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Postcards from the Edge (1990)
6.5
Ratings: 6.5/10 from 7,110 users
Metascore:
71/100
Reviews: 43 user | 21 critic | 18 from Metacritic.com Substance-addicted Hollywood actress Suzanne Vale is on the skids. After a spell at a detox centre her... See full summary » Director:Mike Nichols |
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Nominated for 2 Oscars.
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2 wins
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9 nominations
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Cast
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Joe Pierce
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Grandma
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Conrad Bain | ... |
Grandpa
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Simon Asquith
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Gary Morton | ... |
Marty Wiener
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Julie Marsden
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Sidney Armus | ... |
Sid Roth
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Robin Bartlett | ... | |
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Carol
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Storyline
Substance-addicted Hollywood actress Suzanne Vale is on the skids. After a spell at a detox centre her film company insists as a condition of continuing to employ her that she live with her mother Doris Mann, herself once a star and now a champion drinker. Such a set-up is bad news for Suzanne who has struggled for years to get out of her mother's shadow, and who finds her mother still treats her like a child. Despite these problems - and further ones to do with the men in in her life - Suzanne can begin to see the funny side of her situation, and it also starts to occur to her that not only do daughters have mothers, mothers do too. Written by Jeremy Perkins <jwp@aber.ac.uk>
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Country:
USARelease Date:
(USA) See more »Also Known As:
Recuerdos de Hollywood See more »Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USABox Office
Gross:
$37,963,281 (USA)Company Credits
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Suzanne: Well, no wonder I'm so hefty.
Doris: Hefty? If you ask me I think you're too thin. Now my stomach, that's hefty.
Suzanne: I was kidding.
Doris: I don't get your generation's humor most of the time.
Suzanne: I don't have a generation.
Marty Wiener: Then I think you should get one.
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Debbie Reynolds reportedly wanted to play the role of Doris Mann, loosely based on herself. However, director Mike Nichols personally requested Shirley MacLaine. See more »Goofs
Miscellaneous: Lowell tells Suzanne that none of the airport scene can be saved because it was shot without any cutaways. However, the scene is obviously edited as the characters jump about 3 feet farther from the camera as they walk from past a pole between the ticket counter and the passport control desk. See more »Quotes
Doris: You know what they say. No pain, no gain.Suzanne: Well, no wonder I'm so hefty.
Doris: Hefty? If you ask me I think you're too thin. Now my stomach, that's hefty.
Suzanne: I was kidding.
Doris: I don't get your generation's humor most of the time.
Suzanne: I don't have a generation.
Marty Wiener: Then I think you should get one.
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