so a model all-time known for actualization in a boob tube commercial for Revlon's "Charlie" fragrance, who had a 2-line office in Woody Allen's acclaimed moving picture Annie Hall.[8] Jimmy Breslin and George Plimpton were primarily known as journalists and authors, although Plimpton had small parts in several previous films.[3] [9]

Working titles for the moving picture included The Mozart of Madison Avenue and California.[4] It was shot in New York City and Los Angeles during the holiday flavor of 1977. The cast provided their own wardrobes.[five] Hack, who in real life was nearsighted,[8] wore her own glasses.[5]

According to Daily Diversity, Columbia spent an additional $2.five one thousand thousand on promoting the picture show.[4] In addition to the soundtrack anthology, a paperback novelization of the screenplay was released by Bantam Books in May 1978 as a promotional tie-in.[ten] Equally a further promotional gimmick, Columbia teamed with Pertec Computer to "reunite lost lovers whenever a price-free number is called" past having a computer lucifer up the details of callers.[4] [11] [12] An editor of Minicomputer News and his secretary posed as erstwhile lovers attempting to locate each other to test the service, with somewhat unsuccessful results.[12]

Soundtrack [edit]

If Ever I See You Once again:
Original Motion Flick Soundtrack
Soundtrack album past

Joseph Brooks and various artists
Released May 1978
Recorded 1978
Studio A&R Recording Studios
New York City
Genre Pop, Film score
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Joseph Brooks
Singles from If Ever I See You Over again
  1. "California"
    Released: February 1978
  2. "If Always I Come across You Over again"
    Released: April 1978

In keeping with the thought of "music that could carry the movie," Brooks wrote a number of songs for the picture show: he likewise revived for the soundtrack the 1966 Julie Monday regional hit "Come Share the Good Times With Me" with the title adjusted to "Come Share My Dearest" (Brooks had produced the Julie Monday recording but its songwriting credit had been to Gilbert Kennington a pseudonym for Brooks' brother Gilbert Kaplan: however authorship of "Come Share My Love" was credited to Brooks himself). Prior to the film's release, Brooks bundled for Debby Boone, who in the preceding months had accomplished blockbuster success with her debut solo single: her rendition of the theme vocal from Brooks' first film product You Light Upwards My Life, to record versions of the title theme "If Ever I See You Again", "California", "Come Share My Dear", "Information technology Was Such a Skillful Day", and "When It's Over". Boone released "California" in February 1978 as the follow-upward to "You Calorie-free Upwards My Life", only "California" only reached #50 on the Hot 100 chart, failing to duplicate Boone'south previous success.[13] The versions recorded by Boone were eventually released on her album Midstream (1978).

Later the relative failure of Boone's "California", Brooks reached out to Atlantic Records to get Roberta Flack, an established artist with a runway record of number one hits, to record "If Ever I See You Once again".[iii] According to Flack, she "couldn't stand" the vocal and agreed to record it only after being pressured past the president of Atlantic and negotiating a "huge money deal".[14] Flack after recorded versions of the title song besides every bit "Come Share My Love" and "When It's Over", all produced by Brooks.

Flack's version of "If Ever I Meet You Again" was released in April 1978 in grooming for the May 1978 opening of the moving picture. Although the vocal was a moderate hit, reaching #24 on the Hot 100, #i on the Billboard Easy Listening nautical chart,[xv] and #37 on the R&B chart,[16] it failed to match the success of several previous hit singles by Flack, much less the popularity of "You Light Upward My Life". The motion-picture show songs recorded by Flack, including "If Ever I See You Again", were included on her self-titled 1978 anthology Roberta Flack.

Brooks also recorded the film'southward songs for an anthology on Atlantic titled The Joe Brooks Group. [17]

An original soundtrack double anthology for the picture was also released on Warner Bros., which contained instrumental music from the flick, Boone's versions of "California" and "Come up Share My Love", and other songs performed by studio musicians including male vocalist Jamie Carr (who sang the theme song in the moving picture). The album did not contain Flack's version of the theme song or any other contributions by Flack.[18]

Track list [edit]

Side 1:

  1. "If Ever I See You Again" (Vocal) – Jamie Carr (four:xvi)
  2. "California" (Grouping) – Joe Brooks (3:33)
  3. "Something To Sell" – Joe Brooks (2:12)
  4. "When Information technology's Over" (Instrumental) – Joe Brooks (3:18)
  5. "Christmas Song" (Version 2) – Joe Brooks (2:28)

Side 2:

  1. "When It's Over" (Vocal) – Joe Brooks (3:eighteen)
  2. "If E'er I See You Again" (Jennifer's Business firm) – Joe Brooks (4:42)
  3. "Wake Upward" – Joe Brooks (0:52)
  4. "Walk To Jennifer's House/California" – Joe Brooks (7:10)

Side 3:

  1. "Come up Share My Love" – Joe Brooks (3:40)
  2. "EKG Automobile" – Joe Brooks (0:41)
  3. "California" (Wearisome Instrumental) – Joe Brooks (3:12)
  4. "If Ever I See You lot Again" (Instrumental) – Joe Brooks (four:xvi)
  5. "Christmas Song" (Montage) – Joe Brooks (iii:55)

Side 4:

  1. "California" (Slow Song) – Joe Brooks (three:12)
  2. "When Information technology'due south Over" (Montage) – Joe Brooks (3:eighteen)
  3. "David's Concert" – Kenny Karen (i:57)
  4. "Boulevard & Backroads" – Joe Brooks (3:05)
  5. "Come Share My Dear" – Debby Boone (3:44)

Reception [edit]

Notwithstanding the moderate success of Flack's single, and the considerable endeavor and toll put into promoting the moving-picture show, If Always I See You Again received more often than not negative reviews (although the Los Angeles Times praised the "dainty, natural quality" of the performances "despite Brooks' stilted management")[4] [xix] [xx] [21] [22] and bombed at the box role.[v] Hack later on admitted in an interview that it was "a flop".[23] Reportedly, it failed to compensate its production budget or even its promotional costs.[5]

Some of the criticism centered on poor acting by Brooks or other members of the inexperienced bandage.[xix] [twenty] [22] Breslin and the movie were nominated in Harry and Michael Medved's 1980 book The Golden Turkey Awards in the category "Worst Acting Performance by a Novelist".[24] Leonard Maltin, who gave it a grade of one i/2 stars,[25] stated, "Breslin should stick to his typewriter."

At the 1978 Stinkers Bad Picture show Awards, the flick won Worst Picture.[26] When the Stinkers Election Expansion Project launched in 2003, the moving-picture show received the post-obit notes:

  • Worst Film (at present a nomination, with Renaldo and Clara being the new winner)
  • Worst Sense of Direction for Brooks (nominated)
  • Worst Song Or Song Performance in a Pic or Its End Credits for "If Ever I Run across Yous Again" by Joe Brooks (nominated)
  • Worst Screen Couple for Brooks and Hack (nominated)
  • Worst Actress for Hack (dishonourable mention)
  • Worst Song Or Song Operation in a Film or Its End Credits for "California" by Brooks (dishonourable mention)[27]

The film's reputation did non ameliorate with time. In 2011, an article in New York mag termed information technology an "obscure bomb".[28]

If Ever I See You Once more was released on VHS in 1986.[v] As of 2015, it had not been released on DVD.

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b Farber, Stephen (May 1978). "King of Corn". New Westward: 24.
  2. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 136. ISBN1-904994-ten-v.
  3. ^ a b c d Lifton, Robert K. (2012-11-16). An Entrepreneur's Journey: Stories from a Life in Business organization and Personal Diplomacy. Bloomington, Indiana: AuthorHouse. pp. 197–199. ISBN978-1-4772-7931-1.
  4. ^ a b c d e "AFI Catalog of Feature Films: If Ever I Come across You Again". afi.com. American Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2015-09-16. Retrieved 2015-eleven-18 .
  5. ^ a b c d e f one thousand Talbot, Paul (Dec 2011). "If Ever I See You lot Again (1978)". Shock Cinema (41).
  6. ^ a b Lichtenstein, Grace (1977-12-25). "These Days, Movies Calorie-free Upwardly His Life". The New York Times. p. 63. Retrieved 2015-eleven-17 – via NYTimes.com.
  7. ^ Sloan, Robin Adams (1978-05-01). "The Gossip Column: Woody Forbids Mention of Oscars in Picture Ads". Garden Metropolis Telegram. Garden Metropolis, Kansas. p. 12. Retrieved 2015-11-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ a b Scott, Vernon (1978-05-28). "Model Hopes to Hack It equally an Extra". The Salina Journal. Salina, Kansas. p. 23. Retrieved 2015-11-18 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Buckley, Tom (1978-06-08). "Paramount Picks Up Tab For Rights to New Musical". The Sun-Telegram. San Bernardino County, California. p. B15. Retrieved 2015-11-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Stewart, Kerry (May 1978). If Ever I See You Again (paperback ed.). New York City: Runted Books. ISBN978-0553121872.
  11. ^ "If Always I See You Once more". BoxOffice. New York City. May 29, 1978.
  12. ^ a b Knoblauch, Mary (1978-06-12). "News for You: Sometimes, Information technology Merely Doesn't Compute". Chicago Tribune. p. B2.
  13. ^ Fred Bronson (2003). Billboard's Hottest Hot 100 Hits. Billboard Books. p. 217. ISBN978-0-8230-7738-0.
  14. ^ Thompson, Carmen Renee (Jan 2003). "Everything Is Everything". Vibe. New York City: 40. Retrieved 2015-11-15 .
  15. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Tape Inquiry. p. 93.
  16. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 207.
  17. ^ "The Joe Brooks Group". discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-06-11 .
  18. ^ "If Ever I Run across You Again (1978)". Soundtrackcollector.com. Archived from the original on 2015-11-18. Retrieved 2015-11-eighteen .
  19. ^ a b R.R. Bowker (May 1989). Diversity'south Film Reviews: 1978-1980. Vol. 15. New Providence, New Jersey: Bowker. ISBN978-0835227957.
  20. ^ a b Maslin, Janet (1978-05-24). "Movie Review: If Ever I See Yous Again (1978): Movie: Adman'south Romance". The New York Times. New York City. Retrieved 2015-11-18 .
  21. ^ Gross, Linda (1978-05-19). "Movie Review: Giving Romance Some other Chance". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. H19.
  22. ^ a b Martin, Judith (1978-05-26). "The Fathers of Necessity". The Washington Mail service. Washington, D.C. p. 19 (Weekend section).
  23. ^ Smilgis, Martha (1979-09-24). "Charlie's Latest Angel". People . Retrieved 2015-xi-18 .
  24. ^ Medved, Harry; Medved, Michael (1980-04-fourteen). The Golden Turkey Awards: The Worst Achievements in Hollywood History. New York Metropolis: Perigee Trade. ISBN978-0399504631.
  25. ^ Maltin, Leonard (2009). Leonard Maltin's Picture show Guide (2009 ed.). New York City: Plume. p. 655. ISBN978-0-452-289789.
  26. ^ "The Stinkers 1978 Ballot". Stinkers Bad Movie Awards. Archived from the original on 2 December 1998.
  27. ^ "STINKERS Election EXPANSION Project: 1978". Stinkers Bad Picture show Awards. Archived from the original on 10 August 2003. Retrieved vi September 2019.
  28. ^ Verini, James (2011-02-05). "The Curious Case of Joseph and Nicholas Brooks". New York. New York City. Retrieved 2015-11-15 .

External links [edit]

Awards
Preceded by

New Laurels

Stinker Award for Worst Pic

(preceded Renaldo and Clara)
1978 Stinkers Bad Picture show Awards

Succeeded by

Nightwing and The Main Issue

hopkinsfalk1995.blogspot.com

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