An actress suffers an emotional uproar in her personal life after a fan dies trying to see her.
Director:
John CassavetesWriter:
John Cassavetes
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Gena Rowlands | ... | Myrtle Gordon | |
| John Cassavetes | ... | Maurice Aarons | |
| Ben Gazzara | ... | Manny Victor | |
| Joan Blondell | ... | Sarah Goode | |
| Paul Stewart | ... | David Samuels | |
| Zohra Lampert | ... | Dorothy Victor | |
| Laura Johnson | ... | Nancy Stein | |
| John Tuell | ... | Gus Simmons | |
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Ray Powers | ... | Jimmy |
| John Finnegan | ... | Bobby | |
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Louise Lewis | ... | Kelly (as Louise Fitch) |
| Fred Draper | ... | Leo | |
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Katherine Cassavetes | ... | Vivian |
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Lady Rowlands | ... | Melva Drake |
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Carol Warren | ... | Carla |
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A young woman gets killed in an accident trying to meet her favorite actress Myrtle Gordon after a play. Then Myrtle Gordon felt responsible for the killing leading her down to an emotional crisis that interferes with her professional work as an actress. Written by Chemi González <chemi01@hotmail.com>
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woman | actress | theater | written and directed by cast member | hit by a car |Genres:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
17 April 1978 (Sweden) See more »Also Known As:
Noche de estreno See more »Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USACompany Credits
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1.85 : 1
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Myrtle Gordon: Um, what did you do to her?
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Nancy Stein: I never bothered you. You want to kill me. I devoted my life to you. To movies. To music. To theater. I'm 17 years old. I like sex. I like to turn people on. And that's what the theater is: sex. It's like getting laid.Myrtle Gordon: Um, what did you do to her?
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Let's go straight to the point: this is The Movie I would take with me on a desert island (with dvd player). It's just perfect. If a reason for you to see a movie is that you love the actors, you like to see them free to involve in the space and feelings, this movie is for you. See the scene when Myrtle (Rowlands) come on stage drunk and Maurice(Cassavetes) has to improvise because she doesn't follow the script anymore. If you're sensitive to the camera's movements, you'll be fascinated by the way the camera moves on stage, the particular flow, that give you the impression camera follow the actors as if it was lead by the theatrical principle of "private space"... amazing. And the story is just a brilliant mix of tale and realistic drama. Cassavetes is again arguing with Hollywood and the majors' politics, but this time, he do it through Broadway, making one of the most exciting movie about theater. Well, this movie is a bliss.