Mammina cara
Trama
La celebre diva hollywoodiana Joan Crawford dipinta, nei suoi aspetti peggiori, nella biografia della figlia adottiva Christine: nevrotica, alcolizzata, isterica, paranoica, collerica sino quasi al sadismo. E i figli adottivi (quattro nella realtà, due nel film) ne sopportano le conseguenze. Christine per due volte viene messa in collegio, il secondo dei quali è una specie di casa di correzione.
Faye Dunaway è Joan Crawford. Una star... una leggenda... e una madre. L'illusione della perfezione.
(1981) Dramma , Commedia
Data rilascio : 16/09/1981
regia di Frank Perry
Budget : 19.032.261,00 $
Incasso : 5.000.000,00 $
Cast
Faye Dunaway - Joan Crawford
Diana Scarwid - Christina Crawford
Steve Forrest - Greg Savitt
Howard Da Silva - L.B. Mayer
Mara Hobel - Christina Crawford as a Child
Rutanya Alda - Carol Ann
Harry Goz - Al Steele
Michael Edwards - Ted Gelber
Jocelyn Brando - Barbara Bennett
Priscilla Pointer - Mrs. Chadwick
Joe Abdullah - Captain
Gary Allen - Jimmy
Selma Archerd - Connie
Adrian Aron - Wedding Guest
Xander Berkeley - Christopher Crawford
Matthew Campion - Actor in Soap
Carolyn Coates - Mother Superior
Jerry Douglas - Radio Interviewer
Margaret Fairchild - Mother Superior
Phillip R. Allen - Pepsi Executive #1
James Kirkwood Jr. - Master of Ceremonies
Michael Hawkins - Pepsi Executive #2
Matthew Faison - Pepsi Executive #3
Peter Jason - Pepsi Executive #4
Ellen Feldman - Ginny
Robert Harper - David
Cathy Lind Hayes - Nurse
Victoria James - Photographer
Dawn Jeffory - Vera
Virginia Kiser - Beth Simpson
S. John Launer - Pepsi Chairman
Russ Marin - Funeral Director
Nicholas Mele - Assistant Director #2
Belita Moreno - Belinda Rosenberg
Warren Munson - Lawyer
Alice Nunn - Helga
Norman Palmer - Male Guest
David Price - Tony
Jeremy Scott Reinbolt - Christopher Crawford, age 5
Michael Talbott - Driver
Arthur Taxier - Decorator
Joe Warren - Mr. Dodd
Erica Wexler - Susan
Dick McGarvin - Tour Bus Driver
Brent Dunsford - Fan
Joseph Dypwick - Fan
Wendy Pitzer - Fan
David Sanderson - Fan
Ian Bruce - Assistant Director
Peter Eastman - Doctor
Lars Hensen - Man (uncredited)
Danny Nero - Formal Audience Member (uncredited)
Ilene Woods - Elderly Audience Member (uncredited)
Lori Randolph - Blonde Little Girl at Birthday Party (uncredited)