Directed by Graeme Clifford • 1982 • United States
Starring Jessica Lange, Sam Shepard, Kim Stanley
Jessica Lange delivers an Academy Award–nominated performance in this true-life Hollywood tragedy. She stars as Frances Farmer, a free-spirited actress whose talent and beauty propel her to Tinseltown stardom in the 1930s but whose defiantly leftist political views and refusal to play by the usual Hollywood rules cause her to clash with studio executives. Alcoholism, scandal, an emotional breakdown, and a series of horrifying confinements to psychiatric institutions take the once-bright star from the heights of fame to the lowest depths of the human experience.
Directed by Kathleen Collins • 1982 • United States
Starring Seret Scott, Bill Gunn, Duane Jones
One of the first feature films directed by an African American woman, Kathleen Collins’s LOSING GROUND tells the story of a marriage between two remarkable people, both at a crossroads in their lives...
Directed by Robert Towne • 1982 • United States
Starring Mariel Hemingway, Scott Glenn, Patrice Donnelly
Academy Award–winning screenwriter Robert Towne (CHINATOWN) made his directorial debut with this tale of a promising hurdler (Mariel Hemingway) who finds much-needed emotional and athletic su...
Directed by Barbra Streisand • 1983 • Untied States
Starring Barbra Streisand, Mandy Patinkin, Amy Irving
Barbra Streisand became the first woman to write, produce, direct, and star in a major Hollywood film with this charming, gender-bending musical adaptation of an Isaac Bashevis Singer story....
