The Big Chill Summary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Genres: Comedy Drama
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Embraced by the Baby Boomer generation and spawning countless imitators, the sophomore film of writer-director Lawrence_Kasdan was a successful comedy-drama with a best selling soundtrack of Motown hits. Kevin_Kline and Glenn_Close star as Harold and Sarah Cooper, a couple whose marital troubles are put on hold while they host an unhappy reunion of former college pals gathered for the funeral of one of their own, a suicide victim named Alex. As the weekend unfolds, the friends catch up with each other, play the music of their youth, reminisce, smoke marijuana, and pair off with each other in unexpected combinations. Included are Michael (Jeff_Goldblum), a smarmy journalist; Sam (Tom_Berenger), a TV star; Karen (JoBeth Williams), unhappily married and pining for Sam; Nick (William_Hurt), a drug-addicted Vietnam vet; and Meg (Mary_Kay_Place), a single career woman who wants a child. Joining the group is Alex's bizarre girlfriend Chloe (Meg_Tilly), who finds new love with Nick. As they learn to deal with the truth about the loss of idealism in their lives and Alex's sad demise, the friends find their bond still intact, while the marriage of Harold and Sarah is healed in an unusual way that's in sync with the era of their youth. Cut from the release of The Big Chill (1983) was the brief appearance of young actor Kevin_Costner as Alex. Kasdan promised Costner a role in his next picture, which turned out to be a star-making part in Silverado (1985). Karl Williams, Rovi
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