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Opening Night (1977)
Directed by John Cassavetes
Overview
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.
Rated PG-13 | Length 144 minutes
Actors
Gena Rowlands | John Cassavetes | Ben Gazzara | Joan Blondell | Paul Stewart | Zohra Lampert | Laura Johnson | John Tuell | Ray Powers | John P. Finnegan | Louise Lewis | Fred Draper | Katherine Cassavetes | Lady Rowlands | Carol Warren | Briana Carver | Angelo Grisanti | Meade Roberts | Eleanor Zee | David Rowlands | Sharon Van Ivan | Jimmy Christie | James Karen | Jimmy Joyce | Sherry Bain | Sylvia Davis Shaw | Peter Lampert | Patrick Labyorteaux | Roni-Sue Kiser | Naomi Stevens | Seymour Cassel | Peter Falk | Peter Bogdanovich