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    Incredible Shrinking Woman, The (1981)

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    Lily Tomlin stars in this comedy as Pat Kramer, a frenetic American housewife who, falling victim to 20th-century technology, finds herself shrinking inch by inch after exposure to a new perfume.

    Consumer firms and the media fall over themselves to exploit her, much to the delight of her advertising executive husband, Vance (Charles Grodin) but evil scientists from the Organization of World Management also want to jump on the bandwagon for their own sinister plans.

    Pat also appears on The Mike Douglas Show and is befriended by a gorilla.

    A very odd spoof on the wonderful The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) brought bang up to date with some neat special effects but lacking the shock value of the original.

    Pat Kramer/Judith Beasley
    Lily Tomlin
    Vance Kramer
    Charles Grodin
    Dan Beame
    Ned Beatty
    Dr Eugene Nortz
    Henry Gibson
    Dr Ruth Ruth
    Elizabeth Wilson
    Rob
    Mark Blankfield
    Concepcion
    Maria Smith
    Sandra Dyson
    Pamela Bellwood
    Tom Keller
    John Glover
    Logan Carver
    Nicholas Hormann
    Lyle Parks
    Jim Mcmullan
    Beth Kramer
    Shelby Balik
    Jeff Kramer
    Justin Dana
    Sidney
    Richard A. Baker
    Mike Douglas
    Himself

    Director
    Joel Schumacher

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