Opening Night
Summary:
John Cassavetes' Opening Night stars Gena Rowlands (Mrs. Cassavetes) as end-of-tether Broadway actress Myrtle Gordon. She is about to open in a play written by her old friend Sarah Goode (Joan Blondell), but a series of pre-show setbacks and disasters threaten to destroy not only the production but Myrtle's sanity. The actress is especially rattled when one of her... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Gena Rowlands - (Myrtle Gordon)
Ben Gazzara - (Manny Victor)
John Cassavetes - (Maurice Aarons)
Joan Blondell - (Sarah Goode)
Paul Stewart - (David Samuels)
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Review:
John Cassavetes, one of the film business' first truly independent directors, specialized in a kind of semi-improvised, emotionally wrenching brand of naturalism, which usually tended to polarize audiences. Opening Night, along with A Woman Under the Influence (1974) and Love Streams (1984), all starring his wife, Gena Rowlands, coul... Continue >>
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