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Postcards from the Edge
1990 6.6 (276 votes) 1h 41m
Genres
Comedy Drama
Production Companies
Columbia Pictures

Postcards from the Edge

Having a wonderful time, wish I were here.

Overview

Substance-addicted Hollywood actress, Suzanne Vale is on the skids. After a spell at a detox centre her film company insists as a condition of continuing to employ her that she live with her mother, herself once a star and now a champion drinker. Such a set-up is bad news for Suzanne who has struggled for years to get out of her mother's shadow, and who still treats her like a child. Despite these and other problems, Suzanne begins to see the funny side of her situation, and also realises that not only do daughters have mothers—mothers do too.

Key Crew

Director: Mike Nichols

Screenplay: Carrie Fisher

Director of Photography: Michael Ballhaus

Producer: John Calley, Mike Nichols

Top Cast

Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep

Suzanne Vale

Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine

Doris Mann

Dennis Quaid
Dennis Quaid

Jack Faulkner

Gene Hackman
Gene Hackman

Lowell Kolchek

Richard Dreyfuss
Richard Dreyfuss

Dr. Frankenthal

Rob Reiner
Rob Reiner

Joe Pierce

Mary Wickes
Mary Wickes

Grandma

Conrad Bain
Conrad Bain

Grandpa

Videos

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