Directed by:
Phyllis NagyScreenplay:
Phyllis NagyCinematography:
Steven PosterComposer:
Alex WurmanCast:
Annette Bening, Ben Kingsley, Frances Fisher, Cloris Leachman, Frank Whaley, Bill Smitrovich, Michael Gross, Andy Milder, John Patrick Amedori (more)Plots(1)
As the inventor of the popular "Scarsdale Diet" Dr. Herman Tarnower (Ben Kingsley) became an overnight success during the peak of the early 1980s diet craze. Despite the popularity of the Dr. Tarnower's revolutionary "lose one pound per day" diet, the womanizing ways of the Casanova cardiologist would soon come to a brutal end at the hands of his jealous, prescription drug-addicted lover Jean Harris (Annette Bening). Driven to despair after their fourteen-year romance failed to result in marriage and enraged by Dr. Tarnower's shameless status as a ladies man, Harris confronts her former lover in one violent, final act of desperation. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Annette Bening](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/544/162544390_f7a866.jpg)
Annette Bening
USA
Best movies:
American Beauty (1999)
Mother and Child (2009)
Valmont (1989)
![Ben Kingsley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/054/164054958_bb9e5d.jpg)
Ben Kingsley
UK
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
Shutter Island (2010)
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie)
![Frances Fisher](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/912/164912890_3eb5e7.jpg)
Frances Fisher
UK
Best movies:
Titanic (1997)
Unforgiven (1992)
The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
![Cloris Leachman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/137/165137582_84fdbe.jpg)
Cloris Leachman
USA
Best movies:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
The Iron Giant (1999)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
![Frank Whaley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268928_284409.jpg)
Frank Whaley
USA
Best movies:
Pulp Fiction (1994)
JFK (1991)
The Doors (1991)
![Bill Smitrovich](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/371/371141_3e8d72.jpg)
Bill Smitrovich
USA
Best movies:
Iron Man (2008)
Seven Pounds (2008)
A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2000) (series)
![Michael Gross](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/713/161713217_6321dc.jpg)
Michael Gross
USA
Best movies:
Batman Beyond: The Movie (1999) (TV movie)
Ally McBeal (1997) (series)
Tremors (1990)
![Andy Milder](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/437/437125_93a0d7.jpg)
Andy Milder
USA
Best movies:
Apollo 13 (1995)
The Artist (2011)
Seven Pounds (2008)
![John Patrick Amedori](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/640/162640091_a4d446.jpg)
John Patrick Amedori
USA
Best movies:
The Butterfly Effect (2004)
Almost Famous (2000)
Unbreakable (2000)
![John Rubinstein](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/273/160273852_804910.jpg)
John Rubinstein
USA
Best movies:
21 Grams (2003)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
The Boys from Brazil (1978)
![Michael Paul Chan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/440/162440696_7fc3cd.jpg)
Michael Paul Chan
USA
Best movies:
Falling Down (1993)
Maverick (1994)
Heaven & Earth (1993)
![Larry Drake](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270314_ceea46.jpg)
Larry Drake
USA
Best movies:
Prey (1998) (series)
Batman Beyond: The Movie (1999) (TV movie)
Tales from the Crypt (1989) (video compilation)
![Dean Norris](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/583/166583294_566d84.jpg)
Dean Norris
USA
Best movies:
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
Gattaca (1997)
![Lisa Edelstein](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/378/162378242_4bf51b.jpg)
Lisa Edelstein
USA
Best movies:
As Good as It Gets (1997)
The Doors (1991)
What Women Want (2000)
Caroline Lagerfelt
France
Best movies:
Minority Report (2002)
All the King's Men (2006)
Missing Pieces (2000) (TV movie)
![Ronald Guttman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/281/281010_52cbfd.jpg)
Ronald Guttman
Belgium
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Mildred Pierce (2011) (series)
![Vicki Davis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/359/359141_7f6a86.jpg)
Vicki Davis
USA
Best movies:
The Call (2013)
The Book of Life (2014)
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
![Jlynn Johnson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279418_2a1519.jpg)
Jlynn Johnson
Best movies:
Mrs. Harris (2005) (TV movie)
![Lee Garlington](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/544/163544947_ba278f.jpg)
Lee Garlington
USA
Best movies:
The Whereabouts of Jenny (1991) (TV movie)
When You Remember Me (1990) (TV movie)
If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000) (TV movie)
![Cristine Rose](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/281/281044_a2452a.jpg)
Cristine Rose
USA
Best movies:
Prey (1998) (series)
What Women Want (2000)
Ally McBeal (1997) (series)