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Opening Night
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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.
Released: 1977-12-22144 minDir: John CassavetesDrama
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
- Duration
- 139
- FilmAffinity ID
- 379275
- Image
- Opening Night (1977 poster).jpg
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- publication date
- 2003-11-27
- title
- Opening Night
- review score
- 96%
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1970s ghost films1970s psychological drama films1977 American films1977 drama films1977 English-language films1977 films1977 independent filmsAmerican independent filmsAmerican psychological drama filmsAmerican psychological thriller filmsFilms about actorsFilms about alcoholismFilms about mental healthFilms about theatreFilms directed by John CassavetesFilms set in ConnecticutFilms set in ManhattanFilms shot in Los AngelesRotten Tomatoes ID same as WikidataTemplate film date with 1 release date