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The Women of Brewster Place (1989) (TV)
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19 March 1989 (USA) moreTagline:
Seven Women. Seven Lives Hanging in the Balance.Plot:
Based on the novel by Gloria Naylor, in which a group of strong-willed women who live in the same rundown housing project located on Brewster Place... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Excellent moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Oprah Winfrey | ... | Mattie Michael |
 | Mary Alice | ... | Fannie Michael |
| Olivia Cole | ... | Miss Sophie |
| Robin Givens | ... | Kiswana |
| Moses Gunn | ... | Ben |
| Jackée Harry | ... | Etta Mae |
| Paula Kelly | ... | Theresa |
| Leon | ... | Abshu |
| Lonette McKee | ... | Lorraine |
| Barbara Montgomery | ... | Miss Eva |
 | Phyllis Yvonne Stickney | ... | Cora Lee |
 | Lynn Whitfield | ... | Ciel |
| Paul Winfield | ... | Sam Michael |
 | William Allen Young | ... | Eugene |
 | Cicely Tyson | ... | Mrs. Browne |
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Cameo: [Mike Tyson] [, a street gang member (he's the one wearing the cap and sunglasses).] moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: During the second tenant meeting, Olivia Cole is not wearing her age makeup. moreQuotes:
Etta Mae: [re babies] All yours. Built-in heartache for the next twenty years!Mattie Michael: [reprovingly] Etta...
Etta Mae: Now me, when I want ready-made trouble, I dig up a handsome man. No diapers to change, and I walk when I'm ready.
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Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Shia LaBeouf/Avril Lavigne (#32.17)" (2007) moreFAQ
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Every time I see that this movie is on TV again, I get SUCKED IN every time and have to watch it to the end!
It does such a great job communicating about a culture that I know so little about. I feel like I was invited in-it is so painfully real.
The writing, the acting and the directing is so well done. It also feels like a play.
It's honest. 9/10