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The Big Chill

1983, Movie, R, 103 mins

BIG CHILL, THE
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A classic zeitgeist film. Lawrence Kasdan's surprise hit about a group of old college friends who reunite for the funeral of a friend served as cultural touchstone for a generation of former 60s radicals found themselves living the good life in Reagan's America. Good performances and a string of classic rock and soul tunes make up for Kasdan's somewhat superficial script. Read the complete review for The Big Chill
Year: 1983
Rated R

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Cast
Glenn Close: Sarah
Tom Berenger: Sam
William Hurt: Nick
Jeff Goldblum: Michael
Mary Kay Place: Meg
Kevin Kline: Harold

 

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A friend's death brings together a group of former college activists in The Big Chill (1983)...
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Posted: 8/1/2008
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At the Movies: The Big Chill Is Black

Per Variety, a contemporized, all-African-American remake of Lawrence Kasdan's The Big Chill is in the works, with Regina King already in the ensemble.... Per the Reporter, Jennifer Aniston will produce and possibly star in Goree Girls, a 1940s-set musical about singing inmates in a women's prison.... William Hurt has joined the Edward Norton-fronted Incredible Hulk, playing Gen. Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross, the father of Dr. Banner's love interest/a man committed to capturing the big green guy.... Rachel Weisz is the dead girl's mother in Peter Jackson's adaptation of The Lovely Bones. read more

June 11, 2007: Hell in a Handbasket

In TV time it has been six weeks since the familys comeuppance at the mother-of-the-year ceremony and things are still completely out of alignment in the Henrickson household Barb still humbled by the guilt and shame she has brought on the family has fled the scene resentful of Bills domineering approach to problem-solving Nicki both enticed and terrified by the possibility of taking over as first wife tries to appease and scheme her way into the post bullying Margene all along the way And the kids are just trying to live their lives the best way they can in the shadow of their familys secret No matter what you think about polygamy as a way of life or as a premise for a television drama you cant argue with the caliber of acting on display here in HBOs latest twist on the nuclear family Bill Paxton is incredibly effective as a man who is torn between his heart his faith and his obligations At times I am confoun read more

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