You Light Up My Life | |
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Directed by | Joseph Brooks |
Written by | Joseph Brooks |
Produced by | Joseph Brooks |
Starring | Didi Conn Joe Silver Michael Zaslow Stephen Nathan Melanie Mayron |
Cinematography | Eric Saarinen |
Edited by | Lynzee Klingman |
Music by | Joseph Brooks |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1.2 million[1] |
Box office | $8.5 million[2] |
You Light Up My Life is a 1977 American romantic drama film written and directed by Joseph Brooks and starring Didi Conn, Joe Silver, and Michael Zaslow.[3][4] Laurie (Conn), a talented singer and songwriter, feels obligated to follow her father's borscht belt comedian career. She struggles to get small time acting work in advertising and children's shows with her fellow acting friends in Hollywood and shows marginal talent in standup comedy (mostly set up using her father's connections). Her happenstance meeting with a young director will set the stage for a series of conflicts with her fiancé, father and career decisions.