A strong number

Movie
German title	A strong number
Original title	No small affair
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1984
length	102 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Jerry Schatzberg
script	Craig Bolotin , Terence Mulcahy
production	George Justin , William Sackheim
music	Rupert Holmes
camera	Vilmos Zsigmond
cut	Priscilla Nedd-Friendly , Eve Newman , Melvin Shapiro
occupation
	Jon Cryer : Charles Cummings; Demi Moore : Laura Victor; George Wendt : Jake; Peter Frechette : Leonard; Elizabeth Daily : Susan; Ann Wedgeworth : Joan Cummings; Jeffrey Tambor : Ken; Tim Robbins : Nelson; Hamilton Camp : Gus Sosnowski; Jennifer Tilly : Mona; Tate Donovan : Bob; Rick Ducommun : Groom;

A strong number ( No Small Affair ) is an American film comedy of Jerry Schatzberg from the year 1984th

action

16-year-old Charles Cummings is a passionate hobby photographer . He prefers to photograph landscape panoramas and buildings. He happened to photograph Laura Victor, who has fascinated him ever since.

A few days later, Cummings sees the woman again, she works as a singer in a bar. Since the band that Victor accompanies is in the process of breaking up, she is threatened with losing her job. In this situation, Cummings gets to know the woman better. He does photo sessions with her as a model.

Cummings used his savings, which were earmarked for a trip to Europe, to put ads on city taxis with a picture of Victor and her phone number. She is angry because she was not asked for consent, but receives offers to perform. Laura spends one night with Charles and flies to Los Angeles , where she has a new job.

Reviews

Meinolf Zurhorst wrote in the book Demi Moore. Lady and Vamp. that Demi Moore appears "overall quite convincing" in the film. The critics would have noticed her "acting effort". The comedy is "precisely observing" and "sensitively staged".

The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was "well-acted entertainment", the staging of which had "youthful freshness" and "poetry".

background

The shooting took place in San Francisco . The film grossed $ 5 million in US cinemas .

literature

Meinolf Zurhorst : Demi Moore. Lady and Vamp. Heyne-Filmbibliothek, Volume 248. Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-453-11858-8 , pp. 138-144, 238-239

Web links

A strong point in the Internet Movie Database (English)
A strong number at Rotten Tomatoes (English)

Individual evidence

↑ A strong number. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
↑ Filming locations for “No Small Affair”. Internet Movie Database , accessed May 22, 2015 .
↑ Business Data for “No Small Affair”. Internet Movie Database , accessed May 22, 2015 .

[1] A strong number. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .

[2] Filming locations for “No Small Affair”. Internet Movie Database , accessed May 22, 2015 .

[3] Business Data for “No Small Affair”. Internet Movie Database , accessed May 22, 2015 .