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Colette Hughes, a lawyer championing patients' rights, represents Eleanor Riese, a psychiatric patient who unexpectedly impacts Colette's workaholic tendencies.

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Cast

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Colette Hughes
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Eleanor Riese
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Robert
Cynthia Hoppenfeld ...
Sister Florence
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Mort Cohen
Edward Bennett ...
Dr. Steven Booker
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James Adams
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Eleanor's Mother
Florence Bell ...
Karen Winkle
Nathan Osgood ...
Dr. Wells
Simon Chandler ...
Dr. Donnely
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Dr. Bardy
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Chief Judge Justice Wilson
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Judge Farelly
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Radio Host
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Margie
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Male Nurse 1
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Friendly Nurse
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Female Attendant 1
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Female Attendant 2
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Robbi
Liza Ross ...
Matron
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Kiko / Male Attendant
Annie Adams ...
Nurse
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Ben Clandon
Geoffrey Burton ...
Judge Howells
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Waiter 2
Yu Fang ...
Waiter 1
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Mr. Grainger
Dana Cebulla ...
Noni
Lili Zahavi ...
Gabriella
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Dr. Donnely
Iman Khatibzadeh
Conrad Ahrens ...
Male Attendant (uncredited)
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Tiff - Jogger (uncredited)
Kai Bosse ...
Male Attendant (uncredited)
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Smoking Man (uncredited)
Joshua Fischer ...
Male Attendant (uncredited)
Sönke Hünding ...
Ex-Mental Patient (uncredited)
Stefan Ignatius ...
Doctor in Hospital (uncredited)
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Picnic Goer (uncredited)
John Lobato ...
Pedestrian (uncredited)
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Patient (uncredited)
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Pedestrian (uncredited)
Trish Osmond ...
Visitor to Clinic (uncredited)
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Female Attendant (uncredited)
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Stenographer in Final Trial (uncredited)
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Lawyer in Court (uncredited)
Christian Skibinski ...
Ex-Mental Patient (uncredited)
Florian Stübchen ...
Male Attendant (uncredited)
Thuy-Van Truong ...
Guest (uncredited)
Priscilla Wittman ...
Serious Nurse in Mental Hospital (uncredited)

Directed by

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Bille August

Written by

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Mark Bruce Rosin ... (written by)

Produced by

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Mary Aloe ... executive producer
Stuart Berton ... executive producer
Helena Bonham Carter ... executive producer
Philip Borbély ... co-producer
Lesley Bruce-Neary ... producer (as Lesley Neary)
David Claikens ... associate producer
Ana Costa ... service producer: Portugal
Peter De Maegd ... co-producer
Iris Dugow ... executive producer
Anita Elsani ... producer
Jürgen Grether ... executive producer
Bastie Griese ... co-producer
Daniel Grodnik ... executive producer
Tom Hameeuw ... co-producer
Sebastien Janin ... associate producer
Iman Khatibzadeh ... producer
Peter Kreutz ... line producer
Chris Martin ... line producer: San Francisco
Sara Risher ... producer
Mark Bruce Rosin ... producer
Rolf Schübel ... executive producer
Laurie Shearing ... producer
Carolin Springborn ... co-producer
Dieter Stempnierwsky ... line producer: Portugal
Hilary Swank ... executive producer
Juliane Thevissen ... line producer: pre-production
Nicola Van Gelder ... executive producer
Michel Vandewalle ... executive producer (as Michael J. Vandewalle)
Alex Verbaere ... associate producer
Ger Wiersma ... executive producer

Music by

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Annette Focks

Cinematography by

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Filip Zumbrunn ... director of photography

Editing by

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Hansjörg Weißbrich ... (as Hansjörg Weissbrich)

Editorial Department

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Lasse Büssenschütt ... editing trainee
Fabiana Cardalda ... supporting post house: WeFadeToGrey, Germany
Niels Christensen ... dcp: Ace Image Factory
Nick Fortemps ... additional colorist: Ace Image Factory
Thomas Gieraths ... supporting post house: WeFadeToGrey, Germany
Oliver Held ... assistant editor
Christian Klimetzki ... assistant editor
Marie Krommes ... supporting post house: WeFadeToGrey, Germany
Swen Linde ... supporting post house: WeFadeToGrey, Germany
Andreas Menn ... additional editor
Tom Mulder ... data management: Ace Image Factory
André Paulssen ... supporting post house: WeFadeToGrey, Germany
Jan Rijken ... oc & deliverables: Ace Image Factory
Stefan Rycken ... supervision & mastering: Ace Image Factory
Katrijn Steylaerts ... project management: Ace Image Factory
Robin Van den Acker ... dcp: Ace Image Factory
Simon Veroneg ... colorist

Casting By

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Reg Poerscout-Edgerton

Production Design by

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Merijn Sep

Art Direction by

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Oliver Koch

Set Decoration by

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Heike Steen
Natalia Trevino

Costume Design by

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Charlotte Willems

Makeup Department

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Janine Maria Baclain ... hair & makeup: extras daily (as Janine Baclain)
Diana Badalova ... hair & makeup: extras
Isabella Beyer ... hair & makeup: extras daily
Andrea Braun ... hair & makeup: extras daily
Linda Dowds ... personal makeup artist: Hilary Swank
Marion Giggenbacher ... hair & makeup: extras daily
Carol Hemming ... hair stylist prep: Helena Bonham Carter
Nadia Homri ... hair& makeup: day player/supporting actors
Antje Huchel ... hair & makeup: extras daily
Miriam Hübner ... hair & makeup: extras daily
Heike Kehrwisch ... hair & makeup: extras daily
Birger Laube ... hair department head / makeup department head
Nancie Marsalis ... hair stylist: San Francisco / makeup artist: San Francisco
Heike Merker ... hair department head / makeup department head
Alex Rouse ... wig design
Lisa Zomer ... hair stylist: San Francisco / makeup artist: San Francisco
Nathaniel De'Lineadeus ... dental effects designer (uncredited)
Chris Lyons ... dental prosthetics (uncredited)

Production Management

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Ursula Bay ... production manager
Catarina Gaspar ... production manager: Portugal
Ricarda Goray ... unit manager
René Kibrité ... set production manager
Steffen Müller ... production manager: pre-production
Niko Remus ... post-production supervisor
Mark Vanherck ... head of post: Galaxy Studios

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Hilton J. Day ... second second assistant director: San Francisco (as Hilton J Day)
Agnes Karolski ... second assistant director
Andi Lang ... first assistant director
Paula Lima ... first assistant director: San Francisco
L. La Mar Stewart ... second assistant director: San Francisco (as La Mar Steward)
Kai Wirblat ... third assistant director

Art Department

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Jörg Baier ... set dresser
Johannes Beiner ... shopkeeper props
Jeff Benett ... assistant property master: San Francisco
Charles Bockaert ... stand-by props assistant
Britt Depetter ... art director assistant
Myrthe Douma ... assistant property master
Sara Duarte ... set decorator: San Francisco
Simon Empt ... additional set dresser
Mathias Fannoy ... set decoration buyer
Manolito Glas ... stand-by art director
Lisa Gressmann ... studio construction junior producer: MMC Studios Köln
Michael Kadow ... set decoration driver
Katia Kandziora ... set dresser
Hendrik Labuhn ... studio construction: MMC Studios Köln (as Henrik Labuhn)
Pim Logie ... set dresser
Michèle Meire ... art department coordinator
Jens Mommertz ... additional set dresser (as Jenz Mommertz)
Anna-Maria Otte ... additional set dresser
Wannes Plaetinck ... set decoration driver
Achim Reimann ... painter: MMC Studios Köln
Giulia Severini ... graphic artist
Clark Todd ... swing: San Francisco
Stijn Van Acker ... set dresser
Ulrike Veit ... graphic artist
Tobias Velmans ... studio construction project manager: MMC Studios Köln
Ruth Verbruggen ... stand-by props
Manon Verkaeren ... property master
Mark Warren ... property master: San Francisco
Christian Weber ... set decoration driver
Lorenzo Sartor ... carpenter (uncredited)
Sven Winter ... scenic painter (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Dave Ashton ... adr sypervisor: Galaxy Studios / dialogue editor
Bastian Büßer ... boom operator 1 (as Bastian Büsser)
Leith Ridley Combe ... foley artist: Galaxy Studios (as Leith Ridley)
Brian Copenhagen ... boom operator: San Francisco / sound mixer: San Francisco
Erika de Bondt ... in-house sound producer: Galaxy Studios
Enos Desjardins ... sound effects editor: Galaxy Studios
Digba Ener ... foley artist: Galaxy Studios (as Digba Kurpjel) / supervising foley editor: Galaxy Studios (as Digba Kurpjel)
Marius Heuser ... dubstage assistant: Galaxy Studios
Srdjan Kurpjel ... foley recordist: Galaxy Studios / re-recording mixer
Tapio Liukkonen ... foley artist: Galaxy Studios
Fabien Loucheur ... boom opertor 2
Steven Meuleman ... audio deliverables: Galaxy Studios
Jonas Pauquet ... boom operator 3
Mike Primmer ... boom operator: San Francisco / sound mixer: San Francisco
Vijay Rathinam ... sound effects editor: Galaxy Studios
Michael Schlömer ... production sound mixer
Boris Trayanov ... foley mixer: Galaxy Studios
Mark Vanherck ... head of sales: Galaxy Studios
German Camardella ... adr editor (uncredited)
Raphael Kempermann ... assistant sound (uncredited)
Kyle D. Krajewski ... adr mixer (uncredited)
Chips Paul ... adr mixer (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Alexis Faton ... visual effects compositing: Ace Image Factory
Roger Kleiber ... additional visual effects
Kosmas Stergiou ... visual effects compositing: Ace Image Factory

Camera and Electrical Department

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Michael Bennett ... assistant: gallery shoot
Mathias Bothor ... photographer: gallery shoot (as Mathias Botor)
Georg Bozkurt ... additional electrician (as George Bozkurt)
Sydney Cox ... second assistant camera: San Francisco unit
Peter Demmer ... gaffer
Ivan Galic ... additional electrician assistant
Chris Glades ... key grip: San Francisco
Dirk Henkel ... electrician 1
Johanna Huebner ... electrician 3 / grip
Felix Jost ... clapper loader
Dan Juenemann ... key grip: San Francisco (as Dan Junemann)
Felix Keuck ... additional electrician
Christian Kitscha ... focus puller: "a" camera
Michael Koch ... electrician 2 (as Micki Koch)
Sebastian Koch ... additional electrician / electrician assistant
Ansgar Krajewski ... camera operator: "b" camera
Thomas Kyriases ... additional electrician
Florian Liedel ... assistant: gallery shoots
Roland-Guido Marx ... making-of (as Guido Marx)
Joseph Matarrese ... key grip: San Francisco (as Joe Matarrese)
Ariel Nava ... still photographer: San Francisco
Drew Nelson ... gaffer: San Francisco
Pedro Paiva ... gaffer: Portugal
Jan Peltzer ... additional electrician
Rui Pereira ... electrician: Portugal
Jacob Pertz ... additional electrician
Martin Poll ... video operator
Soraia Rego ... second assistant camera: Portugal
Ami Rodrigues ... focus puller: "b" camera
Rui Rodrigues ... first assistant camera: Portugal
Rebekka Schindele ... additional electrician (as Rebecca Schindele)
Bernd Spauke ... still photographer
Leif Thomas ... digital imaging technician
Clark Todd ... swing: San Francisco
Jürgen Tomadini ... best boy
Simon Veroneg ... digital imaging technician
Markus Wichmann ... additional electrician
Theresa Wong ... first assistant camera: San Francisco unit
Martin Wysmyk ... additional electrician
Alex Zajicek ... camera production assistant: San Francisco
Fabian Zenker ... additional electrician assistant
Konrad Zimmermann ... additional electrician
Filip Zumbrunn ... camera operator: "a" camera

Casting Department

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Katy Covell ... casting assistant
Emrah Ertem ... casting: Germany
Nina Henninger ... extras casting: San Francisco
Lillie Jeffrey ... casting associate
Sarah Kliban ... extras casting: San Francisco
Tamsyn Manson ... casting assistant
Benedict Minghella ... casting assistant
Reg Poerscout-Edgerton ... casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Bea Albl ... additional wardrobe
Thomas Bürke ... additional wardrobe
Hannelore Cauwenbergh ... cutter / wardrobe 2
Inga Cuypers ... additional wardrobe
Charlotte Goethals ... costume assistant: Belgium
Daniele Gossens-Dommel ... additional wardrobe
Joachim Kuhlmann ... additional wardrobe
Kasia Mielczarek ... seamstress
Ashley Munns ... set costumer: San Francisco
Fauve Ryckebusch ... wardrobe
Martina Schall ... costume assistant: Germany
Irina Shamsotinov ... set costumer: San Francisco
Katja Stieler ... additional wardrobe
Maija Tuohino ... wardrobe supervisor
Scott Williams ... set costumer: San Francisco
Irina Alexandra ... costumer (uncredited)

Location Management

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Helena Nicha Batista ... location manager: Portugal
Duarte Carvalho ... assistant location manager: Portugal
Ehrin Davis ... assistant location manager: San Francisco
Nadine Ginzel ... location manager
Ricarda Goray ... locations scout
Sabrina Knecht ... location manager trainee
David Weber ... location manager: San Francisco
Ryan Wylie ... locations: San Francisco
Markus Zimmer ... locations scout
Daniel Lee ... location scout (uncredited)

Music Department

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Joris Bartsch Buhle ... principal conductor
Ferran Cruixent ... orchestrator
Annette Focks ... musician: piano / orchestrator
Peter Fuchs ... score mixer
Tobias Lehmann ... score recordist
Martin Offik ... score editor
Wroclaw Score Orchestra ... orchestra
Andi Reisner ... musician: guitar
Wolfgang Schueffernair ... score recording assistant
Ferran Cruixent ... musician: pianist (uncredited) / recording director (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Margarida Leitão ... script continuity: Portugal
Virginia McCarthy ... script supervisor: San Franciso
Ariane Stalfort ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Derek Adam ... picture car specialist: San Francisco
Jürgen Bleeke ... production driver
Vítor Caldeira ... driver: Portugal
Silva Carlos ... driver: Portugal
Ralf Christiansen ... production driver
David Correia ... driver: Portugal
Will Dyas ... driver: San Francisco
Tamair Girgis ... driver: San Francisco
Dan Huck ... driver: San Francisco / transportation coordinator: San Francisco
Manfred Lutz ... car wrangler
Diogo Mateus ... driver: Portugal
Jaime Mendes ... driver: Portugal
Thomas Menge ... additional driver
Nuno Silva ... driver: Portugal
Josh Sweetman ... driver: San Francisco
Taylor Whitehouse ... driver: San Francisco

Additional Crew

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Nuno Amaral ... visual make-up: Portugal
Catia Cerqueira ... accounting: Portugal (as Cátia Cerqueira)
Yannik Cornelssen ... production assistant
Sonia Costa ... production office: Portugal
Neshe Demir ... personal assistant: Helena Bonham Carter
Boris Dillen ... production accountant
Martin Eichhorn ... title designer
Sylvie El Sayegh ... production finance: Cofiloisirs
Sylke Ferber ... production coordinator
Roger Franssen ... production insurance: SRC Special Risk Consortium
Konstantin Geisel ... production accountant
Jürgen Grethler ... legal affairs
Uwe Grobecker ... tax lawyer
Rui Guerra ... technical director: Portugal
Olivier Guillaume ... production accountant
Diane Harrell ... craft service: San Francisco
Laura Haynes ... production coordinator: San Francisco
Julien Kalleja ... Junior Producer: MMC Movies
Kiki Kasartziadou ... insurance agent: Howden Caninenberg
Boris Kish ... production accountant
Carolin Knauf ... stand-in: Hilary Swank
Max Kosma ... production assistant: San Francisco
Lize Lefaible ... assistant to producers: Potemkino Port
Cosette Liebgott ... production finance: Cofiloisirs
Hans Lönnerheden ... production executive: European Film Bonds
Chiara Lüdemann ... production assistant
Jakob Matthias ... set runner
Elke Meulemans ... production assistant: Potemkino Port
Robert Meyer ... chef: Mangia Nosh (as Rober Meyer)
Sascha Neeße ... personal assistant: Hilary Swank (as Sacha Neesse)
Rich Pagan ... production assistant: San Francisco
Anna-Larissa Pfingsten ... production coordinator
Nastassja Pielartzik ... stand-in: Helena Bonham Carter
Dirk Poppendieck ... legal affairs
Grethler Rechtsanwälte ... legal team
Eric Rüdinger ... set runner
Vera Santos ... production secretary: Portugal
Sonja Schwendemann ... set manager assistant
Jordan Shivley ... additional set production assistant: San Francisco
Lisa Ann Sparks ... additional production assistant: San Francisco
Yannick Supej ... set runner
Neil Swain ... dialect coach: Helens Bonham Carter
Nick Vaughn ... production assistant: San Francisco
Jean Verheyen ... production insurance: project manager, SRC Special Risk Consortium
Renato Vincente ... production assistant: Portugal
Benjamin Voight ... catering: Mama-Filmcatering
Beni von Alemann ... personal assistent: Jeffrey Tambor (as Benjamin von Alemann)
Matthew Way ... subtitles &ccsl: Way Film Translation
Peter Williams ... rv open for business: San Francisco
Manuela Zachrau ... catering: Mama-Filmcatering
Gero Brugmann ... legal advisor: financing (uncredited)
Lise-Lotte Døcker ... completion bond legal (uncredited)
Aleks Eydel ... stand-in (uncredited)
Jeroen Guns ... production accountant (uncredited)
Mette Bang Kristensen ... completion bond assistant (uncredited)
Daniel A. Mondschain ... physical production executive (uncredited)
Michelle Elise Shock ... photo double: Eleanor Reise (uncredited)
Taylor Whitehouse ... assistant: Hilary Swank, San Francisco (uncredited)

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

When patients' rights lawyer Colette Hughes goes to meet her new client, Eleanor Riese, a patient in the psychiatric unit of a San Francisco hospital, she has no idea that besides taking on an uphill legal battle to improve treatment for mental patients in hospitals, she is meeting a woman who will make it her mission to transform Colette's workaholic life.

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Taglines Two Unlikely Friends Changed History See more »
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Also Known As
  • Eleanor & Colette (Germany)
  • Eleanor and Colett (United States)
  • 55 pasos (Spain)
  • 55步 (China, Mandarin title)
  • 権利への階段 (Japan, Japanese title)
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Runtime
  • 115 min
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Budget EUR7,500,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia The story was first mentioned to Helena Bonham Carter 13 years ago, with Helena playing the role of Collette and Susan Sarandon playing Eleanor. See more »
Goofs During one scene of this film set in the 1980s, a jogger is running through a park in a Pistons #33, the jersey of Grant Hill--who didn't start playing until 1994. See more »
Soundtracks Sugartime See more »
Crazy Credits Eleanor Riese died on April 6, 1991 of a kidney infection resulting from the side effects of antipsychotic medication. She was 47 years old. See more »
Quotes Colette Hughes: I first met Eleanor Riese as her lawyer, but soon--because Eleanor was Eleanor--Eleanor became my friend. And soon, because Eleanor was Eleanor, she became my protector, my guardian, my worst critic, and my greatest support.
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