Searching for Debra Winger (2002)
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Directed by actress Rosanna Arquette, this candid documentary is not only about the iconoclastic and somewhat reclusive film star Debra Winger (who does not even appear onscreen until an hour into the film), but also about the trials and tribulations of actresses in Hollywood who have reached… More Directed by actress Rosanna Arquette, this candid documentary is not only about the iconoclastic and somewhat reclusive film star Debra Winger (who does not even appear onscreen until an hour into the film), but also about the trials and tribulations of actresses in Hollywood who have reached "that certain age." In the course of her "search," Arquette interviews several of her colleagues, among them Whoopi Goldberg, Diane Lane, Teri Garr, Holly Hunter, Vanessa Redgrave, Charlotte Rampling, Meg Ryan, and Sharon Stone, all of whom have their own personal horror stories about insensitive producers and casting directors who tend to think of over-40 (and sometimes over-30) actresses as being suitable only for mother, "other woman," and "hero's girlfriend" roles -- when they bother to cast these actresses at all. The women also discuss the difficulties in balancing a successful career and a private life. Test-marketed on the film festival circuit throughout 2002, Searching for Debra Winger received its largest audience when it aired over the Showtime cable channel on August 18, 2003. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Rosanna Arquette
- Genres
- Documentary, Action & Adventure, Television, Special Interest
R,
- In Theaters
- Jul 13, 2002 Wide
- On DVD
- Mar 2, 2004
- Studio
- LionsGate Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
[A] fascinating documentary...
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MaryAnn Johanson, Flick Filosopher
[I]ntelligent, irate, eloquent, compulsively watchable...
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Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central
tableaux of the damned
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Cast
- Patricia Arquette
- Rosanna Arquette
- Emmanuelle Béart
- Katrin Cartlidge
- Laura Dern
- Roger Ebert
- Jane Fonda
- Teri Garr
- Whoopi Goldberg
- Melanie Griffith
- Daryl Hannah
- Salma Hayek
- Holly Hunter
- Andy Jones
- Kelly Lynch
- Frances McDormand
- Julianna Margulies
- Chiara Mastroianni
- Samantha Mathis
- Catherine O'Hara
- Julia Ormond
- Gwyneth Paltrow
- Martha Plimpton
- Charlotte Rampling
- Vanessa Redgrave
- Theresa Russell
- Meg Ryan
- Ally Sheedy
- Adrienne Shelly
- Hilary Shepard Turner
- Sharon Stone
- Tracey Ullman
- JoBeth Williams
- Debra Winger
- Alfre Woodard
- Robin Wright
- Diane Lane
- Melanie Smith
