Isn't She Great

Isn't She Great
Isn't She Great
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Andrew Bergman
Written by	Paul Rudnick
Based on	"Wasn't She Great?"; by Michael Korda
Produced by	Mike Lobell
Starring	Bette Midler; Nathan Lane; Stockard Channing; David Hyde Pierce; Amanda Peet; John Cleese;
Cinematography	Karl Walter Lindenlaub
Edited by	Barry Malkin
Music by	Burt Bacharach
Production; companies	BBC; Lobell-Bergman Productions; Marubeni; Mutual Film Company; Tele-München; Toho-Towa;
Distributed by	Universal Pictures (North America, United Kingdom and Ireland); Concorde Filmverleih (Germany); Toho-Towa (Japan);
Release date	January 28, 2000;
Running time	95 minutes
Countries	United States; United Kingdom; Germany; Japan;
Language	English
Budget	$36 million
Box office	$3 million

Isn't She Great is a 2000 American biographical comedy-drama film that presents a fictionalized biography of author Jacqueline Susann, played by Bette Midler. An international co-production between the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan, the film was directed by Andrew Bergman from a screenplay by Paul Rudnick based on a 1995 New Yorker profile by Michael Korda.

In addition to Midler and Lane, the film stars Stockard Channing as Susann's "gal pal" Florence Maybelle, David Hyde Pierce as book editor Michael Hastings, and John Cleese as publisher Henry Marcus. John Larroquette, Amanda Peet, Christopher McDonald, Debbie Shapiro, and Paul Benedict have supporting roles. Opening in 750 US theaters on January 28, 2000, it received negative reviews from critics and earned only $3 million at the box office, far less than its cost of $36 million. Midler was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress.