Movie Article

Marquee Madness

Long movie titles -- Upcoming flicks like ''The Favor, the Watch and the Very Big Fish'' jump on the trend

Peter Greenaway kicked off a trend last year with his verbosely named film The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover. Jeff Goldblum and Natasha Richardson are following suit with their heftily titled comedy The Favor, the Watch and the Very Big Fish, due out next year. And now a full-page advertisement in the trades heralds the imminent arrival of a Jennifer Rubin-starrer called A Woman, Her Men and Her Futon.

Originally posted Nov 01, 1991 Published in issue #90 Nov 01, 1991 Order article reprints

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