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'''''[[Mannequin]]''''' is a 1987 romantic comedy written and directed by Michael Gottlieb, about a struggling old department store gets revitalized thanks to the crazy window displays designed by a new employee, and his girlfriend who turns into a store mannequin when other people are around.
This is 1980s [[High Concept]], that still never tries to be anything other than silly and fun. Stars [[Andrew Mc Carthy]] and [[Kim Cattrall]], who of course would later star in ''[[Sex and
This seems to be based on an old episode of ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'', but the director just came up with the idea after seeing an optical illusion in a store window that made one of the mannequins appear to move. It also shares striking similarities with the 1948 film ''One Touch of Venus,'' in which a statue of the [[Love Goddess|goddess]] comes to life when kissed by a young window dresser.
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* [[Award Bait Song]]: ''Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now'', by Starship
* [[Camp Gay]]: Hollywood (that's his name).
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* [[The Eighties]]: Part of the film's charm.
* [[Empty Piles of Clothing]]: The mummy bandages that are left after our protagonist gets whisked away magically.
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