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Opening Night

PG-13
Movie
1977
2h 24m
English
Drama
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.
Rating
WATCHMODE
8
IMDB
Opening Night (1977) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
83

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Gena Rowlands
Myrtle Gordon
John Cassavetes
Maurice Aarons
Ben Gazzara
Manny Victor
Joan Blondell
Sarah Goode
Paul Stewart
David Samuels
Zohra Lampert
Dorothy Victor
Laura Johnson
Nancy Stein
John Tuell
Gus Simmons
Louise Lewis
Kelly (as Louise Fitch)
Lady Rowlands
Melva Drake
Angelo Grisanti
Charlie Spikes
Meade Roberts
Eddie Stein
Eleanor Zee
Sylvia Stein
Jimmy Christie
News Stand Operator
Jimmy Joyce
Bartender
Directed By: John Cassavetes
Written By: John Cassavetes

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2016moonlight says...
4 years ago
Little bit of a slow burn, highly repetitive, but by the end, both seem to work in the film's favour, in creating increasing uneasiness and anxiety. One of the best I've watched on psychosis, the original Black Swan.
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