- Country: USA
- Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
- Release: 1982-06-18
- Director: Arthur Hiller
- Writers: Israel Horovitz
- Language: English
- Stars: Al Pacino , Dyan Cannon , Tuesday Weld , Bob Dishy , Bob Elliott , Ray Goulding , Eric Gurry , Elva Josephson , B.J. Barie , Ari Meyers
- Runtime: 110 min
- Awards: 2 nominations
- AKA: Автора! Автора! , Η πρεμιέρα (Greece) , Lenge leve (for)fattern (Norway) , Avec les compliments de l'auteur (Canada) , Author! Author! (Canada) , Autor em Família (Brazil) , Автора! Автора! (Ukraine) , 'n goed stuk is nooit weg (Netherlands the) , Åh, vilket strul! (Sweden) , Author! Author! (United States of America) , Author! Author! (Australia) , Avec les compliments de l'auteur (France, French Republic) , Daddy! Daddy! Fünf Nervensägen und ein Vater , Autor! Autor! (Poland) , O Palco e a Vida (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Kohtalon koukut (Finland) , Qué buena madre es mi padre (Uruguay, Eastern Republic of) , Autor. Autor (Spain) , Kirjailijaelämää (Finland) , Far og forfatter (Denmark) , Papà, sei una frana (Italy) , 喝采の陰で (Japan) , I premiera (Greece) , Autor, autor (Spain) , Author! Author! (United Kingdom) , Author! Author! , Szerző! Szerző! (Hungary) , ¡Qué buena madre es... mi padre! (Argentina) , 歡喜冤家 (Taiwan) , Автора! Автора! (Bulgaria) , Qué buena Madre es mi Padre (Mexico) , ¡Qué buena madre es... mi padre! (Peru)
- Plot: Playwright Travalian feels pulled limb from limb these days. He has a Broadway play in rehearsal and they want rewrites. His tramp wife is leaving him, leaving him as well with four children from her previous marriages plus his own son. And his lead actress wants to move in with him but isn't used to kids.
- IMDB:tt0083598
Author! Author! Cast · · · ALL
Arthur Hiller
Director
Al Pacino
Ivan Travalian
Dyan Cannon
Alica Detroit
Tuesday Weld
Gloria Travalian
Bob Dishy
Morris Finestein
Bob Elliott
Patrick Dicker
Eric Gurry
Igor
Elva Josephson
Bonnie (as Elva Leff)
Ari Meyers
Debbie
Alan King
Kreplich
James Tolkan
Lt. Glass
Tony Munafo
Officer Kapinsky
Reuben Singer
Oliver Cromwell
Cosmo Allegretti
Fippsy Fippininni
Kevin McClarnon
Ted Brawn
Lori Tan Chinn
Mrs. Woo
Richard Belzer
Seth Shapiro
Andre Gregory
J.J.
Judy Graubart
Miss Knoph
Jaime Tirelli
Second Taxi Driver
Frederic Kimball
Larry Kotzwinkle
Yudie Bank
Complete Stranger
Denny Dillon
Young Woman
Margo Winkler
Millie
Jean-Pierre Stewart
French Student
Rachael Horovitz
Young Lady