Waiting for the Moon (1987)
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Well into the 1930s, there was an expatriate community of Americans who lived in Paris or the French countryside, and who eventually became influential artists and writers. These included the painter Edward Hopper, the writer Ernest Hemingway, and the musician Virgil Thomson. Writer and poet… More Well into the 1930s, there was an expatriate community of Americans who lived in Paris or the French countryside, and who eventually became influential artists and writers. These included the painter Edward Hopper, the writer Ernest Hemingway, and the musician Virgil Thomson. Writer and poet Gertrude Stein and her lifelong companion Alice B. Toklas (perhaps best known for her marijuana recipes) were the patrons of these and other artists, including Guillaume Apollinaire. In this PBS American Playhouse movie, the two are seen in the mid-1930s, and the unflinching loyalty and love that Toklas (Linda Hunt) offered to her irascible companion Stein (Linda Bassett) is the subject of this moving, extremely erudite drama. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Directed By
- Jill Godmilow
- Written By
- Jill Godmilow, Mark Magill
- Genres
- Drama
PG,
- On DVD
- Apr 25, 2006
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Almost contemptuous of fact, this unconvincing lesbian romance opts for a soft, amorphous approach in depicting the elationship between the writer-emigre Gertrude Stein and longtime companion Alice B. Toklas.
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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
Beautifully conveys that special feeling when two separate individuals find themselves at one with each other and the world.
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Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
Well, a rose is a rose is a rose, and a movie is a movie is a snoozefest.
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Cast
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Linda Hunt
as Alice B. Toklas
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Linda Bassett
as Gertrude Stein
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Andrew McCarthy
as Henry Hopper
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Bernadette Lafont
as Fernande Olivier
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Bruce McGill
as Ernest Hemingway
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Jacques Boudet
as Guillaume Apollinaire
