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Moon over Parador is a 1988 American romantic comedy film directed and produced by Paul Mazursky, who co-wrote the screenplay with Leon Capetanos. The film is based on the short story "Caviar for His Excellency" by Charles G. Booth and is a loose remake of the 1939 film The Magnificent Fraud.
Sep 9, 1988 · A U.S. actor gets a gig in South American Parador and is forced to play the dictator after his death. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, soundtracks and more.
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- Comedy, Romance
- Paul Mazursky
- 1988-09-09
Richard Dreyfuss plays a New York actor who becomes the dictator of a fictional Latin American country in this comedy by Paul Mazursky. Ebert criticizes the film for being too nostalgic and cliched, and praises the performances of Dreyfuss, Braga and Julia.
Aug 19, 2009 · Moon over Parador is a (1988) romantic comedy film, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Raul Julia and Sonia Braga. It is a remake of the 1939 film The Magnificent Fraud, based on the unpublished...
- 2 min
- 69K
- DreyfussFan
When the iron-fisted ruler of a small African nation dies, his top aide, Roberto Strausmann (Raul Julia), will do anything to avoid a regime change, so he recruits struggling film actor...
- (12)
- Paul Mazursky
- PG-13
- Richard Dreyfuss
Richard Dreyfuss plays an actor who gets the role of a lifetime when he is invited to play the part of Parador's fascist president after the real leader dies at election time.
Jack Noah, a little known actor, is hired to impersonate the dictator of Parador after his death. Watch the trailer, see the cast and crew, and find out where to rent or buy this movie.
