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Actress Myrtle Gordon is a functioning alcoholic actress 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.
Director:
,
John Cassavetes
Cast:
,
Ben Gazzara
,
Gena Rowlands
,
Paul Stewart
,
John Cassavetes
,
Joan Blondell
,
Laura Johnson
,
Zohra Lampert
,
John Tuell
,
Ray Powers

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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
144 min
Release date:
22 Dec 1977
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination.

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
The scenes in which Myrtle consults first one and then another spiritualist are typical of Cassavetes's genius in filming madness.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Rowlands sings a different kind of mad song in Opening Night, playing a diva-like actress preparing a part about aging that haunts her, at times literally, with a vision of lost youth.
– Keith Phipps,
AV Club,
14 Feb 2005
fresh:
At once a lament to the ravages of age and an examination of those tiny foibles which separate reality from dramatic artifice, it's a baffling and intricate film which, although light on conventional pleasures, still manages to provoke and beguile.
– David Jenkins,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
fresh:
Juggling onstage and offstage action, Cassavetes makes this a fascinating look at some of the internal mechanisms and conflicts that create theatrical fiction.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
28 Jul 2008
fresh:
Gena Rowlands turns in another virtuoso performance as the troubled actress. Cassavetes' highly personal work will please his coterie of enthusiasts, but for general audiences it will be viewed as shrill, puzzling, depressing and overlong.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
28 Jul 2008
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