Opening Night
Directed by	John Cassavetes
Produced by	Al Ruban
Written by	John Cassavetes
Starring	Gena Rowlands John Cassavetes Ben Gazzara Zohra Lampert Joan Blondell Paul Stewart
Distributed by	Faces Distribution
Release date(s)	December 22, 1977
Running time	144 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Opening Night is a (1977) drama film written and directed by John Cassavetes. The film stars Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara, Joan Blondell, and Zohra Lampert. The film was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

[edit] Plot

In the film, Broadway actress Myrtle Gordon (Rowlands) rehearses for her latest play, about a woman unable to admit that she is aging. When she witnesses the death of an adoring young fan, she begins to confront the personal and professional turmoils she faces in her own life.

Pedro Almodovar repeats the film's accident scene in his All About My Mother as the epicenter of the dramatic conflict.

[edit] Cast

• Gena Rowlands — Myrtle Gordon
• John Cassavetes — Maurice Aarons
• Ben Gazzara — Manny Victor
• Joan Blondell — Sarah Goode
• Paul Stewart — David Samuels
• Zohra Lampert — Dorothy Victor
• Laura Johnson — Nancy Stein

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Opening Night at the Internet Movie Database
• Criterion Collection essay by Dennis Lim
• Scene-by-Scene Analysis

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