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Director:
Writers:
Sue Kaufman (novel)
Eleanor Perry (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
10 August 1970 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
I, Tina Balser, Housewife, Did Not Do My Chores Today. I Did...Something Else!
Plot:
A housewife with an abusive husband has an affair with a writer. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 6 wins & 6 nominations more
User Comments:
Did a male conspiracy send this film to extinction??? more (16 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Richard Benjamin ... Jonathan Balser

Frank Langella ... George Prager
Carrie Snodgress ... Tina Balser
Lorraine Cullen ... Sylvie Balser
Frannie Michel ... Liz Balser
Lee Addoms ... Mrs. Prinz
Peter Dohanos ... Samuel Keefer
Katherine Meskill ... Charlotte Rady
Leonard Elliott ... M. Henri
Valma ... Margo
Hilda Haynes ... Lottie
Donald Symington ... Pediatrician (as Don Symington)
Alley Mills ... Women's lib girl (as Allison Mills)

Alice Cooper ... Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael Bruce ... Himself... guitarist for the Alice Cooper band
Glen Buxton ... Himself... guitarist for the Alice Cooper band
Jeanette Du Bois ... Vera
Dennis Dunaway ... Himself... bassist for the Alice Cooper band
Kurt Garfield ... Carpenter
Jason Holt
William Kiehl ... Elliot Asher
I.W. Klein ... Stuttering man in group therapy
George Loros ... Malcolm
Lester Rawlins ... Dr. Linstrom
Renee Semes ... College Girl in group therapy session
Neal Smith ... Himself... drummer for the Alice Cooper band
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Additional Details

Runtime:
95 min | 104 min (original version)
Country:
Language:
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:11 | USA:R

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Jonathan Balser: How about a little roll in the hay? more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Desires of the Devil (1971) more

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7 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
Did a male conspiracy send this film to extinction???, 3 March 2004
Author: inthehouse from San Antonio

Tried to rent this movie EVERYWHERE!! Where is it? At the time, it was a signature piece - first (or second???) of a whole genre of films, including "An Unmarried Woman," "Starting Over," "Same Time Next Year," "Stepford Wives," "Fried Green Tomatoes," and others which offered a new point of view for the housewife emerging from the Sixties to the Seventies!!

Best scene - the plate flying across the kitchen during Thanksgiving dinner!

Tell me where to rent it!! Have they put it under wraps????

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