Mr. & Mrs. Bridge Movie Review 1990

Set in the '30s and '40s in Kansas City, Ivory's adaptation of Evan S. Connell's novels painstakingly portrays an upper middle-class family struggling to survive within an emotional vacuum. Newman and Woodward, together for the first time in many years as Walter and Ivory Bridge, bring a wealth of experience and insight to their characterizations. Many consider this to be Newman's best, most subtle and nuanced performance.

Distribution

Facets Multimedia, Inc., 1517 W. Fullerton Ave., Chicago, IL 60614, Phone: (773)281-9075, Toll-free: 800-331-6197, Fax: (773)929-5437, Email: sales@facets.org, URL: http://www.facets.org

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 127 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Family Ties, Producers: Merchant Ivory, Screen Teams: Newman & Woodward, 4 Bones

Screenplay

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Cast

Joanne Woodward, Paul Newman, Kyra Sedgwick, Blythe Danner, Simon Callow, Diane Kagan, Robert Sean Leonard, Saundra McClain, Margaret Welsh, Austin Pendleton, Gale Garnett, Remak Ramsay

Cinematography

Tony Pierce-Roberts

Director

James Ivory

Music

Richard Robbins

Producer

Ismail Merchant, Merchant-Ivory Productions, Miramax Films, Cineplex Odeon Films

Awards

N.Y. Film Critics 1990: Actress (Woodward), Screenplay.