Tune in Tomorrow Movie Review 1990

Lovesick young Martin (Reeves) wants to woo divorced older babe aunt-by-marriage Julia (Hershey) and is romantically counseled by wacky soap opera writer Pedro (Falk). Seems even soap operas draw on real life, and Martin's story is immortalized on the airwaves, circa 1951 New Orleans. The story-within-a-story also features Pedro's radio characters coming to hammy life. Sometimes funny, sometimes not (the Albanian jokes are tiresome). Adapted from the novel "Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter" by Mario Vargas Llosa.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 90 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Comedy, Period Piece: 1950s, Showbiz Comedies, American South, Radio, New Orleans

Screenplay

William Boyd

Cast

Barbara Hershey, Keanu Reeves, Peter Falk, Bill McCutcheon, Patricia Clarkson, Peter Gallagher, Dan Hedaya, Buck Henry, Hope Lange, John Larroquette, Elizabeth McGovern, Robert Sedgwick, Henry Gibson

Cinematography

Robert Stevens

Director

Jon Amiel

Music

Wynton Marsalis

Producer

Cinecom Pictures, Odyssey Productions