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Director:
Robert Altman
Writers:
Christopher Durang (play)
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Release Date:
April 1987 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
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NewsDesk:
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User Comments:
A disservice to the play . . . and all humankind. more (12 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Julie Hagerty ... Prudence

Jeff Goldblum ... Bruce

Glenda Jackson ... Charlotte
Tom Conti ... Stuart

Christopher Guest ... Bob
Geneviève Page ... Zizi
Cris Campion ... Andrew
Sandrine Dumas ... Cindy
Bertrand Bonvoisin ... Le Gérant
Nicole Evans ... The Cashier
Louis-Marie Taillefer ... Le Chef
Matthew Leonard-Lesniak ... Mr. Bean (as Matthew Lesniak)
Laure Killing ... Charlie
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Françoise Armel ... Zizi's Friend
Sylvie Lenor ... Zizi's Friend
Anne Monner ... Zizi's Friend
Joan Tyrrell
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
93 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:M | Argentina:16 | USA:R | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:L (original rating)
Filming Locations:
Paris, France
Company:
New World Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Robert Altman was living in Paris at the time and decided to make the film there, even though it was set in New York. more
Quotes:
Stuart: I ejaculate quickly on porpoise! more
Movie Connections:
References Every Girl Should Be Married (1948) more
Soundtrack:
Someone To Watch Over Me more

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A disservice to the play . . . and all humankind., 4 May 2004
Author: Bockharn from Long Island, NY

Comedy is hard. BEYOND THERAPY is, arguably, Christopher Durang's best play and Robert Altman's worst film. The casting of the film is not terrible -- on paper. But almost every other aspect of the film -- the direction, the look, the sound -- is wrong-headed, -hearted, and every other relevant organ-ed. Still, going on the principle that an artist should be judged by his best work, not his worst, enough about Altman. Even Homer nodded and I don't mean Homer Simpson, but, come to think of it --. Durang's comedy remains incisive and hilarious. From the perspective of 2004 it seems so embedded in its era that it effortlessly transcends its time -- like Restoration Comedy on a good night. This is nigh-on-impossible to see in the film, but it is happily evident in an audio recording made in 2002, featuring a splendid cast of gen-u-ine comic actors, headed by Catherine O'Hara, David Hyde Pierce, Kate MacGregor, and Richard Kind. It's "pure '80s." It's the "me decade" pressed down and flowing over. The peculiar idiocies of idiotic therapists are skewered on Durang's pen as are personal ads, grotesque drama (Eck! Eck! EQUUS!), let-it-all-hang-out personal interaction, and wildly "inappropriate" therapist/patient relationships. It is laugh-out-loud wonderful on CD and may serve to comfort the Durang and Altman fans who are justifiably horrified at the film.

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