Mother (1996 film)
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| Mother | |
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| Directed by | Albert Brooks |
| Produced by | Herb Nanas Scott Rudin |
| Written by | Albert Brooks Monica Mcgowan Johnson |
| Starring | Albert Brooks Debbie Reynolds Rob Morrow Lisa Kudrow John C. McGinley |
| Music by | Marc Shaiman |
| Cinematography | Lajos Koltai |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | December 27, 1996 (limited) January 24, 1997 (wide) |
| Running time | 104 min. |
| Country | US |
| Language | English |
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Mother is a 1996 movie directed and written by Albert Brooks, and starring Brooks and Debbie Reynolds. The comedy involves a failed science fiction writer who attempts to improve his relations with his mother by moving in with her.
[edit] Casting
Albert Brooks wanted a famous actress from the 1950s to play the role of Mother, and originally offered the role to retired actresses Nancy Reagan and Doris Day. Day refused. Reagan loved the script and considered coming out of retirement for her first acting role in more than 40 years, but decided instead to stay home and care for her husband, Ronald Reagan, who was suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Brooks then asked his good friend Carrie Fisher if he could send the script to her mother, Debbie Reynolds. Reynolds happily accepted the part.
[edit] Reception
Mother became the highest-grossing Brooks-directed film to date, with a total of $19 million earned at the box-office.[1] It also won the most awards of the films which Brooks has directed. Brooks and co-writer Monica Mcgowan Johnson won the New York Film Critics Circle Award and the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay. Debbie Reynolds won a Golden Satellite Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
[edit] External links
- Mother at the Internet Movie Database
- Mother at Allmovie
- Mother at Rotten Tomatoes
- Mother at Box Office Mojo
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