Opening Night

Opening Night
1977
★★★★☆ 7.6/10
⏱️ 144 min
📅 Released
🌐 EN
Drama
Actress Myrtle Gordon is a functioning alcoholic who is a few days from the opening night of her latest play, concerning a woman distraught about aging. One night a car kills one of Myrtle's fans who is chasing her limousine in an attempt to get the star's attention. Myrtle internalizes the accident and goes on a spiritual quest, but fails to finds the answers she is after. As opening night inches closer and closer, fragile Myrtle must find a way to make the show go on.

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Director
John Cassavetes
Writer
John Cassavetes
Producer
Michael Lally, Sam Shaw

Production

Faces International Films

Keywords

alcoholautographagingapparitioncar accidentnervous breakdownobsessed fanalcoholicbroadway starstage play