Private Parts

Private Parts (1997)

Timing: 1:49 (109 min)

6.45/10
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Actors and characters

Release date

1997-03-07

Country

United States

Production

Paramount, Rysher Entertainment

Genre

Comedy, Drama

Budget

$28 000 000

Revenue

$41 200 000

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Director

Betty Thomas

Actors

Howard Stern, Robin Quivers, Mary McCormack, Fred Norris, Paul Giamatti, Gary Dell'Abate, Jackie Martling, Carol Alt, Richard Portnow, Kelly Bishop
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Scenario

Producer

Ivan Reitman, Daniel Goldberg, Joe Medjuck, Keith Samples

Operator

Walt Lloyd

Composer

Artist

Audition

Phyllis Huffman, Olivia Harris

Editing

Peter Teschner
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• All scenes featuring Gary Dell'Abate were improvised.
• Howard Stern's final monologue was allowed to be improvised and was filmed in one take.
• Due to the controversial reputation of the lead actor and one of the screenwriters, Howard Stern, Mary McCormack initially declined the role. She only went to the audition because she wanted to meet director Betty Thomas. Upon learning that McCormack did not plan to work with her, Thomas advised the actress to listen to Stern's radio shows and meet him in person. McCormack liked the radio shows so much that she agreed to film.
• According to Howard Stern, he did not learn his lines, being firmly convinced that he would come up with something on the fly, as he always did on the radio. However, producer Ivan Reitman took him aside and strongly recommended that he learn the lines.
• Before filming began, the script was rewritten more than 25 times.