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Postcards from the Edge is a 1990 American comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols. The screenplay by Carrie Fisher is based on her 1987 semi-autobiographical novel of the same title. The film stars Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, and Dennis Quaid.
Postcards from the Edge: Directed by Mike Nichols. With Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman. A substance-addicted actress tries to look on the bright side even as she is forced to move back in with her mother to avoid unemployment.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Mike Nichols
- 1990-09-14
Postcards from the Edge is a semi-autobiographical novel by Carrie Fisher, first published in 1987. [1] It was later adapted by Fisher herself into a motion picture of the same name, which was directed by Mike Nichols and released by Columbia Pictures in 1990.
- Carrie Fisher
- 1987
Postcards from the Edge (1990) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Uniting a pair of powerhouse talents with a smart, sharply written script, Postcards from the Edge makes compelling drama out of reality-inspired trauma. Read Critics Reviews
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- Mike Nichols
- R
- Meryl Streep
Postcards From The Edge. 101 minutes ‧ R ‧ 1990. Roger Ebert. September 12, 1990. 4 min read. The practicing alcoholic is familiar with a gnawing feeling in the pit of the stomach – the guilt at letting other people down, the remorse at letting himself down.
Substance-addicted Hollywood actress Suzanne Vale is on the skids. After a spell at a detox center her film company insists, as a condition of continuing to employ her, that she live with her mother, Doris Mann, who was once a star and now a champion drinker.
