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| Director: | Tom Moore |
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| Writer: | Marsha Norman |
| Staring: |
| A mother and daughter spend a night together after the daughter reveals that she will kill herself by the end of it. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 12, 1986 |
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| Director: | Tom Moore |
| Writer: | Marsha Norman |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | suicide, parent child relationship, epilepsy, pulitzer prize, based on play or musical, epileptic, mother daughter relationship |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures, Aaron Spelling Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $442,000
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Sissy Spacek | Jessie Cates |
| Anne Bancroft | Thelma Cates |
| Ed Berke | Dawson Cates |
| Carol Robbins | Loretta Cates |
| Jennifer Roosendahl | Melodie Cates |
| Michael Kenworthy | Kenny Cates |
| Sari Walker | Agnes Fletcher |
| Claire Malis | Operator (VOICE) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Tom Moore | Director |
| Marsha Norman | Screenplay, Writer |
| David Shire | Music |
| Stephen M. Katz | Director of Photography |
| Suzanne Pettit | Editor |
| Tony Shepherd | Casting |
| Jackson De Govia | Production Design |
| Bonnie Dermer | Set Decoration |
| Robert Blackman | Costume Design |
| Marina Pedraza | Hairstylist |
| Brenda Todd | Makeup Artist |
| Wallace Worsley Jr. | Production Manager |
| Cheryl Downey | First Assistant Director |
| Patrick Regan | Second Assistant Director |
| Michael Casey | Property Master |
| Beverli Eagan | Set Designer |
| John R. Jensen | Assistant Art Director |
| Henry Stuart John | Construction Foreman |
| Jan Talani | Property Master |
| Anthony C. Thorpe | Property Master |
| Mark Musella | Boom Operator |
| Lettie Odney | ADR Editor |
| Jeffrey Wilhoit | Foley Artist |
| David A. Whittaker | Sound Editor |
| Denise Whiting | ADR Editor |
| Bill Varney | Supervising Sound Editor |
| John J. Stephens | Sound Mixer |
| John Stacy | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Bruce Smith | Sound Mixer |
| Angie Luckey | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Daniel J. Leahy | Sound Mixer |
| Michael C. Casper | Sound Mixer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Alan Greisman | Producer |
| David Lancaster | Executive Producer |
| Aaron Spelling | Producer |
| Dann Byck | Executive Producer |
| Cheryl Downey | Associate Producer |
| Wallace Worsley Jr. | Associate Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 3 |
| 2024 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 5 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11 | 37 | 3 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 4 |
| 2024 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 2 |
| 2024 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| 2024 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 2 |
| 2024 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| 2024 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
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This movie to me brings together a myriad of emotions. The Director handled bringing perspective to it's viewers by building the relationship of mother and daughter together. I found this film to be extremely exposing to weaknesses in every family, or person. We tend to overlook the obvious in co ... mpassion - the impact of things in others lives. I weep every time I see this as it exposes those weaknesses that Anne Bancroft learns about too late. This movie is about isolation, independence, loss of self respect, compassion, and the argument of accepting someone else's choice for life or death. Sissy is amazing. She draws you in to her world of not being able to see a future a day after, a week or longer because she makes very valid points about continuing. Bancroft plays the over the top worried mother who never survived on her own and must face the next day herself. Well done, great directing, acting and perspective taken from a real life situation a couple years prior.