You Ruined My Life

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You Ruined My Life
GenreAdventure
Biography
Drama
Written byRobin Swicord
Directed byDavid Ashwell
Starring Soleil Moon Frye
Allen Garfield
Music by Jonathan Tunick
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers Robert Kosberg
Arlene Sellers
Alex Winitsky
Producers Mark H. Ovitz
Dylan Sellers
John Garbett (supervising producer) (uncredited)
Production location Las Vegas
Cinematography Ric Waite
Editors Barbara Palmer Dixon
Arthur Schmidt
Running time100 min.
Production companies Lantana Productions Inc.
Mark H. Ovitz Productions
Walt Disney Television
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseFebruary 1, 1987 (1987-02-01)

You Ruined My Life is a 1987 television film directed by David Ashwell.

Plot

You Ruined My Life is about 11-year-old Minerva (Soleil Moon Frye), a girl who lives in a Las Vegas casino with her Uncle Howie (Allen Garfield), who spoils her by giving her everything she wants. Minerva gets into trouble and her strict Aunt Hermione (Edith Fields) threatens to take her away. Dexter (Paul Reiser), a clever mathematics professor, finds out a foolproof way to cheat and win in blackjack, but he is caught. Dexter is burdened with a gigantic gambling debt. Uncle Howie makes sure Dexter tutors Minerva so she can gain admissions into a private school. It takes a while for this arrangement to work out between Dexter and Minerva, but finally they make great strides and Minerva amazingly learns everything very quickly. She runs away by herself to take the exam and pass. Meanwhile, Dexter and Uncle Howie's assistant Charlotte (Mimi Rogers) fall in love.


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