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Chilly Scenes of Winter
(1979)
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| John Heard | ... |
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
(as Beverly Booth Rowland)
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Oscar Rowland | ... |
Man in Store
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Storyline
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 | See more »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:
(Australia) See more »Also Known As:
Fagyos téli napok See more »Filming Locations:
Salt Lake City, Utah, USACompany Credits
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1.85 : 1
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Laura: Laura Connelly
Charles: What a...
Laura: [finishing his sentence] "What a beautiful name."
Charles: No, no. I wasn't gonna say that. I wasn't gonna say "What a beautiful name." I was gonna say "What a coincidence!"
Laura: What?
Charles: That your name is Laura. My name is Charles.
Laura: I don't get it. What's the coincidence?
Charles: There isn't any. Just wanted to tell you my name.
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Written by Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer
Performed by Bette Midler
Courtesy of Atlantic Records See more »
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Charles: What's your name?Laura: Laura Connelly
Charles: What a...
Laura: [finishing his sentence] "What a beautiful name."
Charles: No, no. I wasn't gonna say that. I wasn't gonna say "What a beautiful name." I was gonna say "What a coincidence!"
Laura: What?
Charles: That your name is Laura. My name is Charles.
Laura: I don't get it. What's the coincidence?
Charles: There isn't any. Just wanted to tell you my name.
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"Skylark"Written by Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer
Performed by Bette Midler
Courtesy of Atlantic Records See more »
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