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Play It As It Lays

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R,1hr 41min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
October 19, 1972
Director:
Frank Perry
Distributor:
Universal Pictures
Starring:
Richard Anderson, Elizabeth Claman, Darlene Conley  ...more
Synopsis: Play It As It Lays offers what is probably the harshest view of Hollywood to be given a major production up to the time of its release; it depicts a world of narcissistic egotists who will do anything to inflate their own sense of importance. Based on the novel by Joan Didion, it tells of the rise and fall of one woman's acting career. Maria Wyeth (Tuesday Weld), a model, began her acting career in a Warhol-like film, and moved "up" to perform in a biker film. The director of both films, Carter Lang ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
Play It As It Lays is in most ways a very faithful adaptation of Joan Didion's famous novel -- but therein lies its problem. On the surface Didion's novel seems like a natural for the screen, especially when Didion and her husband co-write the screenplay. After all, the novel is leanly written, with many short chapters and a tendency to jump around which are analogous to film's short scenes and cutting. ... Full Review
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Tuesday Weld
Maria Wyeth
Anthony Perkins
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