Product: Postcards from the Edge [VHS] (1990)
Rating: 4.0
Life is like a movie.
Rated "R". Running Time: One hour, 41 mins.Widescreen on one side, Full Screen on the other side of disc.Suzanne Vale (Meryl Streep) is an actress who is filming a movie on location. She can't get through this scene without mucking it up. The director Lowell Kotchek (Gene Hackman) is getting upset with her. He just found out her stand-in was giving her drugs in the trailer. he tells the stand-in to get off the set and never come back. Then he gives Suzanne a strong talking too. There are only 2 days left of filming.The next morning, Jack Faulkner (Dennis Quaid) wakes up in bed and find Suzanne unresponsive. having overdosed, he takes her to the hospital to be revived. The doctor (Richard Dreyfuss) has her stomach pumped.Now she is in rehab. She gets a visit from her superstar mother, Doris Mann (Shirley MacLaine). In order for Suzanne to do her next movie, she has to prove she is okay for insurance reasons and live with her mother.Also in the cast: Annette Bening, C.C.H. Pounder, Gary Morton, Rob Reiner, Mary Wickes, Conrad Bain, Oliver Platt, Michael Ontkean.Screenplay by Carrie Fisher based upon her novelPostcards from the Edge(1987). Based upon her own life dealing with fame afterShampoo(1975) and the original Star Wars movies. Her parents: Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher.Debbie Reynolds wanted the role of Doris, but the director wanted Shirley MacLaine.In-joke: Meryl Streep says to Richard Dreyfuss that they could go see "Valley of the Dolls". Richard Dreyfuss was in Valley of the Dolls (1967), one of his first films.Option of Language: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French.Option of Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai.Special Features: Talent Files.