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Director:

Woody Allen

Writer (WGA):

Woody Allen (written by)

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Release Date:

18 November 1988 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama more

Plot:

Facing a mid-life crisis, a woman rents an apartment next to a psychiatrist's office to write a new book, only to become drawn to the plight of a pregnant woman seeking that doctor's help. full summary | add synopsis

Awards:

1 win more

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(14 articles)

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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Gena Rowlands ... Marion Post

Mia Farrow ... Hope

Ian Holm ... Ken

Blythe Danner ... Lydia

Gene Hackman ... Larry Lewis

Betty Buckley ... Kathy

Martha Plimpton ... Laura
John Houseman ... Marion's Father
Sandy Dennis ... Claire

David Ogden Stiers ... Young Marion's Father
Philip Bosco ... Sam
Harris Yulin ... Paul
Frances Conroy ... Lynn

Fred Melamed ... Patient's Voice / Engagement Party Guest
Kenneth Welsh ... Donald
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Additional Details

Runtime:

81 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Alpine, New Jersey, USA more


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Trivia:

Hope's name is only referred to twice during the film; the first time it is spoken by Marion, and the second time is when we see it during the closing credits. more

Quotes:

Ken: I accept your condemnation. more

Movie Connections:

References Smultronstället (1957) more

Soundtrack:

Gymnopedies for Piano No. 3 more


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This film blew me away, 19 February 2002
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Author: Drew (andrew7@erols.com) from Stratford, NJ USA

I just watched this last night, and I've been thinking about it all day. What an amazing film! So poignant, so subtle. A woman re-evaluates her life and begins to lament the choices she made years ago. Such a simple premise, such immense possibilities.

This film demands a lot of its audience. There is no humor, no action, and very little plot. Most people won't be into this at all, I imagine, which is a shame. This film offers a really wonderful perspective on a subject that is so very rarely addressed in films today: aging. This film is about a woman taking stock of her life at the age of fifty. She looks back, she sees the choices she made and how they turned out. She sees the compromises she made to get where she is today (very successful, head of a philosophy department, about to write another book), and she begins to appreciate, for the first time, what those compromises cost.

This is, in my opinion, the central tragedy of human existence. You only get one shot at life, and no one ever tells you how to manage it. So, you make mistakes, and one day, when you're fifty, you've finally learned enough to start making the right choices. But, by that time, is it too late? This film doesn't answer that question, at least not for its central character. But it does offer hope.

The film is propelled by several dynamite performances. But, even in such a crowded field of great performances, it is not difficult to pick out Gena Rowlands, who gives an unforgettably nuanced performance as Marion, the film's central character.

You may notice that this film is propelled by a number of coincidences. Every chance encounter, however, has an eerie relevance to Marion's soul-searching. It may look contrived, but it isn't. These aren't coincidences at all. The pregnant woman, played by Mia Farrow, is instrumental in setting up each of these 'coincidences', and that character's name is Hope. I was half-expecting a "Fight Club" revelation at the end, but it never came, which is good. This film could stand both ways, and it's better for the director to leave the audience to consider the relationship between Hope and Marion on their own. Like I said, I've been thinking about it all day.

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