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Category: Drama
All Genres: Drama
Release Year: 1972
Country: USA
Runtime: 100
Rating: 7.1 (0)
Languages: English
Director: Paul Newman
Sound: Mono
Taglines:Mother of the Year. If you had a mother like this, who would you be today? Lifes been a real bitch to Beatrice Hunsdorfer. And vice versa.
Writing by: Alvin Sargent - screenplay
Paul Zindel - play
Produced by: John Foreman - executive producer
Paul Newman - producer
Cast: Joanne Woodward - Beatrice
Nell Potts - Matilda
Roberta Wallach - Ruth
Judith Lowry - Nanny
David Spielberg - Mr. Goodman
Richard Venture - Floyd
Carolyn Coates - Mrs. McKay
Will Hare - Junk Man
Estelle Omens - Caroline
Jess Osuna - Sonny
Ellen Dano - Janice Vickery
Music: Maurice Jarre
Official Website: Visit Website
Plot Outline: From the Pullizer Prize winning play by Paul Zindel, this is the story of Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters...
Plot: From the Pullizer Prize winning play by Paul Zindel, this is the story of Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters, Ruth and Matilda. A middle-aged widowed eccentric, Beatrice is looking for her life in the classified ads while all about her is the rubble of an unkempt house. All she needs is the right opportunity, she says puffing on a cigarette. Poorly equipped to survive the vagaries of modern life, she has nonetheless always managed to muddle through. Ruth, epileptic and making her way through the rebellious phase of adolescence, seems doomed to make the same mistakes as her mother. Quiet Matilda, on the other hand, seeks refuge in her animals and her schoolwork. "Jesus, dont you hate the world, Matilda?" Beatrice asks her youngest daughter. The title of the film is also the subject of Matildas science project at school and serves as a metaphor for the way life affects each of us differently -- how some are able to find opportunity in adversity and thrive and how some succumb when the burden becomes too heavy. This is the story of slowly drowning and grasping desperately for a lifeline only to find that theres none there and you must save yourself. "No, Mama," Matilda says, "I dont hate the world." (Nell Potts, who stars as Matilda, is the stage name of Eleanor Newman -- Joanne Woodwards real-life daughter. She also appeared as the young Rachel in *Rachel, Rachel*.)
Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
Whiteness - Herman Melville
Goofs: We know about 3 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Continuity: After Squire Clive Hamilton catches Sylvias blood in the glass, he transfers it to a vial. When he does so, it is revealed just how much blood was in the cup. However, theres no way that that much blood could have possibly come from a small wound on her finger.
Trivia: There are 1 entries in the trivia list - like these:
All Genres: Drama
Release Year: 1972
Country: USA
Runtime: 100
Rating: 7.1 (0)
Languages: English
Director: Paul Newman
Sound: Mono
Taglines:
Writing by: Alvin Sargent - screenplay
Paul Zindel - play
Produced by: John Foreman - executive producer
Paul Newman - producer
Cast: Joanne Woodward - Beatrice
Nell Potts - Matilda
Roberta Wallach - Ruth
Judith Lowry - Nanny
David Spielberg - Mr. Goodman
Richard Venture - Floyd
Carolyn Coates - Mrs. McKay
Will Hare - Junk Man
Estelle Omens - Caroline
Jess Osuna - Sonny
Ellen Dano - Janice Vickery
Music: Maurice Jarre
Official Website: Visit Website
Plot Outline: From the Pullizer Prize winning play by Paul Zindel, this is the story of Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters...
Plot: From the Pullizer Prize winning play by Paul Zindel, this is the story of Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters, Ruth and Matilda. A middle-aged widowed eccentric, Beatrice is looking for her life in the classified ads while all about her is the rubble of an unkempt house. All she needs is the right opportunity, she says puffing on a cigarette. Poorly equipped to survive the vagaries of modern life, she has nonetheless always managed to muddle through. Ruth, epileptic and making her way through the rebellious phase of adolescence, seems doomed to make the same mistakes as her mother. Quiet Matilda, on the other hand, seeks refuge in her animals and her schoolwork. "Jesus, dont you hate the world, Matilda?" Beatrice asks her youngest daughter. The title of the film is also the subject of Matildas science project at school and serves as a metaphor for the way life affects each of us differently -- how some are able to find opportunity in adversity and thrive and how some succumb when the burden becomes too heavy. This is the story of slowly drowning and grasping desperately for a lifeline only to find that theres none there and you must save yourself. "No, Mama," Matilda says, "I dont hate the world." (Nell Potts, who stars as Matilda, is the stage name of Eleanor Newman -- Joanne Woodwards real-life daughter. She also appeared as the young Rachel in *Rachel, Rachel*.)
Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
Whiteness - Herman Melville
Goofs: We know about 3 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Continuity: After Squire Clive Hamilton catches Sylvias blood in the glass, he transfers it to a vial. When he does so, it is revealed just how much blood was in the cup. However, theres no way that that much blood could have possibly come from a small wound on her finger.
Trivia: There are 1 entries in the trivia list - like these:
- Certain dialog from Paul Zindels play remained in the script for the movie. Even though the movie was filmed in Bridgeport, Connecticut, certain references to the location of the play, which takes place in Staten Island, New York (Zindels hometown) remain. Ruth mentions "Princes Bay" when reading a classified ad about some property for sale, and Matilda tells her mother that a photographer is going to take pictures of the Science Fair finalists for "The Advance". Princes Bay is a neighborhood located on the South Shore of Staten Island, and the Staten Island Advance is the local newspaper.
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