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Far From Heaven

2002, Movie, PG-13, 107 mins

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FAR FROM HEAVEN
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Todd Haynes's gorgeous replica of a 1950s "woman's picture" is more than post-modern pastiche: Thanks to his sensitively written script and a flawless performance by Julianne Moore, it's also a powerful and deeply moving example of melodramatic moviemaking. Moore stars as a suburban housewife who has everything a modern woman of 1957 could be expected to want. The glossy surface of her perfect world is shattered the night Cathy surprises her husband (an excellent Dennis Quaid) at his office, and finds him in the arms of another man. Read the complete review for Far From Heaven

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Year: 2002
Rated PG-13
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Cast
 Julianne Moore: Cathy Whitaker
Dennis Quaid: Frank Whitaker
Dennis Haysbert: Raymond Deagan
Patricia Clarkson: Eleanor Fine
Viola Davis: Sybil
James Rebhorn: Dr. Bowman

 

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  • Julianne Moore Tabloid Shocker! | Today's News: Our Take | 4/29/2004
    The New York Post's "Page Six" gossip column gets a nice plug in the new romantic comedy Laws of Attraction (opening Friday), but the film's leading lady, Julianne Moore, is questioning the scandal sheet's accuracy. The Oscar-nominated actress cites one particular story from several years back that claimed she had been taken to the hospital from the set of Far from Heaven. "It said somebody had slipped me a piece of birthday cake that had a lot of sugar in it, and that I was highly allergic to sugar," she recalls. "So, they shut down production and rushed me to the hospital, where I managed to come out of my sugar coma and was back at work the next day." Moore insists there was "zero" truth to the item. "I don't know where it came from," she says, "Anyone who knows me knows that I have quite an affiliation with sugar and no allergies at all." Still, the down-to-earth thesp admits she was "flattered" the Post devoted read more

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