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Opening Night
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Opening Night is a 1977 American drama film written and directed by John Cassavetes. The cast includes Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara, Joan Blondell, and Paul Stewart. Produced by Faces International Films, the movie was filmed in New York City and is set there. It is presented in English and falls under the genres of drama and art film.
The film has a runtime of 144 minutes. It was released in late 1977 and early 1978. Distribution formats include video on demand, with availability on platforms such as HBO Max, Amazon Channel, and Criterion Channel. The title carries the tagline "The Show Must Go On…". Keywords associated with the narrative include alcohol, aging, and car accidents.
Critical reception includes a review score of 7.8 out of 10, 69 out of 100, and 96 percent. An IMDb rating of 7.8 and a TMDb average of 7.579 are also recorded. The work has been assessed using the Bechdel test.
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7.6Actress 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.
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
Themes
- alcohol
- autograph
- aging
- apparition
- car accident
- nervous breakdown
- obsessed fan
- alcoholic
- broadway star
- stage play
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- John Cassavetes
- Screenwriter
- John Cassavetes
- Cast member
- Peter Falk
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Filming location
- New York City
- Duration
- 139
- FilmAffinity ID
- 379275
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Opening Night (1977 poster).jpg
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- publication date
- 2003-11-27
- title
- Opening Night
- review score
- 96%
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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