- HD 1080
- Runtime: 144m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: John Cassavetes
- Stars: Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara, Joan Blondell, Paul Stewart
- keywords: alcohol, stalker, aging, car accident, obsessed fan, alcoholic, broadway star, stage play
- Production_studio: Faces International Films
- Slogan: The Show Must Go On…
- providers: Max, Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel
- The Opening Night is featured in the top rankings of 1977
- #9 in Top Drama Movies of 1977
Actress Myrtle Gordon is a functioning alcoholic who is a few days from the opening night of her latest play, concerning a woman distraught about aging. One night a car kills one of Myrtle's fans who is chasing her limousine in an attempt to get the star's attention. Myrtle internalizes the accident and goes on a spiritual quest, but fails to finds the answers she is after. As opening night inches closer and closer, fragile Myrtle must find a way to make the show go on.
