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Tender Is the Night

  • TV Mini Series
  • 1985
  • 3h
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8.2/10
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Sean Young, Mary Steenburgen, and Peter Strauss in Tender Is the Night (1985)
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F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel about how the rich languoring on the Riviera in the 1920's are slowly drawn into the coming depression is once again filmed with Peter Strauss, Mary Steenburgen, ... Read allF. Scott Fitzgerald's novel about how the rich languoring on the Riviera in the 1920's are slowly drawn into the coming depression is once again filmed with Peter Strauss, Mary Steenburgen, and John Heard in the leads.F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel about how the rich languoring on the Riviera in the 1920's are slowly drawn into the coming depression is once again filmed with Peter Strauss, Mary Steenburgen, and John Heard in the leads.

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    • Peter Strauss
    • Mary Steenburgen
    • Sean Young
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.2/10
    176
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    • Stars
      • Peter Strauss
      • Mary Steenburgen
      • Sean Young
    • 4User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 5 BAFTA Awards
      • 2 wins & 11 nominations total

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    Peter Strauss
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    • Dick Diver
    Mary Steenburgen
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    • Nicole Warren Diver
    Sean Young
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    • Rosemary Hoyt
    John Heard
    John Heard
    • Abe North
    Kate Harper
    Kate Harper
    • Baby Warren
    Jürgen Brügger
    • Franz Gregorovius
    Joris Stuyck
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    • Tommy Barban
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    • Devereux Warren
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    • Kaethe Gregorovius
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    Joanna David
    • Hannah
    Nancy Paul
    • Mary North
    Toria Fuller
    Toria Fuller
    • Violet McKisco
    Dennis Creaghan
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    • Elsie Speers
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    • Trivia
      A TV movie made for the Showtime/Movie Channel network.
    • Connections
      Referenced in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: Peter Strauss/Teddy Bergeron/Bret Saberhagen (1985)

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    8/10
    best Fitzgerald adaptation
    Fitzgerald's works have suffered almost as badly as Faulkner's in movie and TV adaptations, but this miniseries captures the inconsolable sadness of his most moving book. Mary Steenburgen's extraordinary performance not only makes Nicole comprehensible (which she wasn't always in the novel, where we see her through her husband's eyes) but lends her a warmth and sweetness that make her fate almost unbearable. It's a pity this isn't better known.
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    • Release date
      • October 27, 1985 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • Australia
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Zärtich ist die Nacht
    • Filming locations
      • Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
    • Production companies
      • 20th Century Fox Television
      • 7 Network
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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      3 hours
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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