Directed by:
Mike NicholsScreenplay:
Carrie FisherCinematography:
Michael BallhausComposer:
Carly SimonCast:
Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, Richard Dreyfuss, Rob Reiner, Annette Bening, Conrad Bain, Simon Callow, CCH Pounder (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
Based on Carrie Fisher's roman a clef, the story concerns a young actress who has recently gone through drug rehabilitation, and is trying to cope with not only the Hollywood scene but her own mother's, a former musical comedy star of the 50s and 60s, more socially acceptable alcoholism. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Meryl Streep](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/049/165049824_5b5d42.jpg)
Meryl Streep
USA
Best movies:
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
Out of Africa (1985)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
![Shirley MacLaine](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/405/164405852_36193d.jpg)
Shirley MacLaine
USA
Best movies:
Barbra: The Concert (1994) (concert)
The Apartment (1960)
Being There (1979)
![Dennis Quaid](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/981/163981221_ffe292.png)
Dennis Quaid
USA
Best movies:
Traffic (2000)
The Right Stuff (1983)
Any Given Sunday (1999)
![Gene Hackman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/390/164390326_ab06ca.jpg)
Gene Hackman
USA
Best movies:
Mississippi Burning (1988)
Enemy of the State (1998)
Unforgiven (1992)
![Richard Dreyfuss](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/392/164392674_b434d1.png)
Richard Dreyfuss
USA
Best movies:
The Graduate (1967)
Jaws (1975)
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)
![Rob Reiner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269709_27b67f.jpg)
Rob Reiner
USA
Best movies:
Barbra: The Concert (1994) (concert)
Misery (1990)
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
![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)
![Conrad Bain](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/201/162201280_6096fd.gif)
Conrad Bain
Canada
Best movies:
I Never Sang for My Father (1970)
Bananas (1971)
A New Leaf (1971)
![Simon Callow](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/886/164886259_f07a83.jpg)
Simon Callow
UK
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
No Man's Land (2001)
The Company (2007) (series)
![CCH Pounder](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/040/166040052_beac77.jpg)
CCH Pounder
Guyana
Best movies:
If Tomorrow Comes (1986) (series)
Avatar (2009)
All That Jazz (1979)
![Robin Bartlett](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/188/158188397_3ef80a.jpg)
Robin Bartlett
USA
Best movies:
Shutter Island (2010)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Sophie's Choice (1982)
![Anthony Heald](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/118/165118162_647f40.jpg)
Anthony Heald
USA
Best movies:
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
The X Files: Closure (1999) (video compilation)
8MM (1999)
![Dana Ivey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/328/162328402_28ad13.png)
Dana Ivey
USA
Best movies:
The Help (2011)
The Color Purple (1985)
The Addams Family (1991)
![Oliver Platt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/440/162440882_e23b11.jpg)
Oliver Platt
Canada
Best movies:
X-Men: First Class (2011)
Frost/Nixon (2008)
Benny & Joon (1993)
![Michael Ontkean](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/032/163032190_e82d76.jpg)
Michael Ontkean
Canada
Best movies:
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces (2014)
Making Love (1982)
Maid to Order (1987)
![Peter Onorati](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273861_b909f1.jpg)
Peter Onorati
USA
Best movies:
Goodfellas (1990)
Batman vs. Robin (2015)
Postcards from the Edge (1990)
![Natalia Nogulich](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/109/309/109309450_c66de8.jpg)
Natalia Nogulich
USA
Best movies:
Christmas Vacation (1989)
Four Friends (1981)
Prey (1998) (series)
Jane Galloway
USA
Best movies:
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: Missing Joseph (2002) (TV movie)
Postcards from the Edge (1990)
Just Visiting (2001)
![Steven Brill](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/802/157802489_b9b7d3.jpg)
Steven Brill
USA
Best movies:
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
Batman Returns (1992)
![Ted Raimi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268801_a6bd93.jpg)
Ted Raimi
USA
Best movies:
Reign Over Me (2007)
Evil Dead II (1987)
It's Murder! (1977)