The Lonely Guy's Book of Life by Bruce Jay Friedman
Produced by
Arthur Hiller
Starring
Steve Martin
Charles Grodin
Judith Ivey
Steve Lawrence
Robyn Douglass
Cinematography
Victor J. Kemper
Edited by
Raja Gosnell William H. Reynolds
Music by
Jerry Goldsmith
Production company
Aspen Film Society
Distributed by
Universal Pictures
Release date
January 27, 1984 (1984-01-27)
Running time
90 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Box office
$5,718,573
The Lonely Guy is a 1984 American romantic comedy film directed by Arthur Hiller and starring Steve Martin. The screenplay is credited to Ed. Weinberger and Stan Daniels (of Taxi) as well as Neil Simon (for "adaptation"), and is based on the 1978 book The Lonely Guy's Book of Life by Bruce Jay Friedman.
Martin portrays a greeting card writer who goes through a period of bad luck with women. In his despair, he writes a book titled A Guide for the Lonely Guy, which changes his life. The film also stars Charles Grodin, Judith Ivey, and Steve Lawrence and features cameo appearances from Merv Griffin, Dr. Joyce Brothers, and Loni Anderson. The theme song, "Love Comes Without Warning," was performed by the band America.
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the comedy film Stroker Ace (1983), which was a critical and box-office failure. She later appeared as herself in the romantic comedy TheLonelyGuy (1984)...
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on the film The Silence. Afterward, Gosnell would serve as editor on a number of films, including Teen Wolf Too, Pretty Woman, and Rookie of the Year...
his roles as The Number Painter on the PBS children's show Sesame Street and as the English neighbor Harry Bentley on the CBS sitcom The Jeffersons. Benedict...
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in The Blues Brothers, and reprised the role in the 1998 sequel Blues Brothers 2000. Lawrence's other films include TheLonelyGuy (1984) and The Yards...
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