Postcards from the Edge
274 reviews
Comedy/Drama
1h 41m
1990
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...
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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.
- DirectorMike Nichols
- Release14 September 1990
- Genre
- Duration1h 41m
- Budget$22,000,000
- Revenue$39,071,603
- Rate274 reviews
- Productions
Columbia Pictures
Cast

Meryl Streep
Suzanne Vale

Shirley MacLaine
Doris Mann

Dennis Quaid
Jack Faulkner

Gene Hackman
Lowell Kolchek

Richard Dreyfuss
Dr. Frankenthal

Rob Reiner
Joe Pierce

Mary Wickes
Grandma

Conrad Bain
Grandpa

Annette Bening
Evelyn Ames

Simon Callow
Simon Asquith

Gary Morton
Marty Wiener

CCH Pounder
Julie Marsden

Robin Bartlett
Aretha

Barbara Garrick
Carol

Anthony Heald
George Lazan

Dana Ivey
Wardrobe Mistress

Oliver Platt
Neil Bleene

Michael Ontkean
Robert Munch

Pepe Serna
Raoul

Mark Lowenthal
Bart

JD Souther
Ted

George D. Wallace
Carl

Peter Onorati
Cameraman

Douglas Roberts
Soundman

Michael Haley
Assistant Director

Marcelo Tubert
Sound Editor

John Verea
Young Intern

Natalija Nogulich
Friend at Airport

Susan Forristal
Friend at Airport

Steven Brill
Assistant Director

Stanley DeSantis
Crew Member (uncredited)

Bob Harks
Party Guest (uncredited)

Beau Lotterman
Soundman (uncredited)

Danny Nero
Party Guest (uncredited)

Ted Raimi
Emergency Room Attendant (uncredited)
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