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7.8/10   1,923 votes
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Director:
John Cassavetes
Writer:
John Cassavetes (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
17 April 1978 (Sweden) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
An actress suffers an emotional uproar in her personal life after a fan dies trying to see her. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(67 articles)
Bww TV: Broadway Beat Sneak Peek of In The Next Room Opening Night
 (From BroadwayWorld.com. 22 November 2009, 6:38 PM, PST)
Amaryllis Theatre Company Presents Waiting For Godot 11/10-11/22
 (From BroadwayWorld.com. 22 November 2009, 2:00 AM, PST)
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Masterpiece Drama from Cassavates... more (21 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Gena Rowlands ... Myrtle Gordon
John Cassavetes ... Maurice Aarons

Ben Gazzara ... Manny Victor
Joan Blondell ... Sarah Goode
Paul Stewart ... David Samuels
Zohra Lampert ... Dorothy Victor

Laura Johnson ... Nancy Stein

John Tuell ... Gus Simmons
Ray Powers ... Jimmy

John Finnegan ... Prop man
Louise Lewis ... Kelly (as Louise Finch)
Fred Draper ... Leo
Katherine Cassavetes ... Vivian
Lady Rowlands ... Melva Drake
Carol Warren ... Carla
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Runtime:
144 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13
Company:
Faces Distribution more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Maurice Aarons: I have a small part. It's unsympathetic. The audience doesn't like me. I can't afford to be in love with you. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Todo sobre mi madre (1999) more

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12 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
Masterpiece Drama from Cassavates..., 19 October 2001
10/10
Author: StephaneD from Paris, France

Beautiful film, pure Cassavetes style. Gena Rowland gives a stunning performance of a declining actress, dealing with success, aging, loneliness...and alcoholism. She tries to escape her own subconscious ghosts, embodied by the death spectre of a young girl. Acceptance of oneself, of human condition, though its overall difficulties, is the real purpose of the film. The parallel between the theatrical sequences and the film itself are puzzling: it's like if the stage became a way out for the Heroin. If all american movies could only be that top-quality, dealing with human relations on an adult level, not trying to infantilize and standardize feelings... One of the best dramas ever. 10/10.

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