The Purple Rose of Cairo

  • Fantasy
  • Comedy
  • Romance
3/1/1985
82
PG

She's finally met the man of her dreams. He's not real but you can't have everything.

Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' in hopes of raising her spirits, where she watches dashing archaeologist Tom Baxter time and again.

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Revenue:
$10,631,333
Budget:
$15,000,000

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  • Geronimo1967

    Initially, this reminded me a little of the scenario for King Kong as the impressionable young Cecilia (Mia Farrow) manages, not unreasonably it has to be said, to get fired from her waitressing job in 1930s New York. Despondent, she heads to the cinema to see the The Purple Rose of Cairo only for its star Tom (Jeff Daniels) to quite literally leap off the screen at her and soon her world is in turmoil. Its not just her, neither. The studio is complaining that he is doing exactly the same in cinemas all over the shop. That gives Cecilia quite a quandary as she knows this man of her dreams cannot be real, whilst the rest of the nation wants to know what happens at the end of the movie - and without its star, well we can never find out! What ...

    May 30, 2025

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