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Postcards from the Edge (1990)
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12 September 1990 (USA) moreTagline:
Having a wonderful time, wish I were here.Plot:
Substance-addicted Hollywood actress Suzanne Vale is on the skids. After a spell at a detox centre her... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 7 nominations moreUser Comments:
Autumn Sonata Hollywood Style moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Meryl Streep | ... | Suzanne Vale | |
| Shirley MacLaine | ... | Doris Mann | |
| Dennis Quaid | ... | Jack Faulkner | |
| Gene Hackman | ... | Lowell Kolchek | |
| Richard Dreyfuss | ... | Doctor Frankenthal | |
| Rob Reiner | ... | Joe Pierce | |
| Mary Wickes | ... | Grandma | |
| Conrad Bain | ... | Grandpa | |
| Annette Bening | ... | Evelyn Ames | |
| Simon Callow | ... | Simon Asquith | |
| Gary Morton | ... | Marty Wiener | |
| CCH Pounder | ... | Julie Marsden (as C.C.H. Pounder) | |
| Sidney Armus | ... | Sid Roth | |
| Robin Bartlett | ... | Aretha | |
| Barbara Garrick | ... | Carol |
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101 min | Canada:95 min (edited version)Country:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Iceland:L | Canada:14A (Ontario - 2006) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:12 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R | Singapore:PG | Canada:AFilming Locations:
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Liza Minnelli reportedly told writer Carrie Fisher that the film resembles her own relationship with her own famous mother, Judy Garland. moreGoofs:
Continuity: Shirley's head-scarf changes from loose to firmly fastened between shots at the hospital. moreQuotes:
Suzanne: Do you remember my seventeenth birthday party when you lifted your skirt up in front of all those people?Doris: I did not lift my skirt, it twirled up! You only remember the bad stuff, don't you? What about the big band I got to play at that party, do you remember that? No, you only remember that my skirt accidentally twirled up!
Suzanne: And you weren't wearing any underwear.
Doris: Well!
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Debiee Reynolds/Carrie Fisher or MacLaine/Streep? It doesn't really matter. A comedy that swims around a theme without ever getting anywhere. To see Streep and MacLaine together is enough to make this a collector's item. The cheerful side of the Ingrid Bergman/Liv Ullman grim Ingman Bergman "Autumn Sonata" I know that Carrie Fisher with her American wit was telling us something, something personal but did it have to be so shallow? There is nothing about this characters with a hint of depth. Drugs and alcohol part of a culture in permanent denial. Maybe that's what it is. We're witnessing the replicas of what used to be human beings. The hurt is so flimsy. He may have told a million women that they smelled like Catalina, so what? Didn't she notice the phoniness in Dennis Quaid's smirk? I had to rush and see "Plenty" and stare into Meryl Streep's face to be reminded of her greatness. Not that she's bad here, not at all, she's wonderful, it's the character that made me recoil in horror. Okay, enough of that. the combination of MacLaine and Streep is terrific and the film will keep you entertained even if, like in my case, will leave you with a toxic aftertaste.