As the horrors beneath the idealized 1950's come about, a successful young woman finds herself having a serious mental breakdown when she returns to New England.
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| Marilyn Hassett | ... | Esther Greenwood | |
| Julie Harris | ... | Mrs. Greenwood | |
| Anne Jackson | ... | Dr. Nolan | |
| Barbara Barrie | ... | Jay Cee | |
| Robert Klein | ... | Lenny | |
| Donna Mitchell | ... | Joan | |
| Mary Louise Weller | ... | Doreen | |
| Jameson Parker | ... | Buddy Willard | |
| Thaao Penghlis | ... | Marco | |
| Scott McKay | ... | Mr. Gilling | |
| Meg Mundy | ... | Bea Ramsey | |
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| Debbie McLeod | ... | Betsy | |
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Details a young woman's summer in New York working for a Mademoiselle-like magazine, return home to New England, and subsequent breakdown all amidst the horrors of the fifties, from news of the Rosenbergs' execution to sleazy disc jockeys and predatory college boys. Written by Remy <rholzer@ammi.org>
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homophobic woman | foreshadowing | suspected of being a lesbian | female friends | woman losing her temper |Taglines:
Sometimes just being a woman is an act of courage.Parents Guide:
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25 October 1979 (Denmark) See more »Also Known As:
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Director Larry Peerce and star Marilyn Hassett were married at the time of production. See more »Goofs
Early in the picture an early-'50s New York cab has a telephone number on it beginning with "555". The all-numeric phone numbers were not put into use for another decade. See more »Quotes
Esther Greenwood: To the person in the bell jar, blank and stopped as a dead baby, the world itself is the bad dream.See more »
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CBS edited 16 minutes from this film for its 1983 network television premiere. See more »Connections
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Jameson Parker And Marilyn Hassett are the screen's most unbelievable couple since John Travolta and Lily Tomlin. Larry Peerce's direction wavers uncontrollably between black farce and Roman tragedy. Robert Klein certainly think it's the former and his self-centered performance in a minor role underscores the total lack of balance and chemistry between the players in the film. Normally, I don't like to let myself get so ascerbic, but The Bell Jar is one of my all-time favorite books, and to watch what they did with it makes me literally crazy.