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Opening Night

Kanopy Available online

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Cassavetes, John, film director.
Rowlands, Gena, actor.
Cassavetes, John, actor.
The Criterion Collection (Firm), Distributor.
Kanopy (Firm)., Distributor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Motion pictures.
Arts.
Drama.
Independent films.
Nineteen seventies.
Genre:
Feature films
Physical Description:
1 online resource (streaming video file) (144 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Place of Publication:
The Criterion Collection 1977
[San Francisco, California, USA] Kanopy Streaming 2025
System Details:
digital
video file MPEG-4 Flash
Summary:
While in the midst of rehearsals for her latest play, Broadway actor Myrtle Gordon (Gena Rowlands) witnesses the accidental death of an adoring young fan, after which she begins to confront the chaos of her own life. Headlined by a virtuoso performance by Rowlands, John Cassavetes's OPENING NIGHT lays bare the drama of a performer who, at great personal cost, makes a part her own, and it functions as a metaphor for the director's singular, wrenched-from-the-heart creative method.Both Rowlands and Joan Blondell were nominated for Golden Globe awards for their performances
Participant:
Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes
Notes:
Vendor supplied data
Film
In Process Record
Originally produced by The Criterion Collection in 1977
Publisher Number:
1113099 Kanopy
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license

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