| A Woman Under the Influence | |
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| Directed by | John Cassavetes[1] |
| Written by | John Cassavetes[1] |
| Produced by | Sam Shaw[1] |
| Starring | Gena Rowlands[1] Peter Falk[1] |
| Cinematography | Mitch Breit[1] Al Ruban[1] |
| Edited by | David Armstrong[1] Sheila Viseltear[1] Beth Bergeron[1] |
| Music by | Bo Harwood[1] |
Production company | Faces International Films[1] |
| Distributed by | Faces Distribution[1] |
Release date |
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Running time | 146 minutes |
| Country | United States[1] |
| Language | English[1] |
| Budget | $1 million |
| Box office | $6.1 million (N. American rentals)[2][3] |
A Woman Under the Influence is a 1974 American drama film written and directed by John Cassavetes, starring his wife Gena Rowlands and his close friend Peter Falk. Rowlands plays a housewife whose unusual behavior leads to conflict with her blue-collar husband (Falk) and family.[4]
Cassavetes' seventh film as director premiered at the 1974 New York Film Festival, before going into wide theatrical release on November 18, 1974. It received two Academy Award nominations, for Best Director[5] and Best Actress for Rowlands.[6] Rowlands also won a Golden Globe Award and the National Board of Review Award for her performance.
In 1990, the Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant".[7]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "A Woman Under the Influence (1974)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
- ^ "All-time Film Rental Champs". Variety. January 7, 1976. p. 46.
- ^ Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American Film Distribution: The Changing Marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 292. ISBN 978-0835717762. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
- ^ Brody, Richard (July 2, 2013). "Seeing John Cassavetes". The New Yorker.
- ^ "Francis Ford Coppola Wins Best Director: 1975 Oscars". Oscars.org. September 27, 2011 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Gena Rowlands". Oscars.org.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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