Mommie Dearest(Movie, 1981)

Name: Mommie Dearest
Genre: Drama
Released: 1981
Duration: T02:9:00
Rating: 3.2

| 2h 9min | Genre: Drama

Rating: 3.2/5 (with 83 votes)

Mommie Dearest is a 1981 American biographical psychological drama film directed by Frank Perry and starring Faye Dunaway, Steve Forrest, Mara Hobel, and Diana Scarwid, with supporting performances from Xander Berkeley in his feature film debut along with Rutanya Alda and Jocelyn Brando. Adapted from Christina Crawford's 1978 autobiography of the same name, the film follows her and her brother Christopher's upbringing under their adoptive mother, actress Joan Crawford, depicting her as abusive, controlling, and manipulative, prioritizing her Hollywood career over her family. The executive producers were Christina's husband, David ... ()

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Awards & Nominations for Mommie Dearest

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About Mommie Dearest

Renowned actress Joan Crawford, at the height of her career, adopts two orphans — Christina and Christopher — to fill the lonely gap in her personal life. However, as her professional and romantic relationships sour, Joan's already callous and abusive behavior towards Christina intensifies. Christina leaves home to pursue an acting path of her own, only to find her mother's presence still overshadowing her.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Based on: "Mommie Dearest" (find it on Amazon)

Made by: Paramount Pictures, The Irwin Yablans Company

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 14 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 09/18/1981

Cast: Faye Dunaway, Diana Scarwid, Mara Hobel, Rutanya Alda, Steve Forrest, Howard da Silva, Priscilla Pointer, Jocelyn Brando, Belita Moreno, Alice Nunn, Xander Berkeley

Director: Frank Perry

Producer: Frank Yablans, Terry O'Neill

Screenwriter: Robert Getchell, Frank Perry, Tracy Hotchner, Frank Yablans

Film Editor: Peter E. Berger

Director of Photography: Paul Lohmann

Composer: Henry Mancini

Keywords: biography, ax, lawyer, adoption, sociopath, child abuse, perfection, mansion, controlling parent, adopted child, mother daughter estrangement, hollywood, docudrama, mother daughter relationship

Budget: 19,032,261 USD

Revenue: 5,000,000 USD (= 26%)

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