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Language. English. Ash Wednesday is a 1973 American drama film directed by Larry Peerce and starring Elizabeth Taylor. It was produced by Dominick Dunne. The screenplay by Jean-Claude Tramont focuses on the effect that extensive cosmetic surgery has on the life of a middle-aged married woman.
Barbara Sawyer (Elizabeth Taylor) gets secret plastic surgery in Switzerland in an attempt to save her marriage to Mark Sawyer (Henry Fonda), but he doesn't ...
Mar 19, 2004 · Ash Wednesday: Directed by Edward Burns. With Brian Burns, Vincent Rubino, James Michael Cummings, Elijah Wood. Ash Wednesday is set in the Manhattan of the early 1980's and is about a pair of Irish-American brothers (Burns and Wood) who become embroiled in a conflict with the Irish Mob.
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- Crime, Drama
- Edward Burns
- 2004-03-19
Nov 1, 1973 · Ash Wednesday: Directed by Larry Peerce. With Elizabeth Taylor, Henry Fonda, Helmut Berger, Keith Baxter. After getting plastic surgery in Switzerland to help rejuvenate her shaky marriage, Barbara Sawyer has an affair with a younger man while waiting for her husband's arrival from the U.S.
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- Drama, Mystery
- Larry Peerce
- 1973-11-01
Ash Wednesday is a 2002 American crime drama film written and directed by Edward Burns. It stars Burns alongside Elijah Wood and Rosario Dawson. The film is set in the early 1980s in New York City's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood and tells the story of a pair of Irish-American brothers who become embroiled in a conflict with the Irish mob.
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Roger Ebert reviews the 1973 movie Ash Wednesday, starring Elizabeth Taylor as a 50ish wife who has a face-lift to keep her husband. He criticizes the movie's slow pace, weak story and unconvincing ending, but praises Taylor's beauty and vanity.
A middle-aged woman (Elizabeth Taylor) has plastic surgery and an affair in Switzerland while waiting for her husband (Henry Fonda) to join her in Italy. He reveals he wants a divorce and a younger lover, leaving her devastated.
