A spoiled Manhattan housewife re-evaluates her life after visiting a Chinatown healer.
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Joe Mantegna | ... | Joe | |
| Mia Farrow | ... | Alice | |
| William Hurt | ... | Doug | |
| June Squibb | ... | Hilda | |
| Marceline Hugot | ... | Monica | |
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Dylan O'Sullivan Farrow | ... | Kate |
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Matthew H. Williamson | ... | Dennis (as Matt Williamson) |
| Julie Kavner | ... | Decorator | |
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Billy Taylor | ... | Trainer |
| Holland Taylor | ... | Helen | |
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Michael-Vaughn Sullivan | ... | Hairstylist |
| Robin Bartlett | ... | Nina | |
| Linda Wallem | ... | Penny | |
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Gina Gallagher | ... | Joe's Daughter |
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Patience Moore | ... | School Teacher |
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Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for the handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults Dr. Yang, an oriental herbalist who realizes that her problems are not related to her back, but in her mind and heart. Dr. Yang's magical herbs give Alice wondrous powers, taking her out of well-established rut. Written by Carl Seiler <lcs9549@tamsun.tamu.edu>
Plot Keywords:
bored housewife | upper class | female protagonist | self discovery | new york city |Taglines:
A younger man and a bolder womanParents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
10 January 1991 (Argentina) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Budget:
$12,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$36,274, 25 December 1990Gross USA:
$7,331,647Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$7,331,647Company Credits
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ColorAspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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Doug: Hey, where are you now?
Alice: Nowhere.
Doug: It's late, I have to go.
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(1941)
Written by Matt Dennis & Tom Adair (as Thomas M. Adair)
Performed by Erroll Garner
Courtesy of CBS Records, Music Licensing Department
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When Thelonious Monk's version of "Darn That Dream" appears on the soundtrack, the LP sleeve of "Monk's Dream" is shown, implying that Alice and Joe are listening to it. However the tune is not featured on that album. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Doug: Hey, where are you now?
Alice: Nowhere.
Doug: It's late, I have to go.
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Soundtracks
Will You Still Be Mine(1941)
Written by Matt Dennis & Tom Adair (as Thomas M. Adair)
Performed by Erroll Garner
Courtesy of CBS Records, Music Licensing Department
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Next to the Front, this contains Woody Allen's best ending. There's one striking visual image in the plot I still can't get out my head: Mia is cheating on William Hurt with Joseph Mantegna and the 2 of them are over at Mantegna's apartment, while a glorious downpour crashes against a huge glass window behind them. The sound of the rain hitting the window compliments their nervous dialogue perfectly. One of Farrow's nicest performances (the Purple Rose of Cairo is her most heartbreaking). And where else are you going to see invisibility in the same story as Mother Theresa? One of Allen's better cast jobs, too. Even the smallest roles are exquisite. Gwen Vernon as Farrow's old time movie star mother is sublime. And Bernadette Peters makes a great wise cracking muse.