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The Morning After

  • TV Movie
  • 19741974
  • 1h 15m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
228
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The Morning After (1974)
Drama
A successful public relations man's refusal to admit his alcoholism jeopardizes his career, his family and his life.A successful public relations man's refusal to admit his alcoholism jeopardizes his career, his family and his life.A successful public relations man's refusal to admit his alcoholism jeopardizes his career, his family and his life.
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
228
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    • Richard T. Heffron
    • Richard Matheson(teleplay)
    • Jack B. Weiner(novel)
  • Stars
    • Dick Van Dyke
    • Lynn Carlin
    • Don Porter
    • Richard T. Heffron
    • Richard Matheson(teleplay)
    • Jack B. Weiner(novel)
  • Stars
    • Dick Van Dyke
    • Lynn Carlin
    • Don Porter
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    • 28User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy

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    Dick Van Dyke
    Dick Van Dyke
    • Charlie Lester
    Lynn Carlin
    Lynn Carlin
    • Fran Lester
    Don Porter
    Don Porter
    • Rudy King
    Linda Lavin
    Linda Lavin
    • Toni
    Jewel Blanch
    • Karen Lester
    Sam Gilman
    Sam Gilman
    • Fisherman
    Joshua Bryant
    Joshua Bryant
    • Dr. Emmett
    Richard Derr
    Richard Derr
    • Dr. Tillman
    Robert Hover
    Robert Hover
    • Frank Lester
    Carolyn Ames
    • Carol Lester
    Doug Johnson
    • Stewart
    Dermott Downs
    Dermott Downs
    • Danny Lester
    Jim Raymond
    Jim Raymond
    • Mr. Doherty
    • (as Jim B. Raymond)
    Penny Kunard
    • Mrs. Doherty
    Sandy Ward
    Sandy Ward
    • Telly Curran
    Joyce Easton
    • Rita
    Rebecca Ray
    • Girl in Bar
      • Richard T. Heffron
      • Richard Matheson(teleplay)
      • Jack B. Weiner(novel)
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    • Trivia
      Unbeknownst to anyone other than those close to him, Dick Van Dyke had been struggling with a real life drinking problem for several years prior to making this movie. Before filming began, he decided to tell director Richard Heffron about his struggles. As a result, while filming, Heffron would lay out scenes, then tell Van Dyke, "you know more about this than I do, so just do it the way you see it, the way you feel it." Just before the movie aired, Van Dyke decided to go public with his alcoholism struggles (one of the first entertainment figures to go public about a drinking problem.) He received thousands of letters of support.
    • Quotes

      Rudy King: [after Charlie has attended an important meeting while hung over] I'm not going to mince words, Charlie. We've known each other too long for that. You were a disgrace this morning; I can still smell the liquor on your breath. I don't know how many of those men knew you were hung over, but I certainly did.

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      Featured in The 26th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1974)
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      Yesterday
      Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney

      Sung by Joey Scarbury

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    a classic
    I cannot say enough good things about this film. I guess it is the mark of a classic that a film that was made almost thirty years ago could still touch people today. Dick Van Dyke deserved an Emmy for his mind-blowing performance as a tragic alcoholic. This movie has the grimmest ending you could imagine but it makes it a better film and a cut above the typical "disease of the week" fare tv has so often served. What is so amazing to me is that Dick Van Dyke had never played a dramatic part before he took on this one. He has played two other dramatic parts I remember well, he was a priest accused of murder in The Runner Stumbles and played another alcoholic in an HBO presentation of The Country Girl. Its so ironic that all three of these fine performances that he gave are now almost impossible to see. I have gotten e-mails from people after I got my copy of TMA asking me how they could get it because they have family members who are alcohlics. All right,go to "Google" on your computer. It is the most effective search engine and type in Weird World Of 70's Cinema Video Library. They have many, many rare videos that I didn't even know existed and The Morning After is one of them. Thats how you can get a copy. The e-mail address of this site is fantasma@negation.net. A man named Fitzgerald owns the site. He will gladly send you a copy at a very reasonable price.
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    • Sep 1, 2003

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      • February 13, 1974 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Wolper Productions
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    • 1 hour 15 minutes
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