Roxanne dreamed of a handsome, intelligent, romantic man. C.D. Bales is two out of three... but looks aren't everything!

Starring: Steve Martin, Daryl Hannah, Shelley Duvall, Rick Rossovich, Fred Willard, Michael J. Pollard

DML Rating: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ - great

"You still went to bed with him awfully fast! A few frilly words and you're counting ceiling tiles." - C.D. Bales

Why watch this? It is one of Martin's better romantic films - his nose, and performance, are incredible.

Plot Summary: The witty and charming fire chief C.D. Bales is deeply in love with the beautiful astronomer Roxanne. He's self-conscious about his large nose and fears rejection, so he instead helps his handsome but inarticulate subordinate, Chris, woo Roxanne by ghostwriting eloquent love letters for him. Roxanne falls for the personality expressed in the letters, unaware of the true author.

Dad's Preview: This is a modern telling of Edmond Rostand's classic play "Cyrano de Bergerac". Steve Martin portrays C. D. Bales, a man with an unusual facial feature. Most men lack confidence. Not him. He makes the most of life, as he runs a volunteer fire department. Then he meets Roxanne. She is cool, funny and beautiful. He falls hopelessly in love. This is one of Martin's initial attempts to break into mainstream comedy, and it really works.

Michael I. Rachmil, Daniel Meinick; Columbia Pictures