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Opening Night (1977)
Directed by John Cassavetes
“The Show Must Go On…”
Drama · 2h 24m
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.
Cast
Gena Rowlands
Myrtle Gordon
John Cassavetes
Maurice Aarons
Ben Gazzara
Manny Victor
Joan Blondell
Sarah Goode
Paul Stewart
David Samuels
Zohra Lampert
Dorothy Victor
L
Laura Johnson
Nancy Stein
J
John Tuell
Gus Simmons
R
Ray Powers
Jimmy
John Finnegan
Bobby
L
Louise Lewis
Kelly (as Louise Fitch)
Fred Draper
Leo
Crew
- Director
- John Cassavetes
- Writer
- John Cassavetes
- Director of Photography
- Al Ruban
- Original Music Composer
- Bo Harwood
- Editor
- Tom Cornwell
- Producer
- Michael Lally
Details
- Release date
- 1977-12-22
- Runtime
- 2h 24m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Faces International Films