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Opening Night

"The Show Must Go On…"

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PG-13 1977 · 2h 24m
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Starring Gena Rowlands · John Cassavetes · Ben Gazzara
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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.

Theatrical
Dec 22, 1977
DVD / Blu-ray
Apr 14, 1998
Director
John Cassavetes
Producers
Michael Lally, Mike Lally, Sam Shaw
Music
Bo Harwood
Studio
Faces International Films
Keywords
alcohol autograph aging apparition car accident nervous breakdown obsessed fan alcoholic broadway star stage play broadway theatre lost youth psychological disorder former lovers aging actress
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Cast

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G
Gena Rowlands
Myrtle Gordon
J
John Cassavetes
Maurice Aarons
B
Ben Gazzara
Manny Victor
J
Joan Blondell
Sarah Goode
P
Paul Stewart
David Samuels
Z
Zohra Lampert
Dorothy Victor
L
Laura Johnson
Nancy Stein
J
John Tuell
Gus Simmons
J
John Finnegan
Bobby
L
Louise Lewis
Kelly (as Louise Fitch)
F
Fred Draper
Leo
K
Katherine Cassavetes
Vivian
L
Lady Rowlands
Melva Drake
A
Angelo Grisanti
Charlie Spikes
M
Meade Roberts
Eddie Stein
E
Eleanor Zee
Sylvia Stein
D
David Rowlands
Doorman
S
Sharon Van Ivan
Shirley
J
James Karen
Bellboy
J
Jimmy Joyce
Bartender
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Preview: Gena Rowlands has died at the age of 94. She became known for her work with her husband, John Cassavetes. Young...

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Professionalism Over Personal Relationships
Maurice Aarons You're not a woman to me anymore. You're a professional. You don't care about anything, do you? You don't care about personal relationships, love, sex, affection.
Myrtle Gordon Okay.
Maurice Aarons I have a small part. It's unsympathetic. The audience doesn't like me. I can't afford to be in love with you.
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The Absence of Hope in the Play
Sarah Goode Just please tell me what this play doesn't express.
Myrtle Gordon Hope.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

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