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Mrs. Soffel (1984)
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Writer:
Ron Nyswaner (writer)
Release Date:
26 December 1984 (USA)
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A true story
Plot:
Peter Soffel is the stuffy warden of a remote American prison around the turn of the century. His wife...
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe.
Another 1 nomination
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(2 articles)
Matthew Modine: The Hollywood Interview
(From The Hollywood Interview. 2 November 2009, 10:20 AM, PST)
Red Carpet Lineup
(From FilmExperience. 8 August 2009, 2:28 PM, PDT)
(From The Hollywood Interview. 2 November 2009, 10:20 AM, PST)
Red Carpet Lineup
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This is the first American accent Mel Gibson used on film.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Diane Keaton | ... | Kate Soffel |
 | Mel Gibson | ... | Ed Biddle |
 | Matthew Modine | ... | Jack Biddle |
 | Edward Herrmann | ... | Warden Peter Soffel |
| Trini Alvarado | ... | Irene Soffel |
| Jennifer Dundas | ... | Margaret Soffel (as Jennie Dundas) |
| Danny Corkill | ... | Eddie Soffel |
| Harley Cross | ... | Clarence Soffel |
 | Terry O'Quinn | ... | Detective Buck McGovern |
| Pippa Pearthree | ... | Maggie |
| William Youmans | ... | Guard George Koslow |
| Maury Chaykin | ... | Guard Charlie Reynolds |
| Joyce Ebert | ... | Matron Agnes Garvey |
| Wayne Robson | ... | Halliday |
 | Dana Wheeler-Nicholson | ... | Jessie Bodyne |
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110 min | 112 min (TCM print)
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Color (Metrocolor)
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A very old, closed, unused bridge in the village of Elora, Ontario was refurbished for the movie, and now serves as a pedestrian bridge there.
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Referenced in The Hitcher: 'How Do These Movies Get Made?' (2003) (V)
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Mel Gibson's performance in "Mrs. Soffel" is superb in any event, but viewed in the context that it is the first time he played an American character on film, that his brother was played by American actor Matthew Modine, and that the film was based on a true story of two men from Pittsburgh, it is an even greater achievement.