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Opening Night

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Opening Night
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NR,2hrs 24min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
December 22, 1977
Director:
John Cassavetes
Distributor:
Faces Distributing Corporation
Starring:
Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara, John Cassavetes  ...more
Synopsis: John Cassavetes' Opening Night stars Gena Rowlands (Mrs. Cassavetes) as end-of-tether Broadway actress Myrtle Gordon. She is about to open in a play written by her old friend Sarah Goode (Joan Blondell), but a series of pre-show setbacks and disasters threaten to destroy not only the production but Myrtle's sanity. The actress is especially rattled when one of her staunchest fans dies in an accident. In the face of bleak reality, just how important is the old "show must go on" ethic? Supporting Full Synopsis
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Michael Costello, AMG Review
John Cassavetes, one of the film business' first truly independent directors, specialized in a kind of semi-improvised, emotionally wrenching brand of naturalism, which usually tended to polarize audiences. Opening Night, along with A Woman Under the Influence (1974) and Love Streams (1984), all starring his wife, Gena Rowlands, could be thought of as his trilogy on a woman's emotional disintegration. ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Gena Rowlands
Myrtle Gordon
Ben Gazzara
Manny Victor
John Cassavetes
Maurice Aarons
Joan Blondell
Sarah Goode
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