Postcards from the Edge (film)

Postcards from the Edge is a 1990 American comedydrama film directed by Mike Nichols. The screenplay by Carrie Fisher is based on her 1987 semiautobiographical novel of the same title. The film starred Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine and Dennis Quaid.

Producer Jack Faulkner Dennis Quaid runs into Suzanne on the set and reveals that he is the one who drove her to the hospital during her last overdose, and the two kiss. Suzanne then agrees to go out with him. During the course of a passionate first date, he professes intense and eternal love for her and she believes every word is true. She learns from Evelyn Ames Annette Bening, a bit player in her latest film, that Jack is sleeping with Evelyn as well. Still dressed in the costume she wears as a uniformed cop in the schlock movie, Suzanne drives to Jacks house and confronts him. As their argument escalates, Jack implies that Suzanne was much more interesting when she was trying to function while under the influence.At home, Suzanne learns from Doris that Suzannes sleazy business manager Marty Wiener has absconded with all her money. This leads to a verbal brawl between the two women, and Suzanne storms out to go to a looping session. There the paternalistic director Lowell Korshack Gene Hackman tells her he has more work for her as long as she remains clean and sober. ........

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