The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972)
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Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Paul Zindel, this is a joint effort of husband and wife team Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman. Produced and directed by Newman, Woodward portrays the eccentric young widow who is raising her two disparate daughters in an atmosphere of bitterness, hatred and… More Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Paul Zindel, this is a joint effort of husband and wife team Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman. Produced and directed by Newman, Woodward portrays the eccentric young widow who is raising her two disparate daughters in an atmosphere of bitterness, hatred and over-protection that threatens their very growth and development. Embittered and misandristic, she raises her daughters in an atmosphere of hate that leaves them as depressed and neurotic as she is. The title of the movie comes from her anger at her daughter's science teacher for encouraging her to expose marigolds to gamma rays as a science project. Her experiment shows how radiation sometimes kills growing marigolds, but sometimes it causes them to grow even more beautiful. This experiment becomes a metaphor for her own life, as she struggles to bloom in a household deadened by her mother's alcoholism and her sister's lethargy. ~ Tana Hobart, Rovi
- Directed By
- Paul Newman
- Written By
- Alvin Sargent, Paul Zindel
- Genres
- Drama, Classics
PG,
- In Theaters
- Dec 20, 1972 Limited
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
Critic Reviews
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Phil Hall, Film Threat
Joanne Woodward's high-decibel output comes across like a distaff version of Jon Lovitz' Master Thespian.
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Cast
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Joanne Woodward
as Beatrice
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Nell Potts
as Matilda
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Roberta Wallach
as Ruth
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Richard Venture
as Floyd
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Estelle Omens
as Floyd's Wife
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Carolyn Coates
as Granny's Daughter
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Will Hare
as Junk Man
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John Lehne
as Apartment Manager
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Judith Lowry
as Granny
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Jess Osuna
as Sonny
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David Spielberg
as Mr. Goodman
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Michael Kearney
as Chris Burns
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Roger Serbagi
as Neighbor
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Debra Lynn Rogers
as Miss Hanley
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Ellen Dano
as Janice Vickery
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Dee Victor
as Miss Wyant
