Opening Night
Actress Myrtle Gordon is a functioning alcoholic actress who is a few days from the opening night of her latest play, concerning a woman distraught about aging. One night a car kills one of Myrtle’s fans who is chasing her limousine in an attempt to get the star’s attention. Myrtle internalizes the accident and goes on a spiritual quest, but fails to finds the answers she is after. As opening night inches closer and closer, fragile Myrtle must find a way to make the show go on.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Cassavetes
Actors: Ben Gazzara, Gena Rowlands, Joan Blondell, John Cassavetes, John P. Finnegan, John Tuell, Laura Johnson, Paul Stewart, Ray Powers, Zohra Lampert