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The Bell Jar

1979, Movie, R, 117 mins

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The Bell Jar: Review

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Sylvia Plath committed suicide at 30, and THE BELL JAR is her story. Though it follows the book closely, the script never examines the reasons Plath had her mental problems and the nervous breakdown that preceded her death. The drama is lost, and the story meanders under Peerce's direction. Peerce, son of opera singer Jan Peerce, was either courting or married to Hassett when this picture was made, and the nepotism is evident. Other than GOODBYE, COLUMBUS, Peerce's work has ... read more leave a comment

The Bell Jar: Cast & Details

Year: 1979
Rated R
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Cast
 Marilyn Hassett: Esther
Julie Harris: Mrs. Greenwood
Anne Jackson: Dr. Nolan
Barbara Barrie: Jay Cee
Robert Klein: Lenny
Donna Mitchell: Jean

 

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The Bell Jar: TV Guide News

  • Gwyneth's New Role Stirs Scandal | Today's News: Our Take | 2/5/2003
    Fresh from last year's literary romance, Possession, Gwyneth Paltrow is set to play another tortured poetess, Sylvia Plath. The BBC has budgeted $11 million for Ted and Sylvia, which will dramatize the life of Plath, best known for her affecting novel, The Bell Jar. The biopic is expected to cover her famed marriage to fellow poet Ted Hughes, as well as her 1963 suicide. The upcoming project has Plath's daughter, Frieda Hughes, in a rage. Thus, she's penned a protest poem entitled "My Mother," to be published in the March issue of Britain's Tatler magazine. "My buried mother / Is dug up for repeat performances," Hughes vents in her verse. "Now they want read more

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