Postcards from the Edge

Name: Postcards from the Edge
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1990-09-14
Duration: 1 h 41 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, Richard Dreyfuss

Having a wonderful time, wish I were here.

Postcards from the Edge (1990)

Timing: 1:41 (101 min)

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Production

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Budget

$22 000 000

Revenue

$39 071 603

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Director

Mike Nichols

Actors

Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, Richard Dreyfuss, Rob Reiner, Mary Wickes, Conrad Bain, Annette Bening, Simon Callow
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Scenario

Producer

Mike Nichols, John Calley, Robert Greenhut, Neil A. Machlis

Operator

Michael Ballhaus

Composer

Carly Simon

Artist

Patrizia von Brandenstein

Audition

Juliet Taylor, Ellen Lewis

Editing

Sam O'Steen
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Short description

A substance-addicted actress tries to look on the bright side even as she's forced to move back in with her mother to avoid unemployment.

What's left behind the scenes

The film's screenplay was written by actress Carrie Fisher, based on her own semi-autobiographical book.
Meryl Streep performed all the songs herself.
Gene Hackman created his character's image by imitating director Richard Donner.
Scenes featuring John Cusack, who played one of Susanna's friends in the rehabilitation clinic, were cut.
Shirley MacLaine is 15 years older than her on-screen daughter, Meryl Streep. In turn, actor Conrad Bain plays the father of MacLaine's character with an age difference of 11 years.
The finale features music by Blue Rodeo, a popular Canadian rock band but relatively unknown in the United States. Meryl Streep was once played songs by Blue Rodeo by her limousine driver, after which the actress wanted to use their music.