Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
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| Directed by | Robert Altman |
| Produced by | Scott Bushnell |
| Written by | Ed Graczyk |
| Starring | Sandy Dennis Cher Karen Black Sudie Bond Kathy Bates |
| Distributed by | Cinecom (USA, theatrical), Embassy Home Entertainment (video) |
| Running time | 109 min. |
| Language | English |
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean is a 1982 Broadway play[1] and, later, 1982 film written by Ed Graczyk; the stage and screen versions were both directed by Robert Altman, and starred Sandy Dennis, Cher, Mark Patton (his first film role), Karen Black, Sudie Bond and Kathy Bates.
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[edit] Plot
It tells the story of a group of women, all members of a James Dean fan club, who meet on the anniversary of his death in the small Texas town in which they were raised, not too far from the Texas town of Marfa, where Giant (1956) was filmed. They experience a day full of revealed secrets and revelatory experiences. The play was a financial failure and was panned by critics, notably Frank Rich in the New York Times, who mercilessly derided the text, direction, acting, and even the set.
Despite the play's failure, the star power of the cast ensured a movie sale, and the 1982 film was an important turning point in the movie career aspirations of Cher. After trying for several years to be taken seriously as an actress, Cher was regarded as something of a Hollywood joke, until she performed in the stage version of this play, along with Black and Dennis. The strong reviews she received for her stage work paved the way for her to be cast in the film version, and she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award.[2] This success led to her being cast in Silkwood in 1983, for which she received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.[3]
In the film, Altman frequently uses mirrors as a device for connecting scenes seamlessly between the present and the past. Reflections in mirrors are part of many of the frame compositions in the movie. Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean was Altman's first feature film since the critically-panned Popeye (1980).
[edit] Home video releases
First released on VHS in 1982 by Embassy Home Entertainment then re-released on VHS in 1989 by Virgin Vision. As of 2009, there is no indication of it being released on DVD and/or Blu-ray disc, although pirated copies exist, transferred from tape.
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[edit] External links
- Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean at the Internet Movie Database
- Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean at the TCM Movie Database
- Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean at Allmovie
- Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean at Rotten Tomatoes
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