Opening Night (1977)

Actress Myrtle Gordon is a functioning alcoholic actress 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.
John Cassavetes
Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara, Joan Blondell, Paul Stewart, Zohra Lampert, Laura Johnson, John Tuell, Ray Powers, John P. Finnegan, Louise Lewis, Fred Draper, Katherine Cassavetes, Lady Rowlands, Angelo Grisanti, Meade Roberts, Eleanor Zee, David Rowlands, James Karen, Jimmy Joyce, Sherry Bain, Peter Falk, Peter Bogdanovich, Seymour Cassel
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