Moon over Parador

Moon over Parador
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Paul Mazursky
Screenplay by	Leon Capetanos Paul Mazursky
Based on	"Caviar for His Excellency" by Charles G. Booth
Produced by	Paul Mazursky
Starring	Richard Dreyfuss Raul Julia Sônia Braga Jonathan Winters Fernando Rey
Cinematography	Donald McAlpine
Edited by	Stuart H. Pappé
Music by	Maurice Jarre
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	September 4, 1988 (1988-09-04) (MWFF) September 9, 1988 (1988-09-09) (United States)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$19 million[1]
Box office	$11.4 million[2]

Moon over Parador is a 1988 American romantic comedy film directed and produced by Paul Mazursky, who co-wrote the screenplay with Leon Capetanos. The film is based on the short story "Caviar for His Excellency" by Charles G. Booth and is a loose remake of the 1939 film The Magnificent Fraud. It stars Richard Dreyfuss as a little-known actor hired to impersonate a deceased Latin American dictator, with Raul Julia and Sônia Braga in supporting roles.

The film had its world premiere at the Montreal World Film Festival on September 4, 1988, and was theatrically released in the United States on September 9, 1988, by Universal Pictures. It received mixed reviews from critics and was a box-office bomb, despite praise for the performances of the cast. For their performances, Julia and Braga earned Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress, respectively.