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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977)
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Release Date:
29 October 1977 (Sweden) morePlot:
A disturbed,institutionalized 16-year-old girl struggles between fantasy and reality. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 nominations moreUser Comments:
Who would have ever imagined that Roger Corman executive produced this? moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Kathleen Quinlan | ... | Deborah Blake |
 | Bibi Andersson | ... | Dr. Fried |
| Ben Piazza | ... | Jay Blake |
| Lorraine Gary | ... | Ester Blake |
| Martine Bartlett | ... | Secret Wife |
| Margo Ann Berdeshevsky | ... | Drawing Patient |
| Darlene Craviotto | ... | Carla |
| Reni Santoni | ... | Hobbs |
| Susan Tyrrell | ... | Lee |
| Signe Hasso | ... | Helene |
| Norman Alden | ... | McPherson |
| Sylvia Sidney | ... | Miss Coral |
 | Dennis Quaid | ... | Shark, Baseball Pitcher |
 | Karin de la Penha | ... | Nurse (as Elizabeth Dartmoor) |
| Robert Viharo | ... | Anterrabae |
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96 minCountry:
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Netherlands:16 (orginal rating) | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Norway:18 (1978) | Sweden:15 | USA:RMOVIEmeter: 
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Referenced in "Will & Grace: I Never Promised You an Olive Garden (#2.9)" (1999) moreFAQ
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Right after "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" offered a scathing look at mental institutions, "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden" offered a similar sort of look. Portraying young Deborah Blake (Kathleen Quinlan) getting put in one and experiencing the unpleasant things there while Dr. Fried (Bibi Andersson) tries to help her, the movie makes you feel like there's a knife in your stomach. Certainly this institution is not any place where you're likely to become sane. But Deborah has to make her way through no matter what.
There are some pretty disturbing scenes here, and they do a very good job with it. As a director, Roger Corman may be known for camp, but as executive producer here, he cooperated on a well done flick. Also starring Lorraine Gary (Roy Scheider's wife in "Jaws"), Sylvia Sidney (the "Mars Attacks!" grandmother) and a fairly young Dennis Quaid and Clint Howard.