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Nasty Habits
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1hr 38min
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1976
Synopsis: An all-star female cast (Glenda Jackson, Melina Mecouri, Geraldine Page, Sandy Dennis, Anne Jackson, Anne Meara, and Dame Edith Evans) enliven this satirical treatment of the Nixon Watergate scandal, Nasty Habits -- based on Muriel Sparks's novella The Abbess of Crewe. When a dying abbess (Dame Edith Evans) of a Pennsylvania convent is ready to name Sister Alexandra (Glenda Jackson) as her successor, Sister Alexandra and her two flunkies (Sandy Dennis and Anne Jackson) try to get the abbess to sign ... Full Synopsis
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Nasty Habits is very much a product of its times -- the 1970s -- and as such is best appreciated by those with direct experience of the era. For example, the fact that the entire film is a parody of the Watergate scandal means that people who lived through that long "national nightmare" will get the references and satirical points much more quickly than younger audiences. Even the film's particular ... Full Review
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