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Shana Alexander (book)
Phyllis Nagy (screenplay)
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Release Date:
6 January 2007 (Hungary) more
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Based on the sensational 1980s media event, famed cardiologist Herman Tarnower meets a particularly brutal end at the hands of his jilted lover, Jean Harris. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for 3 Golden Globes. Another 3 wins & 21 nominations more
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Annette Bening ... Jean Harris

Ben Kingsley ... Herman Tarnower

Cloris Leachman ... Pearl 'Billie' Schwartz - Tarnower's Sister
Lawrence O'Donnell ... Judge Leggett (as Lawrence O'Donnell Jr.)
Frank Whaley ... George Bolen

Bill Smitrovich ... Joel Arnou

Frances Fisher ... Marge Richey Jacobson
Michael Gross ... Leslie Jacobson

Ronald Guttman ... Henri

John Patrick Amedori ... Young David Harris

Brad McCoy ... Young Jimmy Harris
John Rubinstein ... Tarnower's Best Friend
Brett Butler ... Tarnower Ex #1

Lee Garlington ... Tarnower's Ex #2

Ellen Burstyn ... Former Tarnower Steady
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Canada:94 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | Argentina:95 min
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The Tarnower bedroom depicted in the film is an exact replica, down to the smallest detail, of Herman Tarnower's bedroom as it was in 1980. As was the Tarnower dining room/trophy room, however, in the film more animal heads cover the walls. more
Quotes:
Arthur Schulte: I was asleep. You never expect one of those wee-hours phone calls informing you that... that your good friend's just been shot dead. When Lynne hung up, I said to Viv "Well, if he's dead why couldn't she have waited until morning?". more
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Featured in The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2007) (TV) more
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It Must Be Him more

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22 out of 48 people found the following comment useful.
Choppy, 13 March 2006
4/10
Author: violentverna from Canada

Despite two strong lead actors in Ben Kingsley and Annette Benning, Mrs Harris flops. The tone of the script is the problem. It should combust at the end after a slow, almost unbearable build-up of tension. The audience should FEEL Jean Harris' rage, frustration, and hopelessness. Instead, we're supposed to laugh. The script is written as farce, not drama. Good drama can contain cynical humour and pathos, as long as it's not dominated by either one. Then it's not drama. I'm sure Hollywood bigwigs said to the poor scriptwriter, "no one wants to watch a tragic love-story between two fiftyish neurotics, even if the broad murders the guy in the end." Of course, the producers would be too young to remember the case itself. So, they took the easy route and made the autumn romance a farce. They sporadically threw in some booty, and the murder as teasers to make the movie bearable to watch.

Yup, they missed the boat with this one.

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