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Postcards from the Edge

Substance-addicted Hollywood actress, Suzanne Vale is on the skids. After a spell at a detox centre her film company insists as a condition of continuing to employ her that she live with her mother, herself once a star and now a champion drinker. Such a set-up is bad news for Suzanne who has struggled for years to get out of her mother's shadow, and who still treats her like a child. Despite these and other problems, Suzanne begins to see the funny side of her situation, and also realises that not only do daughters have mothers—mothers do too.

1990 |1h 41m |  Comedy, Drama

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Cast

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Meryl Streep

Suzanne Vale

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Shirley MacLaine

Doris Mann

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Dennis Quaid

Jack Faulkner

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Gene Hackman

Lowell Kolchek

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Richard Dreyfuss

Dr. Frankenthal

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Rob Reiner

Joe Pierce

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Mary Wickes

Grandma

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Conrad Bain

Grandpa

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Annette Bening

Evelyn Ames

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Simon Callow

Simon Asquith

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Gary Morton

Marty Wiener

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CCH Pounder

Julie Marsden

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Robin Bartlett

Aretha

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Barbara Garrick

Carol

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Anthony Heald

George Lazan

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Dana Ivey

Wardrobe Mistress

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Oliver Platt

Neil Bleene

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Michael Ontkean

Robert Munch

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Pepe Serna

Raoul

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Mark Lowenthal

Bart

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JD Souther

Ted

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George D. Wallace

Carl

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Peter Onorati

Cameraman

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Douglas Roberts

Soundman

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Marcelo Tubert

Sound Editor

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John Verea

Young Intern

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Natalija Nogulich

Friend at Airport

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Susan Forristal

Friend at Airport

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Stanley DeSantis

Crew Member (uncredited)

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Bob Harks

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Beau Lotterman

Soundman (uncredited)

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Ted Raimi

Emergency Room Attendant (uncredited)

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Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

$22,000,000.00

Revenue

$39,071,603.00