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Ash Wednesday

  • 19731973
  • RR
  • 1h 39m
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5.1/10
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Elizabeth Taylor in Ash Wednesday (1973)
DramaMystery
After getting plastic surgery in Switzerland to help rejuvenate her shaky marriage, Barbara Sawyer has an affair with a younger man while waiting for her husband's arrival from the U.S.After getting plastic surgery in Switzerland to help rejuvenate her shaky marriage, Barbara Sawyer has an affair with a younger man while waiting for her husband's arrival from the U.S.After getting plastic surgery in Switzerland to help rejuvenate her shaky marriage, Barbara Sawyer has an affair with a younger man while waiting for her husband's arrival from the U.S.
IMDb RATING
5.1/10
725
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    • Larry Peerce
    • Jean-Claude Tramont
  • Stars
    • Elizabeth Taylor
    • Henry Fonda
    • Helmut Berger
    • Larry Peerce
    • Jean-Claude Tramont
  • Stars
    • Elizabeth Taylor
    • Henry Fonda
    • Helmut Berger
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    • 16User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
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    Elizabeth Taylor
    Elizabeth Taylor
    • Barbara Sawyer
    Henry Fonda
    Henry Fonda
    • Mark Sawyer
    Helmut Berger
    Helmut Berger
    • Erich
    Keith Baxter
    Keith Baxter
    • David
    Maurice Teynac
    • Doctor Lambert
    Margaret Blye
    Margaret Blye
    • Kate Sawyer
    Monique van Vooren
    Monique van Vooren
    • German Woman
    Henning Schlüter
    Henning Schlüter
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    Dino Mele
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    Kathy Van Lypps
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    Dina Sassoli
    Dina Sassoli
    • Nurse Ilse
    Carlo Puri
    • Paolo
    Andrea Esterhazy
    Andrea Esterhazy
    • Comte d'Arnoud
    Jill Pratt
    • Simone
    Irina Wassilchikoff
    • Silvano del Campo
    Maximillian Windisch-Graetz
    • Viet Hartung
    Nadia Stancioff
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      • Larry Peerce
      • Jean-Claude Tramont
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    • Trivia
      Dame Elizabeth Taylor's husband at time, Richard Burton, thought this movie was horrible and damaging to his wife's career, according to letters released for auction in 2004. "I sit here vulgarized by the idea that my wife is doing; violently against my 'taste'; a f - - - lousy nothing bloody film", he wrote in a 1973 letter to two employees. He continued "(Taylor's) singular acceptance of this film is because she wants to remain a famous film star. What the stupid (occasionally) maniac doesn't realize is that she is already immortalized (as a film person) forever."
    • Connections
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    10/10
    Liz, Liz, Liz
    Apparently, Elizabeth Taylor hated being called "Liz" but that didn't stop Mike Todd from naming his plane "The Lucky Liz", the plane that crashed and killed him. After his death Elizabeth leased a home in Tucson a few blocks from where I lived but she never stayed there the crowds were so bad. A girl I was dating happened to see Elizabeth at her girlfriend's home in Tucson and said she was more beautiful than you could imagine. The girlfriend's parents were Loews - the people who owned MGM and Elizabeth hid out at their home until she was able to leave Tucson. The house Elizabeth rented was owned by a customer of my dad's company, a TV sales and service concern, and it was quite posh but nothing compared to what Elizabeth was used to. Years later when I was working in the industry I would meet Elizabeth and her husband, Richard Burton, in Mexico. It was quite an experience. Rumor has it that Burton did not want Elizabeth to make this film but I am glad she did. In one scene after another she never looked so beautiful and that's really what this film is about - looking at the most beautiful woman in the world.
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    • Release date
      • November 1, 1973 (United States)
      • United States
      • Italy
      • English
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      • Cortina d'Ampezzo, Belluno, Veneto, Italy
    • Production companies
      • New Gold Entertainment
      • Sagittarius Productions
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    • 1 hour 39 minutes
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