Moon over Parador

Moon over Parador is a 1988 American romantic comedy movie directed by Paul Mazursky and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Raul Julia, Lorin Dreyfuss, Dana Delany, Jonathan Winters, Fernando Rey, Sônia Braga, Polly Holliday, and Sammy Davis Jr.. It was distributed by Universal Pictures.

Cast

• Richard Dreyfuss as Jack Noah / President Alphonse Simms
• Lorin Dreyfuss as The Real Alphonse Simms
• Raul Julia as Roberto Strausmann
• Sônia Braga as Madonna Mendez
• Dana Delany as Jenny
• Jonathan Winters as Ralph
• Fernando Rey as Alejandro
• Michael Greene as Clint
• Polly Holliday as Midge
• Milton Gonçalves as Carlo
• Charo as Madame Loop
• Marianne Sägebrecht as Magda Feldmarck
• Sammy Davis Jr. as Himself
• Ike Pappas as Himself
• Edward Asner as Himself
• Reinhard Kolldehoff as Gunther Feldmarck

Plot

The story is about an American actor (Richard Dreyfuss) who is asked to impersonate the dictator (Lorin Dreyfuss) of the fictional South American country of Parador, after he dies of a heart attack, by the second man (Raul Julia) so he can take power and become the dictator of Parador himself.

Other websites

• Moon over Parador on IMDb
• Moon over Parador at the American Film Institute Catalog
• Moon over Parador at the TCM Movie Database
• Moon over Parador at AllMovie