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Apr 17, 1978 · Opening Night: Directed by John Cassavetes. With Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara, Joan Blondell. A renowned actress teeters on the edge of a breakdown as she counts down the days toward a big Broadway opening.
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Mar 26, 2024 · March 26, 2024. In a London auditorium, a work of art is being desecrated. “Opening Night,” John Cassavetes’s understatedly stylish 1977 movie about an actress struggling with midlife ennui,...
English. Opening Night is a 1977 American psychological drama film written and directed by John Cassavetes, and starring Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara, Joan Blondell, Paul Stewart, Zohra Lampert, and Cassavetes. Its plot follows a stage actress who, after witnessing the accidental death of one of her fans, is haunted by a recurring apparition of ...
Mar 27, 2024 · Sarah Hemming. March 26 2024. Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free. Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. For a film that was panned at its own...
Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. John Cassavetes ’ “Opening Night” tells the story of an alcoholic actress going through the final agony of bottoming out, while surrounded by people whose lives she is making impossible, and who are not nearly as angry with her as they should be. Gena Rowlands plays the role at perfect pitch: She is ...
Opening Night. While in the midst of rehearsals for her latest play, Broadway actor Myrtle Gordon (Gena Rowlands) witnesses the accidental death of an adoring young fan, after which she begins to confront the chaos of her own life. Headlined by a virtuoso performance by Rowlands, John Cassavetes’s Opening Night lays bare the drama of a ...
