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Mrs. Harris

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Mrs. Harris
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1hr 35min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
2005
Director:
Phyllis Nagy
Distributor:
HBO Home Video
Starring:
Annette Bening, Ben Kingsley, Caroline Lagerfelt  ...more
Synopsis: The sensationalistic murder of diet guru Dr. Herman Tarnower is explored in this stylized take on the tabloid cover story from first-time director Phyllis Nagy. As the inventor of the popular "Scarsdale Diet," Dr. Herman Tarnower (Ben Kingsley) became an overnight success during the peak of the early '80s diet craze. Despite the popularity of the Dr. Tarnower's revolutionary "lose one pound per day" diet, the womanizing ways of the Casanova cardiologist would soon come to a brutal end at the hands ... Full Synopsis
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Brian J. Dillard, AMG Review
The murder of Scarsdale Diet inventor Herman Tarnower could easily have become fodder for a Lifetime TV movie starring, say, Meredith Baxter or Jane Seymour. Luckily for premium cable devotees, it instead inspired this wonderfully tart HBO movie, which subverts docudrama clichés at every turn. In a part as smart and sour as her role in Being Julia was steely and grandiloquent, Annette Bening plays ... Full Review
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Annette Bening
Jean Harris
Ben Kingsley
Dr. Herman Tarnower, Herman Tarnower, Hy Tarnower
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Annette Bening, 50: She defines grace and graciousness, from her earliest days as a young high...
Michael Gross at HBO Films' "Mrs. Harris" Premiere
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