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Postcards from the Edge is a 1990 American comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols. The screenplay by Carrie Fisher is based on her 1987 semi-autobiographical novel of the same title. The film stars Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, and Dennis Quaid.
Sep 14, 1990 · Postcards from the Edge: Directed by Mike Nichols. With Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman. A substance-addicted actress tries to look on the bright side even as she is forced to move back in with her mother to avoid unemployment.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Mike Nichols
- 1990-09-14
It's here that the movie takes the wrong turn, into a domestic show-biz comedy that plays up the mother-daughter rivalry at the cost of its original subject, drugs in show business.
Postcards from the Edge is a semi-autobiographical novel by Carrie Fisher, first published in 1987. It was later adapted by Fisher herself into a motion picture of the same name , which was directed by Mike Nichols and released by Columbia Pictures in 1990.
- Carrie Fisher
- 1987
Uniting a pair of powerhouse talents with a smart, sharply written script, Postcards from the Edge makes compelling drama out of reality-inspired trauma. Read Critics Reviews
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- Mike Nichols
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- Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Gene Hackman, Dennis Quaid and Richard Dreyfuss star in Mike Nichols' hilarious blockbuster film about a very real mother-daughter relationship set against the ...
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1990 · 1 hr 42 min. R. Comedy · Drama. A very real mother-daughter relationship and rivalry set against the backdrop of late 1980’s Hollywood. Based on Carrie Fisher's best-selling novel. Subtitles: English.
