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Mood:
- CleverHumorous
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Plot:
- Couple RelationsMind and SoulCouplesBuddiesCrumbling MarriageFriendshipInfidelityGambling more...
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Genres:
- DramaComedy
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Place:
- EnglandLondonNew YorkHotelSuburbs
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Style:
- Ensemble CastTalky
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Attitudes:
- Semi SeriousRealisticSlow
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Husbands, 1970
English, French, Italian, Mandarin
USA
Profile of Husbands
Husbands can be described as clever and humorous. The plot revolves around couples relations, themes of mind and soul, and gambling. The main genres are drama and comedy. In terms of style, Husbands stars an ensemble cast and is talky. In approach, it is realistic. The storytelling is slow paced. Husbands is set, at least in part, in a hotel and in the suburbs. It is located in London and New York.
Summary of Husbands
John Cassavetes continues to delve the depths of the human condition with this story of three men who embark on a journey to cope with the death of their best friend. Harry (Ben Gazzara), Archie (Peter Falk of COLUMBO), and Gus (Cassavetes) gather together to pay their respects and decide, on a whim, to travel to London to get away from the pressures of work and family. Upon arriving, they gamble and bring three call girls back to their hotel room; these actions unwittingly present them with individual life issues with which to contend. As usual with Cassavetes's films, there is no traditional narrative; rather, there is a series of seemingly insignificant exchanges that need to be processed moment to moment for the film to deliver its greatest impact. Superficially a comedy, HUSBANDS contains enough serious questions to keep it dramatic, making for a hysterical, challenging, and enlightening work. Collaborators Cassavetes, Gazzara, and Falk interact with an honesty enhanced by their being friends in real life, which allows their characters to emerge with truths inherent to these relationships.
Details
| Language: | English, French, Italian, Mandarin |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | October 1970 |
| Runtime: | 131 min |
Cast and Crew
as Harry
as Archie Black
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