Postcards from the Edge

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comedy-drama film film

Postcards from the Edge is a 1990 comedy-drama film, based on Carrie Fisher’s semi-autobiographical novel, that explores a Hollywood actress’s struggles with addiction and her complicated relationship with her mother.

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Label Occurrences
Postcards from the Edge canonical 7
Postcards from the Edge (novel) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf comedy-drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Carrie Fisher ⓘ
basedOn Postcards from the Edge self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Postcards from the Edge (novel)
characterPlayedBy Shirley MacLaine ⓘ
surface form: Doris Mann – Shirley MacLaine

Dr. Frankenthal – Richard Dreyfuss ⓘ
Dennis Quaid ⓘ
surface form: Jack Faulkner – Dennis Quaid

Lowell Kolchek – Gene Hackman ⓘ
Suzanne Vale – Meryl Streep ⓘ
cinematographer Michael Ballhaus ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Mike Nichols ⓘ
distributor Columbia Pictures ⓘ
editor Sam O'Steen ⓘ
genre comedy-drama ⓘ
drama ⓘ
satire ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadActor Meryl Streep ⓘ
Shirley MacLaine ⓘ
mainCharacter Doris Mann ⓘ
Suzanne Vale ⓘ
mpaaRating R ⓘ
musicBy Carly Simon ⓘ
Jack Nitzsche ⓘ
narrativeLocation Los Angeles ⓘ
notableFor portrayal of addiction in Hollywood ⓘ
semi-autobiographical elements drawn from Carrie Fisher's life ⓘ
plotSummary A Hollywood actress struggles with drug addiction and her complicated relationship with her mother. ⓘ
producer John Calley ⓘ
Mike Nichols ⓘ
productionCompany Columbia Pictures ⓘ
releaseDateUS 1990-09-14 ⓘ
releaseYear 1990 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 101 ⓘ
screenwriter Carrie Fisher ⓘ
setting Hollywood film industry ⓘ
starred Annette Bening ⓘ
Conrad Bain ⓘ
Dennis Quaid ⓘ
Gene Hackman ⓘ
Mary Wickes ⓘ
Meryl Streep ⓘ
Richard Dreyfuss ⓘ
Rob Reiner ⓘ
Shirley MacLaine ⓘ
theme Hollywood ⓘ
addiction ⓘ
mother–daughter relationship ⓘ
recovery ⓘ

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Mike Nichols → notableWork → Postcards from the Edge ⓘ
Carrie Fisher → notableWork → Postcards from the Edge ⓘ
Shirley MacLaine → notableWork → Postcards from the Edge ⓘ
Sam O'Steen → notableWork → Postcards from the Edge ⓘ
Postcards from the Edge → basedOn → Postcards from the Edge self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Postcards from the Edge (novel)
Robin Bartlett → notableWork → Postcards from the Edge ⓘ
Robin Bartlett → workedOn → Postcards from the Edge ⓘ
Conrad Bain → appearedIn → Postcards from the Edge ⓘ