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    Opening Night (1977 film) - Wikipedia

    • 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 a fan, struggles through a nervous breakdown while she prepares for an up… See more

    Content ratingPG-13
    GenreDrama
    Directed byJohn Cassavetes
    Music byBo Harwood
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    Plot

    Myrtle Gordon is a famous but troubled middle-aged actress performing out-of-town previews in New Haven, Connecticut of a new play called The Second Woman before its Broadway run. While leaving the theatre after a perf… See more

    Cast

    • Gena Rowlands as Myrtle Gordon
    • Ben Gazzara as Manny Victor
    • Joan Blondell as Sarah Goode
    • Paul Stewart as David Samuels… See more

    Analysis

    Writing in a 2018 retrospective for Esquire, critic Dom Nero describes Opening Night as a horror film or art horror film, writing: "In the way that its title sequence magnifies the mundane cheers of an audience into a violently fur… See more

    Production

    Though set in New Haven, Connecticut and New York City, Opening Night was shot on location in Los Angeles and Pasadena, California. The film's theater sequences were shot at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. … See more

    Release

    In common with earlier films, Cassavetes struggled to get Opening Night distributed in the United States. After a number of preview screenings, it opened on December 25, 1977, at the Fox Wilshire Theater, … See more

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