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Postcards From The Edge
1990
An actress with a drug and alcohol problem, recovering from a near fatal overdose, accepts a minor role in a film on the condition that she lives with a responsible person during her rehabilitation. That 'person' is her mother, a big star from the 50's who sees herself in her daughter. Both must reach a mutual understanding if .. Read more
| Starring | Meryl Streep, Dennis Quaid, Shirley MacLaine, Gene Hackman |
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| Director | Mike Nichols |
| Genres | Drama |
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Postcards From The Edge
An actress with a drug and alcohol problem, recovering from a near fatal overdose, accepts a minor role in a film on the condition that she lives with a responsible person during her rehabilitation. That 'person' is her mother, a big star from the 50's who sees herself in her daughter. Both must reach a mutual understanding if they are to live in harmony... Music by Carly Simon. Based on a novel by Carrie Fisher.
| Starring | Meryl Streep, Dennis Quaid, Shirley MacLaine, Gene Hackman, Richard Dreyfuss, Rene Assa |
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| Director | Mike Nichols |
| Studio | UCA |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 37 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | French, German, Italian, Spanish |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Turkish |
| Released | DVD: 08 Mar 2004 Production year: 1990 |
| Format | DVD |
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It bears little resemblance to Carrie Fisher's screamingly funny bestselling novel, yet director Mike Nichols's grand tour through “Hollywood Babylon” behaviour and Bel Air-head lifestyles still emerges as a reasonably savage showbiz satire. Meryl Streep plays the selfish actress in celebrity detox who moves back home with her overbearing mother (Shirley MacLaine) in this thinly-veiled account of Fisher's own poignant love-hate relationship with real-life mother Debbie Reynolds. Both stars rise to the bitchy one-liner occasion and turn on the glitz, glamour and grit in an engaging ride on the hypocritical Hollywood highway.
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Carrie Fisher has successfully adapted her semi-autobiographical novel about a Hollywood actress' battle with drug... read more on Time Out
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5 out of 6 people found this review helpful
She was so good in
Wonderful. This is one of the funniest, most touching films I've ever seen. Based on Carrie Fisher's semi-autobiographcal novel, Shirley MacLaine and Meryl Streep turn in fantastic performances as mother and daughter at war. Examining the relationship between fading Hollywood legend MacLean and drug addicted Streep, there are many tragic/comedy moments that have you creased up with laughter one minute and choking back the tears the next.
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Postcards from the Edge
Well put together, pace and acting great, humour for those who have lived a bit. Recommend to those over 25.
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Postcards From The Edge
An actress with a drug and alcohol problem, recovering from a near fatal overdose, accepts a minor role in a film on the condition that she lives with a responsible person during her rehabilitation. That 'person' is her mother, a big star from the 50's who sees herself in her daughter. Both must ...
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