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Opening Night

Name: Opening Night
Director: John Cassavetes
Genre: Drama
Released: 1977
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara, Joan Blondell, Paul Stewart

Actress Myrtle Gordon is a functioning alcoholic who is a few days from the opening night of her latest play, concerning a woman distraught about aging. One night a car kills one of Myrtle's fans who is chasing her limousine in an attempt to get the star's attention. Myrtle internalizes the accident and goes on a spiritual quest, but fails to finds the answers she is after. As opening night inches closer and closer, fragile Myrtle must find a way to make the show go on.

1977 · Directed by John Cassavetes · 144 min · Drama · 34 frames

Tagline

The Show Must Go On…

Crew

Written by: John Cassavetes
Cinematography: Al Ruban
Edited by: Tom Cornwell
Music: Bo Harwood
Production design: Bryan Ryman
Produced by: Michael Lally

Cast

Gena Rowlands as Myrtle Gordon
John Cassavetes as Maurice Aarons
Ben Gazzara as Manny Victor
Joan Blondell as Sarah Goode
Paul Stewart as David Samuels
Zohra Lampert as Dorothy Victor
Laura Johnson as Nancy Stein
John Tuell as Gus Simmons
Ray Powers as Jimmy
John Finnegan as Bobby

Production

Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studios: Faces International Films
Themes: alcohol, autograph, aging, apparition, car accident, nervous breakdown, obsessed fan, alcoholic, broadway star, stage play

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