Compromising Positions
Compromising Positions is a 1985 American film released by Paramount and directed by Frank Perry.
The screenplay, by Susan Isaacs, was adapted from her 1978 novel.
The plot concerns a Long Island housewife and former journalist who becomes involved in a murder investigation.
The film stars Susan Sarandon, Raúl Juliá, Judith Ivey, Edward Herrmann, Mary Beth Hurt, Joe Mantegna, Deborah Rush, Anne De Salvo, and Josh Mostel.
Joan Allen has a small role.
Brian Kennedy (gallery director)
Brian Patrick Kennedy( born 5 November 1961) is an Irish- born art museum director who has worked in Ireland and Australia, and now lives and works in the United States.
He is currently the director of the Peabody Essex Museum.
He was the director of the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio from 2010 to 2019.
He was the director of the Hood Museum of Art from 2005 to 2010, and the National Gallery of Australia( Canberra) from 1997- 2004.
Susan Isaacs
Susan Isaacs( born December 7, 1943) is an American novelist, essayist, and screenwriter.
She adapted her debut novel into the film" Compromising Positions."
Richard T. Jones
Richard Timothy Jones( born January 16, 1972) is an American actor.
Jones is best known for his portrayals of Laveinio in the dramatic film" The Wood"( 1999) and Mike of the dramatic films" Why Did I Get Married?"( 2007) and" Why Did I Get Married Too?"( 2010).
He is also well known for his role as Bruce Van Exel, court services officer on the CBS television series" Judging Amy" that aired from 1999 to 2005.
Dana Blankstein
Dana Blankstein- Cohen( born March 3, 1981) is the director of the Israeli Academy of Film and Television.
She is a film director, and an Israeli culture entrepreneur.
Frank Perry
Frank Joseph Perry Jr.
(August 21, 1930 – August 29, 1995) was an American stage director and filmmaker.
The 1962 independent film "David and Lisa" was nominated for two Academy Awards for best director (Frank Perry) and best screenplay (written by his then-wife, Eleanor Perry).
The couple would go on to collaborate on five more films including the cult classic "
The Swimmer" starring Burt Lancaster, "Diary of a Mad Housewife" starring Carrie Snodgress, and the Emmy Award–nominated "A Christmas Memory", which was based on a short story by Truman Capote and also adapted by his wife Eleanor.
Perry went on to form Corsair Pictures, which was privately financed by United Artists Theatres, producing two film flops, "Miss Firecracker" and "A Shock to the System", before folding.
His later films include the Razzie Award–nominee Joan Crawford bio drama "Mommie Dearest" and the documentary "On the Bridge", about his battle with prostate cancer.
Author Justin Bozung, who has been researching the filmmaker's life since 2013, is currently writing the official biography of Frank Perry titled
"Character Is Story: The Life & Films of Frank Perry.
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The book is due out in 2020.
Lamman Rucker
Lamman Rucker( born October 6, 1971) is an American actor.
Rucker began his career on the daytime soap operas" As the World Turns" and" All My Children", before roles in Tyler Perry's films
" Why Did I Get Married?
Why Did I Get Married Too?", and" Meet the Browns", and its television adaptation.
In 2016, he began starring as Jacob Greenleaf in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series," Greenleaf".
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Olav Aaraas
Olav Aaraas( born 10 July 1950) is a Norwegian historian and museum director.
He was born in Fredrikstad.
From 1982 to 1993 he was the director of Sogn Folk Museum, from 1993 to 2010 he was the director of Maihaugen and from 2001 he has been the director of the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History.
In 2010 he was decorated with the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.

Question: Why did the director of film Compromising Positions die?
Answer: prostate cancer