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The Big Chill is an American drama film directed by Lawrence Kasdan, who also wrote the screenplay. The movie stars Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, and William Hurt. Produced by Michael Shamberg and Carson Productions, the film was distributed by Columbia Pictures and Netflix. It was filmed in South Carolina, which also serves as the narrative location. The story follows seven old college friends who gather for a weekend reunion after the funeral of one of their own.
The film has a runtime of 105 minutes and was released in 1983. It had a budget of $8,000,000 and generated revenue of $56,342,711. The Big Chill received nominations for Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Writing, Original Screenplay. It also won an award from the National Board of Review for Top Ten Films. The motion picture is rated R.
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6.8Seven old college friends gather for a weekend reunion after the funeral of one of their own.
Cast
- Tom Berenger as Sam Weber
- Glenn Close as Sarah Cooper
- Jeff Goldblum as Michael Gold
- William Hurt as Nick Carlton
- Kevin Kline as Harold Cooper
- Mary Kay Place as Meg Jones
Themes
- friendship
- suicide
- regret
- funeral
- gathering
- bat
- nostalgia
- south carolina
- morning
- reunion
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Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
43,913 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
70%
Metacritic
61/100
- Year
- 1983
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 3 Oscars. 3 wins & 8 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Genre
- musical film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Director
- Lawrence Kasdan
- Screenwriter
- Lawrence Kasdan
- Cast member
- Jon Kasdan
- Composer
- Aretha Franklin
- Producer
- Michael Shamberg
- Cinematographer
- John Bailey
- Narrative location
- South Carolina
- Filming location
- South Carolina
- Duration
- 105
- FilmAffinity ID
- 458409
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1983-09-30
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- film editor
- Carol Littleton
- title
- The Big Chill
- distributed by
- Netflix
- different from
- cold
- review score
- 61/100
- capital cost
- 8000000
- box office
- 56399659
- Commons category
- The Big Chill (1983 film)
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