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Opening Night
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7.6Actress 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.
Released: 1977-12-22144 minDir: John CassavetesDrama
Cast
- Gena Rowlands as Myrtle Gordon
- John Cassavetes as Maurice Aarons
- Ben Gazzara as Manny Victor
- Joan Blondell as Sarah Goode
- Paul Stewart as David Samuels
- Zohra Lampert as Dorothy Victor
Themes
- alcohol
- autograph
- aging
- apparition
- car accident
- nervous breakdown
- obsessed fan
- alcoholic
- broadway star
- stage play
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