Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973)
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35% of users liked it
(143 ratings)
American GI Harry Walden (Martin Balsam) emerged from a harrowing experience in WWII to find himself living an outwardly-happy but inwardly-empty and tedious existence in the post-war U.S. He is an eye doctor, successful in his work, but unfulfilled spiritually and emotionally. He and his wife Rita… More American GI Harry Walden (Martin Balsam) emerged from a harrowing experience in WWII to find himself living an outwardly-happy but inwardly-empty and tedious existence in the post-war U.S. He is an eye doctor, successful in his work, but unfulfilled spiritually and emotionally. He and his wife Rita (Joanne Woodward) have a boring existence, with their biggest issue being what kind of wallpaper to choose when they redecorate their apartment. They are dysfunctional, materialistic, and utterly lost. Rita is neurotic and unhappy, especially after her mother (Sylvia Sidney) dies. They decide to visit France and go to the battlefield where Harry once spent a night in the company of three dead German soldiers. The trip is intended to reawaken their deadened humanity. Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams is a challenging, slow and thoughtful depiction of the corroding effects of a materialistic lifestyle. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi
- Rating, Runtime
- PG, 1 hr. 27 min.
- Directed By
- Gilbert Cates
- Genres
- Drama, Classics
- In Theaters
- Oct 21, 1973 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
The midlife crisis of a bourgeois housewife is the center of this domestic melodrama, which flaunts the Oscar-nominated turns of Joanne Woodward in the lead and Sylvia Sidney as her tyrannical mother, whose death precipitates major family crises.
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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
Presents the midlife crisis of a New York housewife whose two children have grown up and left home.
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Cast
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Joanne Woodwardas Rita Walden -
Martin Balsamas Harry Walden -
Sylvia Sidneyas Mrs. Pritchett
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Dori Brenneras Anna -
Teresa Hughesas Betty Goody -
Nancy Andrewsas Mrs. Pat Hungerford
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