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6.8/10   463 votes
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Director:
Frank Perry
Writers:
Sue Kaufman (novel)
Eleanor Perry (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
10 August 1970 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
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:
Insanity comes quietly to the structured mind 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:
USA
Language:
English
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 "My Wife and Kids: Diary of a Mad Teen (#3.5)" (2002) more

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Insanity comes quietly to the structured mind, 30 March 2003
Author: judge9090 from Daytona Beach, Florida

Richard Benjamin would drive anyone crazy in 'Diary of a Mad Housewife'(1970).Benjamin and wife Carrie Snodgrass are an upper- middle class New York couple, he totally absorbed with social climbing and Ms. Snodgrass bored to death with her isolated life.Director Frank Perry(David and Lisa) does an excellent job directing this sometimes funny, sometimes sad film of a materialistic, yet emotionally empty lifestyle.Script by Eleanor Perry.

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