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Play It as It Lays (1972)
Directed by Frank Perry
“Maria's life was a search for the ultimate answer even after she found there was none.”
Drama · 1h 39m
Burned-out B-movie actress Maria, depressed and frustrated with her loveless marriage to an ambitious film director, Carter Lang, who would rather work on his career than on his relationship with her, numbs herself with drugs and sex with strangers. Only her friendship with a sensitive gay movie producer, B.Z., offers a semblance of solace. But even that relationship proves to be fleeting amidst the empty decadence of Hollywood.
Cast
Tuesday Weld
Maria Wyeth Lang
Anthony Perkins
B.Z.
Adam Roarke
Carter Lang
Tammy Grimes
Helene
Ruth Ford
Carlotta
Eddie Firestone
Benny Austin
Diana Ewing
Susannah
Paul Lambert
Larry Kulik
Chuck McCann
Abortionist's Assistant
Severn Darden
Hypnotist
Tony Young
Johnny Waters
Richard Anderson
Les Goodwin
Crew
- Director
- Frank Perry
- Screenplay
- Joan Didion, John Gregory Dunne
- Novel
- Joan Didion
- Director of Photography
- Jordan Cronenweth
- Editor
- Sidney Katz
- Producer
- Dominick Dunne, Frank Perry
Details
- Release date
- 1972-10-19
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Universal Pictures, F.P. Productions
- Budget
- $1,000,000