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Chilly Scenes of Winter

Original title: Head Over Heels
  • 19791979
  • PGPG
  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
1.3K
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Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979)
Working for the Utah state government as a report writer, Charles Richardson reminisces about his past love affair with Laura Connolly, with who he was immediately attracted upon first sight when she worked in the file section of his office. Their relationship was despite Laura then being married to ex-football player Jim, nicknamed Ox, he bringing an adolescent daughter, Rebecca, into their blended family. When she and Charlie met, Laura was already on a trial separation from Ox, which always tainted Laura and Charlie's relationship in her sense of guilt as Ox never did anything bad to precipitate that separation. Charlie can't help but think about Laura as he is still in love with her and wants to get back together with her, their relationship which ended when she returned to Ox, who never knew about Charlie in her life. Charlie's thoughts about Laura are only one complication in his life, those other complicating people being: his perpetually "half glass full sister" Susan, who shares the house he inherited from their grandmother; his longtime best friend Sam Maguire, a men's garments salesman who is even less motivated with work than Charlie; his mother Clara, whose eccentricities and suicidal tendencies may solely be a cry for attention; Clara's current husband Pete, who wants a bromance with Charlie despite knowing Charlie doesn't much like him; his boss, Mr. Patterson, who continually uses him as a guidance counselor in issues related to his teenage son; and his typist Betty, who is attracted to Charlie herself not knowing about his and Laura's past relationship, and who Charlie consciously and unconsciously uses in knowing she still is in touch with Laura.
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Charles is a bored civil servant struggling through a harsh Utah winter. He spends most of his time reflecting on his romance with Laura, a coworker who left him to return to her husband, an... Read allCharles is a bored civil servant struggling through a harsh Utah winter. He spends most of his time reflecting on his romance with Laura, a coworker who left him to return to her husband, an A-Frame salesman.Charles is a bored civil servant struggling through a harsh Utah winter. He spends most of his time reflecting on his romance with Laura, a coworker who left him to return to her husband, an A-Frame salesman.
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
1.3K
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    • Joan Micklin Silver
    • Ann Beattie(based on the novel "Chilly Scenes of Winter" by)
    • Joan Micklin Silver(screenplay by)
  • Stars
    • John Heard
    • Mary Beth Hurt
    • Peter Riegert
    • Joan Micklin Silver
    • Ann Beattie(based on the novel "Chilly Scenes of Winter" by)
    • Joan Micklin Silver(screenplay by)
  • Stars
    • John Heard
    • Mary Beth Hurt
    • Peter Riegert
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 37User reviews
    • 41Critic reviews
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    John Heard, Kenneth McMillan, and Margaressa Peach Taylor in Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979)
    Kenneth McMillan in Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979)
    John Heard and Mary Beth Hurt in Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979)
    John Heard and Gloria Grahame in Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979)
    John Heard and Nora Heflin in Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979)
    John Heard and Peter Riegert in Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979)
    John Heard, Tarah Nutter, and Peter Riegert in Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979)
    John Heard and Mary Beth Hurt in Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979)
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    John Heard in Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979)
    John Heard and Mary Beth Hurt in Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979)

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    John Heard
    John Heard
    • Charles
    Mary Beth Hurt
    Mary Beth Hurt
    • Laura
    Peter Riegert
    Peter Riegert
    • Sam
    Kenneth McMillan
    Kenneth McMillan
    • Pete
    Gloria Grahame
    Gloria Grahame
    • Clara
    Nora Heflin
    • Betty
    Jerry Hardin
    Jerry Hardin
    • Mr. Patterson
    Tarah Nutter
    • Susan
    Mark Metcalf
    Mark Metcalf
    • Ox
    Allen Joseph
    Allen Joseph
    • Blindman
    Frances Bay
    Frances Bay
    • Mrs. Delillo
    Griffin Dunne
    Griffin Dunne
    • Dr. Mark
    Alex Johnson
    • Elise
    Beverly Rowland
    • Woman in Park
    • (as Beverly Booth Rowland)
    Oscar Rowland
    Oscar Rowland
    • Man in Store
    Ann Beattie
    • Waitress
    Angela Phillips
    • Rebecca
    Margaressa Peach Taylor
    • Dancing Nurse
      • Joan Micklin Silver
      • Ann Beattie(based on the novel "Chilly Scenes of Winter" by)
      • Joan Micklin Silver(screenplay by)
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    • Trivia
      Ann Beattie: the author of the original novel, plays a waitress.
    • Quotes

      Sam: What do you want from a child her age? She never even went to Woodstock!

      Charles: Neither did we.

      Sam: But we *could* have.

      Charles: That's true.

      Susan: Listen, Woodstock was just a bunch of naked stoners looking for a place to pee. I saw the movie!

    • Alternate versions
      Head over Heels was released in 1979 and flopped as a mainstream release. After it flopped, the producers took the film, reedited it, added a new ending that was faithful to the original novel by Ann Beattie (who appears as a waitress at the beginning of the film), and released the new version as Chilly Scenes of Winter (the same title as the original novel) in 1980 in film houses.
    • Connections
      Featured in Sneak Previews: Running/Head Over Heels/Skatetown, U.S.A./The Legacy/Yanks (1979)
    • Soundtracks
      Get It While You Can
      Written by Jerry Ragovoy (as Ragovoy) and Mort Shuman (as Schuman)

      Performed by Janis Joplin

      Courtesy of CBS Records

    User reviews37

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    9/10
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    I have always loved this film, ever since I first saw it in its re-release as "CSOW" in 1982. I have never seen the "Head Over Heels" version, thankfully. What really hit me then was the parallel to an obsessive love affair I had just experienced. I was dumped by a woman I met at work, and it was several months before I got over it. I had an unfulfilling, drab office job, and an unemployed roommate sharing a house with me.

    As a film, what makes this so special is its lack of pretense. The characters are as flawed as they are lovable. The relationship between Charles and his mother is as unsettling as it is comical. Even though Charles is a self-obsessed jerk, his simple devotion to the one wonderful, transcendent thing in his life - the love he and Laura shared - is endearing. He is not so much a stalker as someone who simply cannot bear the thought of returning to the uneventful, empty life he knew before Laura.
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    • raymond_chandler
    • Nov 8, 2001

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    • Release date
      • July 15, 1982 (Australia)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
    • Production company
      • Triple Play Productions
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    • 1 hour 32 minutes
      • Color
      • Mono

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