Opening Night
- Released on
- Runtime
- 144 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Gena Rowlands
- John Cassavetes
- Ben Gazzara
- Joan Blondell
- Paul Stewart
- Zohra Lampert
- Laura Johnson
- John Tuell
- Ray Powers
- John Finnegan
- Louise Lewis
- Fred Draper
- Katherine Cassavetes
- Lady Rowlands
- Carol Warren
- Briana Carver
- Angelo Grisanti
- Meade Roberts
- Eleanor Zee
- David Rowlands
- Sharon Van Ivan
- Jimmy Christie
- James Karen
- Jimmy Joyce
- Sherry Bain
- Sylvia Davis Shaw
- Peter Lampert
- Patrick Labyorteaux
- Roni-Sue Kiser
- Naomi Stevens
- Seymour Cassel
- Peter Falk
- Peter Bogdanovich
Director
- John Cassavetes
Producers
- Michael Lally
