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'night, Mother

  • 1986
  • PG-13
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
2.7K
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Sissy Spacek and Anne Bancroft in 'night, Mother (1986)
A mother and daughter spend a night together after the daughter reveals that she will kill herself by the end of it.
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Mother and daughter Thelma and Jessie Cates spend a night together after Jessie reveals that she will kill herself by the end of it in this cinema adaptation of Marsha Norman's Pulitzer priz... Read allMother and daughter Thelma and Jessie Cates spend a night together after Jessie reveals that she will kill herself by the end of it in this cinema adaptation of Marsha Norman's Pulitzer prize-winning Broadway play.Mother and daughter Thelma and Jessie Cates spend a night together after Jessie reveals that she will kill herself by the end of it in this cinema adaptation of Marsha Norman's Pulitzer prize-winning Broadway play.

  • Director
    • Tom Moore
  • Writer
    • Marsha Norman
  • Stars
    • Sissy Spacek
    • Anne Bancroft
    • Ed Berke
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    2.7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Tom Moore
    • Writer
      • Marsha Norman
    • Stars
      • Sissy Spacek
      • Anne Bancroft
      • Ed Berke
    • 49User reviews
    • 15Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 nominations total

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    Sissy Spacek
    Sissy Spacek
    • Jessie Cates
    Anne Bancroft
    Anne Bancroft
    • Thelma Cates
    Ed Berke
    • Dawson Cates
    Carol Robbins
    • Loretta Cates
    Jennifer Roosendahl
    • Melodie Cates
    Michael Kenworthy
    • Kenny Cates
    Sari Walker
    • Agnes Fletcher
    Claire Malis
    • Operator
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    • Director
      • Tom Moore
    • Writer
      • Marsha Norman
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    • Trivia
      When asked by a Hollywood columnist if she was upset she didn't receive an Oscar (Academy Award) nomination for her performance, Anne Bancroft quipped, "I should have gotten an Oscar just for memorizing all those lines." Bancroft though however for this film was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama.
    • Quotes

      Jessie: Mama, I know you used to ride the bus. Riding the bus, and it's hot and bumpy and crowded and too noisy, and more than anything else in the world, you wanna get off. And the only reason in the world you don't get off is it's still fifty blocks from where you're going. Well, I can get off right now if I want to. Because even if I ride fifty more years and get off then, it's still the same place when I step down to it. Whenever I feel like it, I can get off. Whenever I've had enough, it's my stop. I've had enough.

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Touch and Go/'Night, Mother/Blue Velvet/Where the River Runs Black (1986)

    User reviews49

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    Excellent Film...

    "'Night Mother" is a film for those who appreciate a good, thought provoking drama. Anne Bancroft, the Italian/American actress from NYC plays a Southern woman with gusto. Sissy Spacek as her daughter is excellent as a woman who has had enough of life & has decided to end hers. It's hard to decide who you feel more sorry for. My heart tends to go out more to the Bancroft character because Spacek's character has finally found some peace with her decision to end her life. This movie is very intense & the music on the soundtrack is beautiful & adds to it's emotional impact.
    • Blooeyz2001
    • Mar 31, 2002
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    • Release date
      • January 29, 1987 (Australia)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 'Nacht Mutter
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA(Exterior, one day)
    • Production companies
      • Aaron Spelling Productions
      • Blackbird Productions
      • Universal Pictures
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    • Budget
      • $3,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $441,863
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $49,164
      • Sep 14, 1986
    • Gross worldwide
      • $441,863
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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