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Joe Gideon is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in musical theater. But he can feel his world slowly collapsing around him - his obsession with work has almost destroyed his personal life, and only his bottles of pills keep him going.
Theatrical
Dec 20, 1979
Box Office
$37.8M
Budget
$12.0M
Return
3.2x
DVD / Blu-ray
Aug 19, 2003
Theaters
4
Director
Producers
Music
Studio
Columbia Pictures, 20th Century Fox
Quotes
See all →The Complexity of Life and Death
Main cast
Michael Tokan - Dr. Ballinger
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The Complexity of Life and Art
Main cast
Erzsebet Foldi - Michelle Gideon
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →R
Roy Scheider
Joe Gideon
J
Jessica Lange
Angelique
A
Ann Reinking
Kate Jagger
L
Leland Palmer
Audrey Paris
C
Cliff Gorman
Davis Newman
B
Ben Vereen
O'Connor Flood
M
Michael Tolan
Dr. Ballinger
M
Max Wright
Joshua Penn
W
William LeMassena
Jonesy Hecht
I
Irene Kane
Leslie Perry
D
Deborah Geffner
Victoria
K
Kathryn Doby
Kathryn
A
Anthony Holland
Paul Dann
R
Robert Hitt
Ted Christopher
D
David Margulies
Larry Goldie
S
Susan Brooks
Stacy
K
Keith Gordon
Young Joe
F
Frankie Man
Comic
A
Alan Heim
Eddie
J
John Lithgow
Lucas Sergeant
