Laura Lansing Slept Here

Laura Lansing Slept Here
Genre	Comedy
Written by	James Prideaux
Directed by	George Schaefer
Starring	Katharine Hepburn Joel Higgins Karen Austin Brenda Forbes
Music by	Peter Matz
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Merrill H. Karpf
Producers	George Schaefer James Prideaux
Production location	Vancouver
Cinematography	Paul Lohman
Editor	Rod Stephens
Running time	100 minutes
Production companies	Schaefer/Karpf/Eckstein Productions Gaylord Productions
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	March 7, 1988 (1988-03-07)

Laura Lansing Slept Here is a 1988 American made-for-television comedy film starring Katharine Hepburn and directed by George Schaefer which premiered on NBC on March 7, 1988. It was written by James Prideaux and co-stars Joel Higgins, Karen Austin, Brenda Forbes and Hepburn's grandniece Schuyler Grant.

Plot

Hepburn stars as Laura Lansing, a wealthy, world-famous pampered novelist who faces the crisis of her career when her publisher rejects her latest book. Faced with retirement, she makes a bet to prove that she has not lost touch with her readers: she will live with a middle-class family in the suburbs for seven days or give up writing forever. In the home of Walter and Melody Gomphers, Lansing turns the family's life upside down with her outlandish behavior. She struggles to relate to their children, meddles in the couple's marital matters and jeopardizes the conditions of her bet.

Cast

• Katharine Hepburn as Laura Lansing
• Karen Austin as Melody Gomphers
• Brenda Forbes as Doris
• Joel Higgins as Walter Gomphers
• Lee Richardson as Larry Baumgartner
• Nicolas Surovy as Conway
• Schuyler Grant as Annette Gomphers

Reception

A reviewer from The New York Times noted that Hepburn essentially "played herself" in the movie, and that "it's to Katharine Hepburn's credit that she was able to make so much out of so little."

External links

• Laura Lansing Slept Here at IMDb