Delirious

Delirious is a 1991 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Tom Mankiewicz, written by Lawrence J. Cohen and Fred Freeman, and starring John Candy, Mariel Hemingway, Emma Samms, Raymond Burr (in his last feature film role), David Rasche, Dylan Baker, and Charles Rocket. It tells the story of the lead soap opera writer who hits his head, finds himself in the setting of the soap opera he works on, and anything he types on his typewriter happens. The film used Prince's 1982 song as its title theme. The film was met with mixed reviews. Plot Jack Gable is the lead writer and producer of the soap opera Beyond Our Dreams. Consumed by work, he harbors an unspoken attraction to Laura Claybourne, the selfish actress playing the lead character Rachel Hedison. Jack crosses paths with Louise, who is there to audition for the part of Janet DuBois, a character Jack did not want introduced. Jack then has a contentious meeting with his co-producers the Sherwoods. The Sherwoods reveal that they are displeased with several elements of Jack's outline for the upcoming season and wish to kill off Rachel, due to Laura's outrageous contract demands. Feigning compromise, the Sherwoods immediately hire Arnie Fetterman, a rival of Jack's, to make the changes they desire. At the same time, Jack has suggested a new character, Jack Gates, a ruthless tycoon. The Sherwoods make no promise of writing Gates into the show, despite Jack's interest.