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Director:

Paul Bogart

Writers (WGA):

Wendy Wasserstein (play)
Wendy Wasserstein (teleplay)

Contact:

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Release Date:

15 October 1995 (USA) more

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Golden Globes. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations more

User Comments:

Jamie Lee Delivers a Tour-De-Force Performance more (10 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jamie Lee Curtis ... Heidi Holland

Tom Hulce ... Peter Patrone

Peter Friedman ... Scoop Rosenbaum

Kim Cattrall ... Susan

Eve Gordon ... Lisa

Sharon Lawrence ... Jill
Julie White ... Fran
Debra Eisenstadt

Roma Maffia

Shari Belafonte ... April Lambert

John Saint Ryan ... Nick (as John St. Ryan)
Nicki Vannice
Ivette Soler ... Abby
Erin Tavin ... Marion
Jessica Hecht ... Chloe
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Additional Details

Runtime:

Brazil:100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

The play "The Heidi Chronicles" won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1989. more

Quotes:

Heidi Holland: ...And that's for being so Goddamned...
Peter Patrone: ...Narcisstic? Supercilious?
Heidi Holland: No, um...
Peter Patrone: ...Sounds like?
Heidi Holland: Oh I give up!
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Movie Connections:

References Doctor Zhivago (1965) more


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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Jamie Lee Delivers a Tour-De-Force Performance, 18 September 2001
10/10
Author: herbqedi from New York, NY

Jamie Lee Curtis obviously bonded with Wendy Wasserstein in a special way in this production. The life she gave to the character of Heidi Holland transcended acting and writing.

The movie profiles Heidi as she raises her consciousness and her humanity by learning from life. The movie has a marvelous sense of humor and an even more delicious sense of irony. But it never sacrifices the integrity of any of its characters to score with a gag.

Tom Hulce is marvelous as the boy who loves her but finds he also needs to get more in touch with who he is before he can commit. Peter Friedman, who played the father in the TV-series Brooklyn Bridge, is marvelous as the confident, yet shallow, Scoop Rosenberg. Sharon Lawrence and Roma Maffia are terrific in supporting roles.

The direction from Wendy Wasserstein is quite impressive for a novice. The pacing is always brisk, but never brusque. The scenes weave seamlessly together like a perfect cross-stitch.

I watch this movie in the aftermath of the World Trade Center terrorism. I desperately needed something to lift my spirits. The Heidi Chronicles did that job, and much more. It is a terrific movie.

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