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Rachel, Rachel

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Rachel, Rachel
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R,1hr 42min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
January 1, 1968
Director:
Paul Newman
Distributor:
Warner Home Video
Starring:
Joanne Woodward, James Olson, Kate Harrington  ...more
Synopsis: Paul Newman made his directorial debut and Newman's wife, Joanne Woodward, stars as Rachel Cameron, a 35-year-old unmarried schoolteacher who feels as though she's wasted her life. Rachel's best friend, Calla Mackie (Estelle Parsons), invites her to attend a religious revival meeting. Here Rachel is swept up in the emotional fervor orchestrated by a young guest preacher (Terry Kiser). This is the first of several cathartic incidents which convince Rachel to kick over the traces and express her own ... Full Synopsis
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Brendon Hanley, AMG Review
Rachel, Rachel is a moving, mature meditation on loneliness and existential angst, best remembered as the directorial debut of Paul Newman. Newman intentionally chose this small-scale, dramatic story -- adapted by Stewart Stern from Margaret Laurence's novel A Jest of God -- to make his entrée into filmmaking. Newman's wife, Joanne Woodward, is convincing as the title character determined to change ... Full Review
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Joanne Woodward
Rachel Cameron
James Olson
Nick
Kate Harrington
Mrs. Cameron
Estelle Parsons
Calla Mackie
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