'night, Mother

1986 1h 36m EN

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7.4

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★7.4TMDB · 43

Drama

Synopsis

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A mother and daughter spend a night together after the daughter reveals that she will kill herself by the end of it.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Sissy Spacek
Jessie Cates
Anne Bancroft
Thelma Cates
Ed Berke
Dawson Cates
Carol Robbins
Loretta Cates
Jennifer Roosendahl
Melodie Cates
Michael Kenworthy
Kenny Cates
Sari Walker
Agnes Fletcher
Claire Malis
Operator (VOICE)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tom Moore
Writers: Marsha Norman, Marsha Norman
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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40 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Tom Moore, shot by Stephen M. Katz. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Suzanne Pettit shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Sissy Spacek and Anne Bancroft and Ed Berke carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0090556 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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6 / 6

WILD

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Only 43 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Tom Moore directs. Stephen M. Katz behind the camera. Suzanne Pettit cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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140 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Directed by Tom Moore, shot by Stephen M. Katz. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Editor Suzanne Pettit shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
4Sissy Spacek and Anne Bancroft and Ed Berke carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt0090556 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 43 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
7Classified under 8 themes, including "suicide", "parent child relationship", "epilepsy", "pulitzer prize".

The technical file

Cinematography: Stephen M. Katz
Editing: Suzanne Pettit
Production design: Jackson De Govia
Costume design: Robert Blackman
Makeup / hair: Marina Pedraza
Runtime: 96 min · 1h 36m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $442,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: 'night, Mother (1986)

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Ziggy2023-06-05
★ 9/10
This movie to me brings together a myriad of emotions. The Director handled bringing perspective to it's viewers by building the relationship of mother and daughter together. I found this film to be extremely exposing to weaknesses in every family, or person. We tend to overlook the obvious in compassion - the impact of things in others lives. I weep every time I see this as it exposes those weaknesses that Anne Bancroft learns about too late. This movie is about isolation, independence, loss of self respect, compassion, and the argument of accepting someone else's choice for life or death. Sissy is amazing. She draws you in to her world of not being able to see a future a day after, a week or longer because she makes very valid points about continuing. Bancroft plays the over the top worried mother who never survived on her own and must face the next day herself. Well done, great directing, acting and perspective taken from a real life situation a couple years prior.

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