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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977)

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Overview

Director:
Anthony Page
Writers:
Joanne Greenberg (novel)
Gavin Lambert (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
29 October 1977 (Sweden) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
A disturbed,institutionalized 16-year-old girl struggles between fantasy and reality. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 nominations more
User Comments:
Who would have ever imagined that Roger Corman executive produced this? more

Cast

 (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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Additional Details

Runtime:
96 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Netherlands:16 (orginal rating) | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Norway:18 (1978) | Sweden:15 | USA:R
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Trivia:
Mel Gibson's film debut. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Will & Grace: I Never Promised You an Olive Garden (#2.9)" (1999) more

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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
Who would have ever imagined that Roger Corman executive produced this?, 6 July 2006
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Author: Lee Eisenberg (eisenberg.lee@gmail.com) from Portland, Oregon, USA

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.

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