Despite being released very soon after the murder of John Lennon outside the same building which Lauren Bacall resided in, the film was a bit of a flop. Which is hardly surprising. Maybe it's because it was just a bit too close to the bone for comfort, and maybe it was also rather badly acted.
A young man named Douglas is obsessed with a glamorous star of the Silver Screen named Sally Ross, and despite receiving no response to his hundreds of letter he feels they both have a connection. However, after being ignored one day too many, he decides to do whatever he has to, and hurt whoever he has to so that he and Sally can be together. The film was very disappointing and Bacall has not transferred well to 'modern' films. I wish she had retired from making films at her peak.
It's strange to see her acting the role of a faded movie star when of course that is exactly what she was in the 30s,40s and 50s. And Douglas's walls are covered with pictures of 'Sally Ross', which are actually stills from Lauren Bacall's most famous films.
Bit strange for me to see actually, having been a huge Bacall fan for years (of course, not as big a fan as deranged Douglas!).
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