Jonathan Switcher, an unemployed artist, finds a job as an assistant window dresser for a department store. When Jonathan happens upon a beautiful mannequin he previously designed, she springs to life and introduces herself as Emmy, an Egyptian under an ancient spell. Despite interference from the store's devious manager, Jonathan and his mannequin fall in love while creating eye-catching window displays to keep the struggling store in business.
Costume
Emmy's endless wardrobe changes—pure 80s fashion hallucination.
Acting
James Spader playing slimy corporate villain with weird commitment.
Score
Starship's 'Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now'—unforgivable earworm.
Director
Michael Gottlieb
Andrew McCarthy
Jonathan Switcher
Kim Cattrall
Ema 'Emmy' Hesire
Estelle Getty
Claire Prince Timkin
James Spader
Mr. Richards
G.W. Bailey
Captain Felix Maxwell
Carole Davis
Roxie Shield
Meshach Taylor
Hollywood
Steve Vinovich
B.J. Wert
Christopher Maher
Armand
Phyllis Newman
Emmy's Mother
Phil Rubenstein
Mannequin Factory Boss
Jeffrey Lampert
Factory Worker
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kim Cattrall studied with a mime coach to move like an actual mannequin, then spent hours in makeup being painted to look like plastic.
The film spawned a sequel (Mannequin Two: On the Move) and a short-lived TV series, proving 1987 audiences could not get enough of inanimate object romance.
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