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Sissy Spacek and Anne Bancroft star in 'Night Mother, a taut, emotional study about a mother's attempt to stop her distraught daughter from committing suicide. Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by author Marsha Norman, the moving production casts Spacek as epileptic with a failed marriage and a delinquent son who decides to take control the only way she can - by taking her own life. Bancroft, as the widowed mother with whom she lives, is oblivious to her daughter's depression until she becomes frightfully aware of her plans. The give-and-take between Spacek and Bancroft makes for a searing family drama which brings to the surface all the love, resentment and understanding that exists between every parent and child. (official distributor synopsis)
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Sissy Spacek
USA
Best movies:
The Help (2011)
JFK (1991)
The Straight Story (1999)
Anne Bancroft
USA
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
The Graduate (1967)
The Miracle Worker (1962)
Michael Kenworthy
USA
Best movies:
'night Mother (1986)
The Blob (1988)
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Ed Berke
Best movies:
'night Mother (1986)
Retribution (1987)
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Claire Malis
USA
Best movies:
'night Mother (1986)
Husbands (1970)
A Mother's Prayer (1995) (TV movie)