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Pushover (1999)
Poor Nelly Bish, all her life she has been pushed around and knocked on the ground. Nelly has never been good enough for anything - until now. Nelly, quite content working as a maid, is busy cleaning when Hollywood comes knockin. Nelly's luck begins to turn when a chance meeting with some of the biggest star makers in Hollywood peg her to be the next big star. No more cleaning up after anyone, from now on people will be cleaning up after Nelly.
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Poor Nelly Bish, all her life she has been pushed around and knocked on the ground. Nelly has never been good enough for anything - until now. Nelly, quite content working as a maid, is busy cleaning when Hollywood comes knockin. Nelly's luck begins to turn when a chance meeting with some of the biggest star makers in Hollywood peg her to be the next big star. No more cleaning up after anyone, from now on people will be cleaning up after Nelly.
Rating:NC-17
Genre:Comedy, Drama
Written By:George Kaplan
In Theaters:10/27/1999
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Runtime:86 minutes
Studio:Wicked
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