Opening Night
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Actress 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.
- Director
- John Cassavetes
- Writers
- John Cassavetes
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Top cast
Full cast and crewGena RowlandsMyrtle GordonJohn CassavetesMaurice AaronsBen GazzaraManny VictorJoan BlondellSarah GoodePaul StewartDavid SamuelsZohra LampertDorothy VictorLaura JohnsonNancy Stein
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John TuellGus Simmons
Ray PowersJimmy
John FinneganBobby
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- Release date
- December 22, 1977
- Status
- Released
- Director
- John Cassavetes
- Writers
- John Cassavetes
- Country of origin
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 2h 24m
- Certificate
- PG-13
- Wikidata ID
- Q1504568
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