Night, Mother ( night Mother )

Night, Mother (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: night Mother
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Golden Globes

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
92 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1986 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Tom Moore

Written By:
Marsha Norman

Actors:
Sissy Spacek ..... Jessie Cates
Anne Bancroft ..... Thelma Cates
Ed Berke ..... Dawson Cates
Carol Robbins ..... Loretta Cates
Jennifer Roosendahl ..... Melodie Cates
Michael Kenworthy ..... Kenny Cates
Sari Walker ..... Agnes Fletcher
Claire Malis ..... Operator (voice)

Synopsis:

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 end--but from whether or not we're going to learn all the reasons for Spacek's decision. She's an epileptic, an alcoholic, and supremely miserable, but she always holds a little something back, prompting the viewer to lean closer to the screen in hopes of ferreting out more answers. In the original play, the outcome was never predictable; perhaps understandably, there are many who prefer the staged 'Night Mother to the screen version.

Adapted from her play by Martha Norman. Jessie Cates assesses her life - her epilepsy which was neglected by her parents a broken marriage a delinquent son. She decides to take her own life, and tries to make her mother understand her motives.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 18 December, 2009.

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