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The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972) Plus avec IMDbPro »

• Certain dialog from Paul Zindel's play remained in the script for the movie. Even though the movie was filmed in Bridgeport, Connecticut, certain references to the location of the play, which takes place in Staten Island, New York (Zindel's hometown) remain. Ruth mentions "Prince's Bay" when reading a classified ad about some property for sale, and Matilda tells her mother that a photographer is going to take pictures of the Science Fair finalists for "The Advance". Prince's Bay is a neighborhood located on the South Shore of Staten Island, and the Staten Island Advance is the local newspaper.
  
  
• The original Broadway production of "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds" by Paul Zindel opened on March 14, 1978 at the Biltmore Theater, ran for 16 performances and won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1971.
  
  
• The play was originally produced in Houston in 1964. The movie version filmed in 1972, directed by Paul Newman and starred his wife, Joanne Woodward, and his daughter Elinor (Nell Potts). Woodward won the award for Best Actress at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival.
  
  
• Eileen Heckart also starred in a 1966 TV version.
  
  

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