'Night Mother (1986)
Release Date: Sep 12, 1986 Wide
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'Night. Mother was adapted by Marsha Norman from her own harrowing Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Outwardly normal Sissy Spacek calmly informs her mother Anne Bancroft that she's about to commit suicide. Thus the stage is set for a war of nerves between the determined Spacek and the distraught Bancroft, who uses every emotional and psychological device at her disposal to stave off the inevitable. The film's tension grows not from its plot development--we know from the outset how it's going to
Sep 12, 1986 Wide
Aug 3, 2010
Universal Pictures
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Sissy Spacek
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Anne Bancroft
Thelma Cates -
Ed Berke
Dawson Cates -
Carol Robbins
Loretta Cates -
Jennifer Rosendahl
Melodie Cates -
Michael Kenworthy
Kenny Cates -
Sari Walker
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Claire Malis Callaway
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Based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning play, this drama examines the complex roots of suicide.
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