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Mrs. Harris

  • TV Movie
  • 20052005
  • TV-MATV-MA
  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
1.5K
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Annette Bening and Ben Kingsley in Mrs. Harris (2005)
Drama
Based on the sensational 1980s media event, famed cardiologist Herman Tarnower meets a particularly brutal end at the hands of his jilted lover, Jean Harris.Based on the sensational 1980s media event, famed cardiologist Herman Tarnower meets a particularly brutal end at the hands of his jilted lover, Jean Harris.Based on the sensational 1980s media event, famed cardiologist Herman Tarnower meets a particularly brutal end at the hands of his jilted lover, Jean Harris.
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
1.5K
YOUR RATING
    • Phyllis Nagy
    • Shana Alexander(book "Very Much a Lady")
    • Phyllis Nagy(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Annette Bening
    • Ben Kingsley
    • Cloris Leachman
    • Phyllis Nagy
    • Shana Alexander(book "Very Much a Lady")
    • Phyllis Nagy(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Annette Bening
    • Ben Kingsley
    • Cloris Leachman
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 29User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Nominated for 12 Primetime Emmys

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    Alex Wurman at an event for Mrs. Harris (2005)
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    Annette Bening at an event for Mrs. Harris (2005)
    Annette Bening at an event for Mrs. Harris (2005)
    Phyllis Nagy and Bill Smitrovich at an event for Mrs. Harris (2005)
    Bill Smitrovich at an event for Mrs. Harris (2005)
    Cloris Leachman at an event for Mrs. Harris (2005)
    Elza Bergeron and Michael Gross at an event for Mrs. Harris (2005)
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    Monet Mazur at an event for Mrs. Harris (2005)
    Phyllis Nagy at an event for Mrs. Harris (2005)

    Top cast

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    Annette Bening
    Annette Bening
    • Jean Harris
    Ben Kingsley
    Ben Kingsley
    • Herman Tarnower
    Cloris Leachman
    Cloris Leachman
    • Pearl 'Billie' Schwartz - Tarnower's Sister
    Lawrence O'Donnell
    Lawrence O'Donnell
    • Judge Leggett
    • (as Lawrence O'Donnell Jr.)
    Frank Whaley
    Frank Whaley
    • George Bolen
    Bill Smitrovich
    Bill Smitrovich
    • Joel Arnou
    Frances Fisher
    Frances Fisher
    • Marge Richey Jacobson
    Michael Gross
    Michael Gross
    • Leslie Jacobson
    Ronald Guttman
    Ronald Guttman
    • Henri
    John Patrick Amedori
    John Patrick Amedori
    • Young David Harris
    Brad McCoy
    Brad McCoy
    • Young Jimmy Harris
    John Rubinstein
    John Rubinstein
    • Tarnower's Best Friend
    Brett Butler
    Brett Butler
    • Tarnower Ex #1
    Lee Garlington
    Lee Garlington
    • Tarnower's Ex #2
    Ellen Burstyn
    Ellen Burstyn
    • Former Tarnower Steady
    Cristine Rose
    Cristine Rose
    • Suzanne
    Jessica Tuck
    Jessica Tuck
    • Wife #1
    Robert Cicchini
    Robert Cicchini
    • Det. Siciliano
      • Phyllis Nagy
      • Shana Alexander(book "Very Much a Lady")
      • Phyllis Nagy(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Ellen Burstyn received an Emmy nomination for her performance, even though her character only appears on-screen for eleven seconds, and has only two lines.
    • Quotes

      Jean Harris: I realize that you are just a secretary and weren't as fortunate as I in graduating magna cum laude from Smith, but surely any well-read 10-year-old knows the meaning of the word "bizarre".

    • Connections
      Edited from Pandora's Box (1929)
    • Soundtracks
      Put The Blame On Mame
      Written by Doris Fisher and Allan Roberts

      Arranged by Brad Dechter

      Performed by Judith Owen

    User reviews29

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    6/10
    Good Actors Wasted
    For anyone who remembers the shooting of the Scarsdale Diet Doctor at the hands of the school mistress from Madeira, the fancy girl's school in Potomac, MD, this film is a soap opera scandal which should have been allowed to rest in yellowing newspaper clippings (though those are probably on line now in incorruptible digits). Annette Bening is Mrs. Harris, the abandoned and lovelorn teacher. Bening is a fine actress and while she succeeds in bringing her character to life, all that is accomplished is to demonstrate once again that Mrs. Harris was pathetic. Kingsley has much less to work with and all he is able to demonstrate is that Herman (Hy) Tarnower was an unmitigated son-of-a-bitch, which we already knew. Why did Ellen Burstyn and Cloris Leachman allow themselves to be roped into this? One assumes for the money, certainly not the art. Could this have been a better picture? Given the facts of the case, which are reproduced more or less as they were presented at the time, I would guess not. Neither of the principals has much of a back story to be unpacked and, while the details of the murder made headlines for days at the time, at the end of the day it's merely a sad, sordid, essentially uninvolving tale.
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    • gelman@attglobal.net
    • Jun 11, 2007

    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 25, 2006 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
      • HBO (United States)
      • English
    • Also known as
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles Center Studios - 450 S. Bixel Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • HBO Films
      • Killer Films
      • Number 9 Films
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    Technical specs

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    • 1 hour 34 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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