Paramount Presents: Mommie Dearest [Blu-ray]

Paramount Presents: Mommie Dearest [Blu-ray]

Director: Frank Perry Cast: Faye Dunaway
Faye Dunaway
, Diana Scarwid
Diana Scarwid
, Mara Hobel
Mara Hobel
, Steve Forrest
Steve Forrest
Frank Perry
Paramount Presents: Mommie Dearest [Blu-ray]

Paramount Presents: Mommie Dearest [Blu-ray]

Director: Frank Perry Cast: Faye Dunaway
Faye Dunaway
, Diana Scarwid
Diana Scarwid
, Mara Hobel
Mara Hobel
, Steve Forrest
Steve Forrest
Frank Perry

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Overview

When her adoptive mother Joan Crawford died in 1977, erstwhile actress/author Christina Crawford and her brother Christopher were left out of Joan Crawford's will, "for reasons which are well known to them." Industryites have suggested that it may have been this posthumous act of rejection rather than an alleged lifetime of parental abuse that inspired Christina Crawford to pen her scathing autobiography Mommie Dearest. The 1981 film version of this tome was evidently meant to be taken seriously, but the operatic direction by Frank Perry and the over-the-top portrayal of Joan Crawford by Faye Dunaway (whose makeup is remarkable) has always seemed to inspire loud laughter whenever and where-ever the film is shown. According to the film (and the book that preceded it), Joan Crawford was a licentious, child-beating behemoth, who stalked and postured through life as though it was one of her own pictures-more Strait-jacket than Mildred Pierce. This is the film with the notorious "wire coat hanger" scene, just in case you need a reminder. Surprisingly, one emerges from Mommie Dearest with more sympathy for the monstrous but intensely vulnerable Crawford than for her whining daughter (played as an adult by Diana Scarwid, and as a child by Mara Hobel). Our favorite scene: Joan Crawford dazedly replacing her ailing daughter in the cast of a daytime TV soap opera.

Product Details

Release Date: 06/01/2021
UPC: 0032429355317
Original Release: 1981
Rating: PG
Source: PARAMOUNT
Language: English
Time: 2:08:00
Sales rank: 17,161

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Faye Dunaway Joan Crawford
Diana Scarwid Christina Crawford (adult)
Mara Hobel Christina Crawford (child)
Steve Forrest Greg Savitt
Howard da Silva Louis B. Mayer
Rutanya Alda Carol Ann
Harry Goz Al Steele
Michael Edwards Ted Gelber
Jocelyn Brando Barbara Bennett
Priscilla Pointer Mrs. Chadwick
Gary Allen Jimmy the Photographer,Executive
Selma Archerd Connie
Adrian Aron Woman Guest
Xander Berkeley Christopher Crawford as an Adult
Matthew Campion Bruce, Actor in Soap
Carolyn Coates Mother Superior
Jerry Douglas Interviewer
Margaret Fairchild Mother Superior at Orphanage
Ellen Feldman Ginny
James Kirkwood Jr. Master of Ceremonies
Virginia Kiser Beth Simpson
Michael Gainsborough Executive,Pepsi Executive #2
Matthew Faison Executive
Robert Harper David
Cathy Lind Hayes Nurse
Victoria James Photographer
Dawn Jeffory Vera
S. John Launer Chairman of Board
Russ Marin Funeral Director
Nicholas Mele Assistant Director
Belita Moreno Belinda Rosenberg
Warren Munson Lawyer
Alice Nunn Helga
Norman Palmer Male Guest
David F. Price Tony
Jeremy Scott Reinbolt Christopher Crawford at Age 5
Michael Talbott Driver
Arthur Taxier Decorator
Joseph Warren Mr. Dodd
Erica Wexler Susan
Harry Goaz Al Steele
Peter Jason Pepsi Executive #4
Dick McGarvin Tour Bus Driver
David Sanderson Fans
Ian Bruce Assistant Director
Henry Mancini Composer

Technical Credits
David Koontz Executive Producer
Terence O'Neill Executive Producer
Frank Perry Director,Screenwriter
Frank Yablans Producer,Screenwriter
Tracy Hotchiner Screenwriter
Christina Crawford Screenwriter
Robert Getchell Screenwriter
Neil Machlis Producer
Larry Jost Sound/Sound Designer
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