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The trailblazing independent auteur John Cassavetes pushes his raw, uncompromising emotional realism to its limit in this unflinching portrait of masculinity in crisis. Cassavetes joins Ben Gazzara and Peter Falk—both of whom would become key collaborators of the director’s—playing a trio of middle-aged Long Island family men who, following the sudden death of their close mutual friend, channel their grief into an epic, multiday bender that takes them from Manhattan to London in a desperate, debauched quest to feel alive. By turns painfully funny and woundingly perceptive, this “comedy about life, death, and freedom” (as its tagline stated) stands as perhaps the most fearless, harrowingly honest deconstruction of American manhood ever committed to film.
Original Release
12/08/1970
US Release
12/08/1970
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Ben Gazzara | Harry |
Peter Falk | Archie Black |
John Cassavetes | Gus Demetri |
Jenny Runacre | Mary Tynan |
Jenny Lee Wright | Pearl Billingham |
Noelle Kao | Julie |
John Kullers | Red |
Meta Shaw Stevens | Annie |
Leola Harlow | Leola |
Delores Delmar | The Countess |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ben Gazzara | Harry |
Peter Falk | Archie Black |
John Cassavetes | Gus Demetri |
Jenny Runacre | Mary Tynan |
Jenny Lee Wright | Pearl Billingham |
Noelle Kao | Julie |
John Kullers | Red |
Meta Shaw Stevens | Annie |
Leola Harlow | Leola |
Delores Delmar | The Countess |
Eleanor Zee | Mrs. Hines |
Claire Malis | Stuart's Wife |
Peggy Lashbrook | Diana Mallabee |
Eleanor Cody Gould | 'Normandy' Singer / Singer |
Sarah Felcher | Sarah |
Bill Britten | |
Arthur Clark | |
Gwen Van Dam | Gwen - "Jeanie" Singer / Gwen |
John Armstrong | "Happy Birthday" Singer / 'Happy Birthday' Singer |
Charles Gaines | (as Chas. Gaines) |
Producers
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1971 | Golden Globe | Best Screenplay - Motion Picture | Nominated |