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Opening Night

  • December 1977
  • 2hrs

    24mins

  • Drama
  • Directed by

    John Cassavetes,

    Sam Shaw,

    Starring

    Gena Rowlands,

    Ben Gazzara,

    Joan Blondell,

    Paul Stewart

    ...

    Actress Myrtle Gordon is a functioning alcoholic 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.