Husbands ( Husbands: A Comedy About Life, Death and Freedom )

Husbands (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Husbands: A Comedy About Life, Death and Freedom
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Golden Globes

Language Selections:
Danish ( Subtitles )
English ( Mono )
English ( Subtitles )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
German ( Mono )
German ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Mono )
Italian ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Mono )
Spanish ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
125 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1970 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
John Cassavetes

Written By:
John Cassavetes

Actors:
Ben Gazzara ..... Harry
Peter Falk ..... Archie Black
John Cassavetes ..... Gus Demetri
Jenny Runacre ..... Mary Tynan
Jenny Lee Wright ..... Pearl Billingham
Noelle Kao ..... Julie
John Kullers ..... Red
Meta Shaw ..... Annie
Leola Harlow ..... Leola
Delores Delmar ..... The Countess
Eleanor Zee ..... Mrs. Hines
Claire Malis ..... Stuart's Wife
Peggy Lashbrook ..... Diana Mallabee
Eleanor Gould ..... "Normandy" Singer
Sarah Felcher ..... Sarah

Synopsis:

John Cassavetes wrote and directed this look at three middle-aged men thrown into a midlife crisis when one of their mutual friends dies. Harry (Ben Gazzara), Archie (Peter Falk) and Gus (John Cassavetes) attend the funeral of their buddy David Rowlands (Stuart Jackson); all three are starting to feel the pressures of their advancing years, while Harry is having serious problems with his marriage. After the funeral, the three men decide that they need to get away from it all for a while, and they spend the next two days getting drunk, shooting hoops, playing cards, sleeping on the subway, and pretending that they're teenagers again. After 48 hours of irresponsibility, Archie and Gus decide that fun is fun but it's time to go home. But when Harry goes back to his wife, they have a huge argument; Harry storms out and decides to fly to England, persuading Archie and Gus to tag along. They get dressed up, visit a casino, and pick up beautiful women, but while Archie and Gus, as before, look at this as a brief vacation from their lives as loyal husbands and fathers, Harry doesn't want to go home, even though he seems more troubled by his infidelity than do his two friends.

Approaching middle age, Archie, Gus, Harry and Stuart are suburban New Yorkers, white collar professionals, husbands, fathers, and best friends. Stuart dies suddenly of a heart attack. Immediately following the funeral, Archie, Gus and Harry feel the need to spend time together not so much to mourn Stuart's death, but rather mourn their collective lost sense of immortality. After a two day binge of trying to recapture the sense of their youth in various ways, the three know that they have to return to the realities of life, meaning returning to family and work. However, an incident that occurs between Harry and his wife - which is a culmination of previous such incidents - leads to Harry deciding to extend his time away from reality, this escape both literally and figuratively, which Archie and Gus happily oblige. Following this extension, the three will individually have to figure out what their immediate future holds based on the events since the funeral in combination with their adults lives up to this point. Those decisions may or may not reflect what is truly in their hearts.

A common friend's sudden death brings three men, married with children, to reconsider their lives and ultimately leave together. But mindless enthusiasm for regained freedom will be short-lived.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 04 February, 2009.

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