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Opening Night (1977) 7.8
An actress suffers an emotional uproar in her personal life after a fan dies trying to see her. Director:John CassavetesWriter:John Cassavetes |
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Cast
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| John Cassavetes | ... | ||
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David Samuels
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Zohra Lampert | ... |
Dorothy Victor
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Nancy Stein
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Gus Simmons
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Ray Powers | ... |
Jimmy
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Louise Lewis | ... |
Kelly
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Fred Draper | ... |
Leo
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Katherine Cassavetes | ... |
Vivian
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Lady Rowlands | ... |
Melva Drake
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Carol Warren | ... |
Carla
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A young woman gets killed in an accident trying to meet her favorite actress Myrtle Gordon after a play. Then Myrtle Gordon felt responsible for the killing leading her down to an emotional crisis that interferes with her professional work as an actress. Written by Chemi González <chemi01@hotmail.com>
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actress | written and directed by cast member | theater | new york city | hit by car |Genres:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
17 April 1978 (Sweden) See more »Also Known As:
Açilis Gecesi See more »Company Credits
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Peter Falk, Seymour Cassel, and Peter Bogdanovich all make cameos in the opening night scene. See more »Quotes
Maurice Aarons: I thought that small talk was too small, I thought big talk was too pretentious, I thought music was noise, and I thought art was bullshit.See more »
Opening Night is my favorite Cassavetes, and I feel it is my duty to debunk the notion that those or any of his films aside from Shadows was strictly improvised. In fact, his films were tightly scripted after actor improvisation was used to contribute to his ideas. The coherence of a film like Opening Night, the development of the themes of aging, vanity, and hope, could not just spring from the improvisational head of even the very fine actors in the movie. If you pay attention to the dialogue (outside of the lines in the play), it is obvious that much care was taken to craft them (e.g., the scene where Myrtle explains to the playwright what problems she is having with the character and script).