Mommie Dearest (1981)
Dit is het ongehoorde en controversiële verhaal van de legendarische filmster Joan Crawford (Dunaway) en haar strijd met de dubbele rol van verblekende filmster en getergde moeder. De Crawford uit het openbare leven had een sterke wil en glamour en was bewonderenswaardig, maar "Mommie Dearest" onthult de privé persoon Crawford, de vrouw die wanhopig probeerde moeder te zijn, die als ongehuwde haar kinderen adopteerde en die trachtte te overleven in de vernietigende filmindustrie. De passie, de afmattende druk, en haar afschuwelijke neergang in het alcoholisme en kindermishandeling worden treffend - en onvergetelijk - uitgebeeld in deze film.
Regiseur:
Frank Perry
Schrijvers:
Frank Yablans, Frank Perry, Tracy Hotchner, Robert Getchell.
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Faye Dunaway as Joan Crawford |
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Diana Scarwid as Christina Crawford |
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Steve Forrest as Greg Savitt |
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Howard Da Silva as L.B. Mayer |
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Mara Hobel as Christina Crawford as a Child |
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Rutanya Alda as Carol Ann |
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Harry Goz as Al Steele |
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Michael Edwards as Ted Gelber |
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Jocelyn Brando as Barbara Bennett |
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Priscilla Pointer as Mrs. Chadwick |
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Joe Abdullah as Captain |
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Gary Allen as Jimmy |
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Selma Archerd as Connie |
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Adrian Aron as Wedding Guest |
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Xander Berkeley as Christopher Crawford |
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Matthew Campion as Actor in Soap |
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Carolyn Coates as Mother Superior |
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Jerry Douglas as Radio Interviewer |
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Margaret Fairchild as Mother Superior |
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Phillip R. Allen as Pepsi Executive #1 |
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James Kirkwood Jr. as Master of Ceremonies |
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Michael Hawkins as Pepsi Executive #2 |
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Matthew Faison as Pepsi Executive #3 |
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Peter Jason as Pepsi Executive #4 |
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Ellen Feldman as Ginny |
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Robert Harper as David |
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Cathy Lind Hayes as Nurse |
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Victoria James as Photographer |
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Dawn Jeffory as Vera |
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Virginia Kiser as Beth Simpson |
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S. John Launer as Pepsi Chairman |
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Russ Marin as Funeral Director |
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Nicholas Mele as Assistant Director #2 |
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Belita Moreno as Belinda Rosenberg |
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Warren Munson as Lawyer |
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Alice Nunn as Helga |
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Norman Palmer as Male Guest |
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David Price as Tony |
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Jeremy Scott Reinbolt as Christopher Crawford, age 5 |
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Michael Talbott as Driver |
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Arthur Taxier as Decorator |
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Joe Warren as Mr. Dodd |
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Erica Wexler as Susan |
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Dick McGarvin as Tour Bus Driver |
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Joseph Dypwick as Fan |
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Wendy Pitzer as Fan |
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David Sanderson as Fan |
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Ian Bruce as Assistant Director |
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Peter Eastman as Doctor |
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Lars Hensen as Man (uncredited) |
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Danny Nero as Formal Audience Member (uncredited) |
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Ilene Woods as Elderly Audience Member (uncredited) |
| Directing | Frank Perry | Director |
| Production | Irwin Yablans | Producer |
| Writing | Christina Crawford | Book |
| Writing | Frank Yablans | Screenplay |
| Writing | Frank Perry | Screenplay |
| Writing | Tracy Hotchner | Screenplay |
| Writing | Robert Getchell | Screenplay |
| Production | Terry O'Neill | Executive Producer |
| Production | Neil Machlis | Associate Producer |
| Production | David Koontz | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Paul Lohmann | Director of Photography |
| Production | Nancy Klopper | Casting |
| Production | Lynn Stalmaster | Casting |
| Art | Bill Malley | Production Design |
| Art | Harold Michelson | Art Direction |
| Art | Richard C. Goddard | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Irene Sharaff | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kathryn Blondell | Hairstylist |
| Production | Neil Machlis | Unit Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Claude Díaz | Wigmaker |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lee Harman | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Charles H. Schram | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vivienne Walker | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sylvia Nava | Hairdresser |
| Editing | Peter E. Berger | Editor |
| Sound | Henry Mancini | Original Music Composer |
