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A housewife with an abusive husband has an affair with a writer.A housewife with an abusive husband has an affair with a writer.A housewife with an abusive husband has an affair with a writer.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 6 wins & 9 nominations total
Donald Symington
- Pediatrician
- (as Don Symington)
Alley Mills
- Women's lib girl
- (as Allison Mills)
Alice Cooper
- Alice Cooper
- (as The Alice Cooper Band)
Michael Bruce
- Michael Bruce
- (as The Alice Cooper Band)
Glen Buxton
- Glen Buxton
- (as The Alice Cooper Band)
Dennis Dunaway
- Dennis Dunaway
- (as The Alice Cooper Band)
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- TriviaAccording to Carrie Snodgress, actor Richard Benjamin insisted that he and Carrie not have any interaction off-screen in order to have their onscreen tensions be more believable and authentic.
- Quotes
Jonathan Balser: How about a little roll in the hay?
- Alternate versionsOriginal version runs 104 minutes. Alternate TV version was prepared by director Frank Perry substituting different footage for many sequences; this version runs 95 minutes.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Film Extra: Richard Benjamin (1973)
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SIlent Reproach is Often Times a Loaded Gun!!!!!!
Richard Benjamin and Carrie Snodgress are a married couple who are plagued with the preconceived notion that a prerequisite to living in Central Park West means being content with nothing!!!...Richard Benjamin is an attorney who is floundering in his attempt to be accepted into New York's intellectual circles!!!..Carrie Snodgress is a housewife who is fatigued with domestic malaise and always seems to be the scapegoat for her husband's frustrations...As a diversion, she seeks a form of social escapism by way of a gigolo...The relationship is manifested through sophisticated encounter...The gigolo is a precocious punk who gets emotionally abusive to her...As a result the wife (Carrie Snodgress) feels more isolated and confused than ever before in her life...At the end of the film, the wife finds out that her gigolo prefers the boys, and the husband is resolutely defeated by irrational conclusions in every aspect of his life...The lavish parties, the academic pretensions, and the extensive therapy are all urban subterfuges for individual insecurity!!!
The characters and the social situations are extremely well developed, especially in that they bring out the nuances as being the true culprits for this married couple's precarious existence!!!...This film makes avoidable disappointments a very emphatic reality!!... An Excellent!!!Excellent!!!Excellent!!! Excellent Film!!!!
The characters and the social situations are extremely well developed, especially in that they bring out the nuances as being the true culprits for this married couple's precarious existence!!!...This film makes avoidable disappointments a very emphatic reality!!... An Excellent!!!Excellent!!!Excellent!!! Excellent Film!!!!
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- Sep 10, 2002
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- Gross US & Canada
- $2,782,256
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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By what name was Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970) officially released in India in English?
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