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7 March 1986 (USA) morePlot:
It is 1950s Nevada, and Professor Vivian Bell arrives to get a divorce. She's unsatisfied with her marriage... more | add synopsisAwards:
3 wins & 2 nominations moreUser Comments:
a thoroughly entertaining and wonderful movie more (36 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Helen Shaver | ... | Vivian Bell |
 | Patricia Charbonneau | ... | Cay Rivvers |
| Audra Lindley | ... | Frances Parker |
| Andra Akers | ... | Silver |
| Dean Butler | ... | Darrell |
| Gwen Welles | ... | Gwen |
 | James Staley | ... | Art Warner |
| Katie La Bourdette | ... | Lucille |
 | Alex McArthur | ... | Walter |
| Tyler Tyhurst | ... | Buck |
 | Denise Crosby | ... | Pat |
| Antony Ponzini | ... | Joe |
| Brenda Beck | ... | Joyce |
| Sam Minsky | ... | Best Man |
| Patricia Frazier | ... | Change Girl |
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96 minCountry:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
StereoCertification:
Italy:VM14 | Canada:R (Ontario) | Australia:M | New Zealand:M | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:16Filming Locations:
Reno, Nevada, USAFun Stuff
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Vivian: [while kissing Cay] I don't usually feel this way at 11 o'clock in the morning. moreSoundtrack:
HONKY TONK MAN moreFAQ
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I've seen this movie at least a dozen times and it never fails to make me cry. It's a simple love story, but the fact that it's two women in love in Nevada in the 1950's gives it special significance. Unlike a lot of lesbian movies that were made in the 1980's, this one isn't all doom and gloom. It's actually a movie that will make you remember being young, impulsive and in love. It leaves the
viewer feeling hopeful about the future. Vivian Bell is a professor who comes to Nevada in the 1950's for a quickie divorce from her husband. While there she
meets Cay Rivers and Cay opens up a whole new world to her and makes
Vivian realize there's more to life than her stuffy, professional existence in New York. In addition, this movie has the most touching, intimate, erotic, and soulful love scene that I have EVER seen between 2 women in a movie.