IMDb RATING
6.4/10
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John Cassavetes gives a compelling performance as a man confronting a mid-life crisis with extraordinary results for everyone around him.John Cassavetes gives a compelling performance as a man confronting a mid-life crisis with extraordinary results for everyone around him.John Cassavetes gives a compelling performance as a man confronting a mid-life crisis with extraordinary results for everyone around him.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 5 nominations
- Director
- Writers
- Paul Mazursky
- Leon Capetanos
- William Shakespeare(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn 1954, John Cassavetes went into the health food restaurant that Paul Mazursky was working in at the time, and told him that they were looking for juvenile delinquent types for the feature film Blackboard Jungle (1955) and Mazursky got cast as Emmanuel Stoker, his second as an actor in a cinema movie. Twenty-seven years later, Mazursky returned the favor and cast Cassavetes in the lead role in this movie.
- GoofsWhen a helicopter lands in Manhattan, in the last scene of the film, Philip steps out with a haircut in continuity with the early part of the story, set "18 months ago". Since the time on the island takes place 18 months later, over a 24 hour cycle, his hair should be short and gray when he lands, instead of longer and darker.
- Quotes
Phillip Dimitrius: Come on, show me the magic.
- SoundtracksNew York, New York
Written by John Kander and Fred Ebb
Performed by Liza Minnelli, danced by Raul Julia and his goats
Courtesy of United Artists Records
Special Thanks to Liza Minnelli
Featured review
A very special movie for adults.
I love this movie despite the fact it just misses being great. It's an adult entertainment, full of issues that a grown person can relate to. The acting is superb. It's fun watching John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands as a feuding middle-aged couple. Who knows how much of it came from their own marriage? Susan Sarandon has never been sexier or more appealing than as her freewheeling character, Aretha. Raul Julia is a hoot as a lusty goatherd. The scenery in Greece is spectacular; the New York settings cause me to squirm due to many shots of the World Trade Center. Fantastic score by Stomu Yamashta. With so many things going for it, why isn't this a great film? It's a bit rambling and overly long, unfocused, and uncomfortably imbalanced between humor and drama. Still, it's engaging, entertaining, and deeply thoughtful.
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- Dec 1, 2007
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Paul Mazursky's Tempest
- Filming locations
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $13,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $5,005,245
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $80,492
- Sep 5, 1982
- Gross worldwide
- $5,005,245
- Runtime2 hours 20 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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