A renowned actress teeters on the edge of a breakdown as she counts down the days toward a big Broadway opening.A renowned actress teeters on the edge of a breakdown as she counts down the days toward a big Broadway opening.A renowned actress teeters on the edge of a breakdown as she counts down the days toward a big Broadway opening.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 3 nominations
Louise Lewis
- Kelly
- (as Louise Fitch)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn a 1978 television interview, Cassavetes said this was the best film he had anything to do with.
- GoofsA bus rolls by the New Haven theater with an ad for KBIG FM 104, a Los Angeles station.
- Quotes
Maurice Aarons: I thought that small talk was too small, I thought big talk was too pretentious, I thought music was noise, and I thought art was bullshit.
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This is just a brief note for anyone who wants background information about how Opening Night was made or what Cassavetes intended when he made it. I just came across--and VERY highly recommend--Ray Carney's Cassavetes on Cassavetes book. Carney has amazing behind-the-scenes information about how Cassavetes created Opening Night and all of his other no-budget wonders. Carney knew Cassavetes and had hundreds of hours of conversations with him before his death about his philosophy of life and art. It's all in the book. It is full of previously unknown material, nutty stories, and nutty filmmaking anecdotes. For example: Did you know that Peter Bogdanovich filmed one scene? Or that the unions tried to stop the production, picketing and shouting down the actors? Or that Joan Blondell almost quit in the middle of the shot because she was so confused by Cassavetes methods? What a crazy, inspiring guy Cassavetes was and what a nut case when it came to getting things done! If you can't find the book, Carney's web site has excerpts. But try to get the real thing. Opening Night is a great movie and you just won't believe everything Cassavetes went through to make it. What a guy. What a film!
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Die erste Vorstellung
- Filming locations
- Production company
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $23,488
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $10,491
- May 19, 1991
- Gross worldwide
- $28,758
- Runtime2 hours 24 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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