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Chilly Scenes of Winter
(1979)
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Charles
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| Mary Beth Hurt | ... |
Laura
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| Peter Riegert | ... |
Sam
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| Kenneth McMillan | ... |
Pete
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| Gloria Grahame | ... |
Clara
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Nora Heflin | ... |
Betty
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| Jerry Hardin | ... |
Mr. Patterson
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Tarah Nutter | ... |
Susan
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| Mark Metcalf | ... |
Ox
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Allen Joseph | ... |
Blind Man
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| Frances Bay | ... |
Mrs. Delillo
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| Griffin Dunne | ... |
Dr. Mark
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Alex Johnson | ... |
Elise
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Beverly Rowland | ... |
Woman in Park
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Oscar Rowland | ... |
Man in Store
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Charles is a Salt Lake City civil servant who loves (*LOVES*) Laura, a lovely housewife with a lovely step-daughter and an A-frame-selling, ex-quarterback husband named Ox. His roommate is "an unemployed jacket salesman," his mother is a spacey, laxative overdosing, overly eccentric basket-case, his perpetually happy sister finds love in the dorkiest of guys, his step-father has a jones for Turtle Wax and his boss asks him for advice about his Ivy League son's sexual problems. He listens to Janis Joplin and dreams of getting Laura back once and for all. He does everything in his power to win her back from Ox, and the lengths he goes to provide the structure of the film in this bittersweet romantic comedy...a film that explores what happened to the Woodstock generation when they transcended their idealism (i.e. it was expected that they fall in love and face the music of routine). Charles is perhaps the quintessential saint of this ideology. Written by thustlebird
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obsession | title directed by female | husband wife relationship | love triangle | winter |Taglines:
Love does strange things to people. And Charles is a little strange to begin with. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
15 July 1982 (Australia) See more »Also Known As:
Chilly Scenes of Winter See more »Filming Locations:
Salt Lake City, Utah, USACompany Credits
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Laura: I was on the trampoline team in high school.
Charles: That must have been before it became a competitive sport.
Laura: I never said I was any good you know. See, I had these terrible bow-legs. Somebody told me if you jump on the trampoline a lot, it'll straighten out your bow-legs.
Charles: How can jumping on a trampoline straighten out bow-legs?
Laura: I was misinformed!
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Written by Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer
Performed by Bette Midler
Courtesy of Atlantic Records
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Charles: I thought you said you were on the trampoline team in high school.Laura: I was on the trampoline team in high school.
Charles: That must have been before it became a competitive sport.
Laura: I never said I was any good you know. See, I had these terrible bow-legs. Somebody told me if you jump on the trampoline a lot, it'll straighten out your bow-legs.
Charles: How can jumping on a trampoline straighten out bow-legs?
Laura: I was misinformed!
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"Skylark"Written by Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer
Performed by Bette Midler
Courtesy of Atlantic Records
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A brilliant film. Check it out. Marvellous in so many ways. Acting, script, you name it, it's great. It's a fantastic "little" film as they would say, but the "little" ones are often the best. So many small and subtle moments that make it quite memorable.