The Woman in Red (1984) on Netflix
San Francisco advertising executive Teddy Pierce is married, but seeing Charlotte in a red dress infatuates him. His friends urge him to pursue her, but his attempt to arrange a date misfires.
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Plot summary
Teddy Pierce is a San Francisco advertising executive married to Didi. One day he sees Charlotte, a woman in a red dress, and cannot stop thinking about her. When his friend Joe is left by his wife, Teddy becomes nervous and wants to forget the idea. Still, his friends push him to pursue the affair. Through his office, Teddy meets Charlotte again and tries to ask her out, but he mistakenly calls Ms. Milner, a coworker who is pleased by his attention. Just before the dinner date, Didi tells him they must look after a neighbor's small boy, so Teddy stands up Ms. Milner at the restaurant.
Cast
- Michael Huddlestonas Mikey
- Kyra Stempelas Missy Pierce
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Woman in Red (1984)
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- While not the first movie to be given a PG-13 rating, The Woman in Red was the first to feature frontal nudity, brief though it was, by Kelly LeBrock.
- Kelly LeBrock, a real-life model making her screen debut, drew most of the film's publicity, above all for the skirt-and-grate scene, a variation of Marilyn Monroe's iconic pose in The Seven Year Itch.
- Stevie Wonder received an Academy Award for Best Original Song for “I Just Called to Say I Love You”; the album reached number four on the US Billboard 200, number one on the R&B Albums chart for four weeks, and number two on the UK Albums Chart.
- The Turkish remake's screenplay is identical to the original, with only a few minor differences, and Turkish audiences saw it three years before the original film itself was released there in 1988.
