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Mood:
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- Crumbling MarriageAgingOpposites AttractFeminismCouple RelationsFriendshipInfidelityLooking for Love more...
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- DramaComedyMelodrama
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Time/Period:
- 80s
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- New YorkCollege
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- Date NightGirls' Night
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- Strong Female Presence
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Rich and Famous, 1981
English
USA
Profile of Rich and Famous
The mood of Rich and Famous is witty, biting, and clever. The plot centers around aging, feminism, and a midlife crisis. It is a drama and comedy movie. Stylistically, Rich and Famous stars a strong female character and is a melodrama. In approach, it is realistic. It takes place, at least partly, at a college. Rich and Famous is set in New York. It happens in the 1980s. It is a remake and adapted from a play. Rich and Famous is especially suggested for a girls' night and a date night.
Summary of Rich and Famous
The last film by legendary director George Cukor, Rich and Famous is a sly and sensitive look at the friendship of two successful women writers. Liz Hamilton (Jacqueline Bisset) has become a member of New York's literary establishment, while Merry Noel Blake (Candice Bergen), a best-selling pop novelist, lives in Malibu. Over the course of 20 years, their two lives intertwine into one sometimes rosy, sometimes stingingly barbed strand.
Notable for its double female lead, Rich and Famous offered Bisset and Bergen the kind of strong central roles still difficult for women to find in 1981. The actresses have a natural rapport that is evident in every frame, and Bisset in particular shines in a career-defining performance. Rich and Famous provided a fitting swan song for Cukor, who in earlier films coaxed mesmerizing performances from many of the greatest women ever to grace a Hollywood screen, including Greta Garbo, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Garland, and Joan Crawford. Meg Ryan, in her film debut, adds her own name to the list of Cukor starlets with a winning performance as Merry's teenage daughter.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 23 September 1981 |
| Runtime: | 117 min |
Cast and Crew
as Liz Hamilton
as Merry Noel Blake
