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Opening Night
1977
In Opening Night, ageing Broadway actress Myrtle Gordon (Gena Rowlands) begins rehearsals for her role in a play about a middle aged woman living in denial at the onset of her autumn years. A series of pre-show setbacks and disasters threaten preparations and when Myrtle witnesses the accidental death of an adoring young fan, .. Read more
| Starring | Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara |
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| Director | John Cassavetes |
| Genres | Drama |
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Opening Night
In Opening Night, ageing Broadway actress Myrtle Gordon (Gena Rowlands) begins rehearsals for her role in a play about a middle aged woman living in denial at the onset of her autumn years. A series of pre-show setbacks and disasters threaten preparations and when Myrtle witnesses the accidental death of an adoring young fan, she is forced to confront her own personal and professional turmoil.
| Starring | Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara |
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| Director | John Cassavetes |
| Studio | ELEVATION |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1977 To Rent: DVD: 12 Sep 2005 |
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Since Minnie and Moskowitz, Cassavetes has preoccupied himself with qualifying traditional genre material through... read more on Time Out
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you'll love it or hate it!
cassavettes is a director who polarises like few others.
for those looking for conventional hollywood product it can only disappoint. 'opening ... read more » - 208247
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great acting
the usual cassavetes style,an actors film,with the word cut removed from the vocabulary ,great performance from miss Rowland,the acting will keep you watching!... read more »
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Suffer the Middle Aged Woman
This was, even for cassavetes, full of angst, pain and things more material. Toned down, it could have been a memorable depiction of youth turning into middle ... read more »
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opening night
i was glad to be in the right sort of mood to watch this film. another night, it may have annoyed me. but opening night was fascinating and didnt tire my ... read more »
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Ben Gazzara loses cancer battle
- WENN Newsdesk
- 04 Feb 2012
Stage and screen legend Ben Gazzara has died after losing a battle with pancreatic cancer - the same disease that killed his Road House co-star Patrick Swayze. Gazzara, who was 81, died at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan on Friday. A native New Yorker, the Emmy winner studied with drama guru Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio and became a Broadway stage sensation in the 1950s thanks to leading roles in plays like Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and A Hatful of Rain. Gazzara made a string of TV... Read more
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Opening Night
In Opening Night, ageing Broadway actress Myrtle Gordon (Gena Rowlands) begins rehearsals for her role in a play about a middle aged woman living in denial at the onset of her autumn years. A series of pre-show setbacks and disasters threaten preparations and when Myrtle witnesses the accidental ...
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