After being released from a psychiatric institution, a man tries to redeem himself in the eyes of his now-ex wife from the events that led up to his incarceration.
Acting
Penn and Wright's real divorce energy electrifies every scene.
Direction
Nick Cassavetes channels his father's raw, messy humanism.
Writing
John Cassavetes' final screenplay — written before his death.
Director
Nick Cassavetes
Sean Penn
Eddie Quinn
Robin Wright
Maureen Murphy Quinn
John Travolta
Joey Germoni
Harry Dean Stanton
Tony 'Shorty' Russo
Debi Mazar
Georgie
James Gandolfini
Kiefer
David Thornton
Saul Sunday
Susan Traylor
Lucinda
Bobby Cooper
Cooper
John Marshall Jones
Leonard
Kelsey Mulrooney
Jeannie
Chloe Webb
Nancy Swearingen
Jamie Bozian
Intern #1
Paul Johansson
Intern #2
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
John Cassavetes wrote this in 1979; his son Nick directed it as a tribute after his death. The screenplay sat untouched for nearly two decades.
Penn and Wright divorced for the first time in 1995, reunited, then divorced again in 2010. Watching them play ex-spouses here is almost uncomfortably documentary.
US
