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The Big Chill

  • 19831983
  • RR
  • 1h 45m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
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Jeff Goldblum, Kevin Kline, Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, William Hurt, Meg Tilly, JoBeth Williams, and Mary Kay Place in The Big Chill (1983)
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A group of seven former college friends gather for a weekend reunion at a South Carolina vacation home after the funeral of another of their college friends.A group of seven former college friends gather for a weekend reunion at a South Carolina vacation home after the funeral of another of their college friends.A group of seven former college friends gather for a weekend reunion at a South Carolina vacation home after the funeral of another of their college friends.
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
39K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
2,960
77
    • Lawrence Kasdan
    • Lawrence Kasdan
    • Barbara Benedek
  • Stars
    • Tom Berenger
    • Glenn Close
    • Jeff Goldblum
    • Lawrence Kasdan
    • Lawrence Kasdan
    • Barbara Benedek
  • Stars
    • Tom Berenger
    • Glenn Close
    • Jeff Goldblum
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 231User reviews
    • 77Critic reviews
    • 61Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 3 Oscars

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    Jeff Goldblum, Kevin Kline, Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, William Hurt, Meg Tilly, JoBeth Williams, and Mary Kay Place in The Big Chill (1983)
    Jeff Goldblum, Kevin Kline, and Meg Tilly in The Big Chill (1983)
    Kevin Kline, Glenn Close, William Hurt, and JoBeth Williams in The Big Chill (1983)
    Jeff Goldblum and Patricia Gaul at an event for The Big Chill (1983)
    Kevin Kline, Glenn Close, and Mary Kay Place at an event for The Big Chill (1983)
    Kevin Kline, JoBeth Williams, and Mary Kay Place at an event for The Big Chill (1983)
    Kevin Kline at an event for The Big Chill (1983)
    Mary Kay Place at an event for The Big Chill (1983)
    JoBeth Williams at an event for The Big Chill (1983)
    Tom Berenger at an event for The Big Chill (1983)
    Kevin Kline and Tom Berenger at an event for The Big Chill (1983)
    Kevin Kline and Glenn Close at an event for The Big Chill (1983)

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    Tom Berenger
    Tom Berenger
    • Sam
    Glenn Close
    Glenn Close
    • Sarah
    Jeff Goldblum
    Jeff Goldblum
    • Michael
    William Hurt
    William Hurt
    • Nick
    Kevin Kline
    Kevin Kline
    • Harold
    Mary Kay Place
    Mary Kay Place
    • Meg
    Meg Tilly
    Meg Tilly
    • Chloe
    JoBeth Williams
    JoBeth Williams
    • Karen
    Don Galloway
    Don Galloway
    • Richard
    James Gillis
    • Minister
    Ken Place
    • Peter the Cop
    Jonathan Kasdan
    Jonathan Kasdan
    • Harold and Sarah's Son
    • (as Jon Kasdan)
    Ira Stiltner
    • Running Dog Driver
    Jake Kasdan
    Jake Kasdan
    • Autograph Seeker
    • (as Jacob Kasdan)
    Muriel Moore
    • Alex's Mother
    Meg Kasdan
    Meg Kasdan
    • Airline Hostess
    Patricia Gaul
    Patricia Gaul
    • Annie
    Kevin Costner
    Kevin Costner
    • Alex
    • (scenes deleted)
      • Lawrence Kasdan
      • Lawrence Kasdan
      • Barbara Benedek
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Kevin Kline met future wife Phoebe Cates when she auditioned for the part of Chloe, which eventually went to Meg Tilly.
    • Goofs
      When the cast is eating their first dinner, a crew member is visible through the window on the right.
    • Quotes

      Sam Weber: [Sam enters a room where Nick is up late watching TV] What's this?

      Nick: I'm not sure.

      Sam Weber: What's it about?

      Nick: I don't know.

      Sam Weber: [Sam shakes his head, pats Nick on the shoulder, then sits in a nearby chair] Who's that?

      Nick: I think the guy in the hat did something terrible.

      [shot of TV shows a man being thrown through the glass window of a door; all the people on the TV screen are wearing hats]

      Sam Weber: Like what?

      Nick: You're so analytical! Sometimes you just have to let art... flow... over you.

      [Sam rolls his eyes]

    • Alternate versions
      The network TV version shown on CBS in 1986 contained a few alternate lines. Among them are:
    • Connections
      Edited into The Pitch-Fork
    • Soundtracks
      I Heard It Through the Grapevine
      Written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong

      Performed by Marvin Gaye

      Courtesy of Motown Records and Jobete Music

    User reviews231

    Review
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    Featured review
    9/10
    Ensemble Acting at it's Best
    "The Big Chill" is about my peers. When first released in 1983, I, like the characters, was in my early thirties, a former rebellious collegian from the '60s. After a decade in the work-a-day world, being a family man and raising babies, watching "The Big Chill" was like a fantastic time machine and took me back to places long forgotten. It really connected with me on a visceral level and I loved it.

    Now, almost twenty years later, I've watched "The Big Chill" again. Same effect? Not exactly, although a lot of this may be due to the effect of viewing any movie a second time. My views of the 60s are not so gilded as they were then either. "The Big Chill" is still a very good movie; you have to love it for the ensemble acting. So many of the actors in the movie went on to have respected careers in the 80s and 90s. It's one of those rare movies like "American Graffiti" and "Diner" that served as a launch pad for acting careers. And the soundtrack is perfect, capturing the breadth of late '60s pop music. I really wish Kasdan had done with these characters, what Updike did with his "Rabbit" novels, that is, show the characters at ten year intervals through their lives.

    This is one of the better movies of this type and is highly recommended even for the gen-x'ers.
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    • gbheron
    • Feb 3, 2001

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    • Release date
      • September 30, 1983 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
    • Filming locations
      • Tidalholm Mansion - 1 Laurens Street, Beaufort, South Carolina, USA
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Carson Productions
      • Delphi Films
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    Technical specs

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    • 1 hour 45 minutes
      • Color
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