Harvey and Gillian Fairchild face a very difficult weekend. Harvey, celebrating his 60th birthday, is stressed and depressed. Gillian is awaiting the results of a throat biopsy. Their lives...
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Jack Lemmon | ... | Harvey Fairchild | |
| Julie Andrews | ... | Gillian Fairchild | |
| Sally Kellerman | ... | Holly Parrish | |
| Robert Loggia | ... | Father Baragone | |
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Jennifer Edwards | ... | Megan Fairchild Bartlet |
| Robert Knepper | ... | Steve Larwin (as Rob Knepper) | |
| Matt Lattanzi | ... | Larry Bartlet | |
| Chris Lemmon | ... | Josh Fairchild | |
| Cynthia Sikes | ... | Janice Kern | |
| Dana Sparks | ... | Fanny Ward | |
| Emma Walton Hamilton | ... | Kate Fairchild | |
| Felicia Farr | ... | Madame Carrie | |
| Teddy Wilson | ... | Corey (as Theodore Wilson) | |
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Nicky Blair | ... | Andre |
| Jordan Christopher | ... | Dr. Keith Romanis | |
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Harvey and Gillian Fairchild face a very difficult weekend. Harvey, celebrating his 60th birthday, is stressed and depressed. Gillian is awaiting the results of a throat biopsy. Their lives are further complicated by their three grown children, a ditsy neighbor, a fortune teller, and an alcoholic priest. Written by Jeanne Armintrout <jeannee@uwyo.edu>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
10 October 1986 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Blake Edwards' That's Life! See more »Filming Locations:
Malibu, California, USAEdit
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Opening Weekend USA:
$229,855, 28 September 1986, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$4,079,895Company Credits
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Performed by Ernie Watts
Courtesy of Qwest Records
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products
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Emma Walton Hamilton learned to play "Sentimental Journey" on the saxophone for the film's finale. She would often be in her room in the Edwards' Malibu home practicing the piece with an instructor. She got pretty good at it, too. See more »Goofs
Microphone shadow visible during party scene in the tent. See more »Soundtracks
ROCK CAMPINGPerformed by Ernie Watts
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The part of Gillian, which Julie Andrews portrayed in "That's Life," gave me a queasy feeling: here was a character who was suffering from a possible career-threatening throat ailment. The film was made in 1986.
In real life, ten years later, Andrews would be experiencing a like situation, and two years thereafter awaiting results of a throat operation with parallel consequences.
This was not unlike a similar feeling I got when Elizabeth Taylor underwent her well-publicized brain operation in 1997. I vividly recalled her 1959 role of Catherine in "Suddenly Last Summer," in which the crux of that script was built around Catherine's receiving a brain operation.
As fine as both of those performances were, the art vs. life aspects were equally as impressive, and unnerving.