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The Bell Jar is a 1979 American drama film based on Sylvia Plath's 1963 book The Bell Jar. It was directed by Larry Peerce and stars Marilyn Hassett and Julie Harris.
Oct 25, 1979 · The Bell Jar: Directed by Larry Peerce. With Marilyn Hassett, Julie Harris, Anne Jackson, Barbara Barrie. As the horrors beneath the idealized 1950s come about, a successful young woman finds herself having a serious mental breakdown when she returns to New England.
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- Biography, Drama
- Larry Peerce
- 1979-10-25
Apr 20, 2023 · Kirsten Dunst was once meant to direct a film adaptation of The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. But what's the current status of the project?
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The Bell Jar is the only novel written by the American writer and poet Sylvia Plath. Originally published under the pseudonym "Victoria Lucas" in 1963, the novel is supposedly semi-autobiographical with the names of places and people changed.
- Sylvia Plath, Frances Monson McCullough, Lois Ames
- 1963
Kirsten Dunst will be making her directorial debut with an adaptation of Sylvia Plath's classic novel The Bell Jar, with Dakota Fanning starring.
Based on the 1963 novel by Sylvia Plath, a young woman's summer in New York sees her working for a Mademoiselle-like magazine, return home to New England, and subsequent breakdown all amidst the horrors of the fifties, from news of the Rosenbergs' execution to sleazy disc jockeys and predatory college boys.
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Jul 20, 2016 · Kirsten Dunst is set to direct The Bell Jar, a movie adaptation of Sylvia Plath's 1963 novel that will star Dakota Fanning.
