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Postcards From The Edge [1991] | ![Postcards From The Edge [1991]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EPNR8330L._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Mike Nichols
Actors: Meryl Streep, Shirley Maclaine, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, Richard Dreyfuss
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  6 reviews
Format: Anamorphic, Dubbed, Pal, Widescreen
Languages: Arabic (Subtitled), Bulgarian (Subtitled), Czech (Subtitled), Danish (Subtitled), Dutch (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Finnish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), German (Subtitled), Greek (Subtitled), Hebrew (Subtitled), Hindi (Subtitled), Hungarian (Subtitled), Icelandic (Subtitled), Norwegian (Subtitled), Polish (Subtitled), Swedish (Subtitled), Turkish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Dubbed), German (Dubbed), Italian (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region: 2
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 97 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5050582238396
ASIN: B00005956E
Theatrical Release Date: September 12, 1990
Release Date: March 8, 2004
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Amazon.co.uk Review
A film by Mike Nichols of Carrie Fisher's semi-autobiographical novel, Postcards from the Edge is an intermittently hilarious, occasionally tear-stained account of an actress' struggle with addiction and with her competitive star mother. Meryl Streep turns in yet another flawlessly perfect performance as Suzanne, who is coping with cleaning up while making yet another idiot cop film. Shirley Maclaine is effective and overpowering as her hard-drinking Old Hollywood star mother perpetually trying to remould her daughter, singing Sondheim songs at parties, showing off her still-perfect legs and occasionally driving into trees. Among the many guest stars, Dennis Quaid is self-effacingly unpleasant as an unreliable boyfriend, Gene Hackman charismatic as a fatherly director and Annette Benning impressive in a cameo as a starlet rival. Nichols' standard slickness is very much on display here; this is perhaps too obviously manipulative a film in which the emotional detail is never quite as impressive as the central performances and script deserve. On the DVD: The DVD takes the rather subversive risk of giving the commentary role to Carrie Fisher, who discusses entertainingly how the screenplay evolved from her original novel, occasionally making clear that certain sentimentalisations of the characters were not her idea; she argues coherently that the film makes Meryl Streep's character a little too much the martyr. She also gives us a lot of faintly scurrilous Hollywood and family gossip. It also provides the theatrical trailer and filmographies for the director and major players. --Roz Kaveney
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 life behind the glamour: a movie with much good writing and too many good performances December 6, 2007
Klaus Meyer (Berlin, Germany)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
In 1987, Fisher published her first novel, Postcards from the Edge. The book was semi-autobiographical in the sense that she fictionalized and satirized real life events such as her drug addiction. It became a bestseller, and she received the Los Angeles Pen Award for Best First.
In 1990, Columbia Pictures released a movie version of Postcards from the Edge, adapted for the screen by Fisher and starring Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, and Dennis Quaid. The movie received Academy Award, BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Meryl Streep) and Best Music, Original Song (for "I'm Checkin' Out.
In response to questions about how closely the movie's Vale/Mann relationship parallels Carrie Fisher's relationship with her mother Debbie Reynolds, Fisher stated in 1990 that, "I wrote about a mother actress and a daughter actress. I'm not shocked that people think it's about me and my mother. It's easier for them to think I have no imagination for language, just a tape recorder with endless batteries."
Postcards from the Edge gives a convincing perspective of life behind the glamour, as the two powerful lead actresses explore their relationship as mother and daughter together.
Streep plays this character with a kind of defiant sweetness. She is notevil, but lost and looking to leave the past behind. . Her mother (Shirley MacLaine) is an alcoholic. But because wine is socially acceptable and drugs are not, the mother is able to deny her problem while lecturing her daughter to the point of distraction. Both actresses perform brilliantly and convincingly. They are at eachother throats a lot but still there is a deep bond between them. A bond that always works fine if there is an audience. I enjoyed this movie.
 An all-time favorite of mine April 10, 2001
Eolake (Lancashire, United Kingdom)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
There are very few films I have seen more than two times. Blues Brothers, Bladerunner..."Postcards" I must have seen five times, and I am not tired of it yet. It is hard to say why, except perhaps the characters and the actors are wonderful, and the dialogue is just amazing. "You never cared for anything but instant gratification!" "Instant gratification takes too long." I am so happy it is coming on DVD. Now we just need The Fearless Vampire Killers and Vincent And Theo also.
Dark humour September 6, 2004
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Its a fabulous story and picks up so much of life in the cloud of depression. Things happen all the time and you are unable to control them, sometimes you give up, sometimes you are suprisingly strong. It captures the essence of those times well, and maintains a sharp but dark sense of humour throughout.
Must see film February 21, 2005
book worm (england)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is an excellent film, full of what we expect the hollywood celebs to behave like. This film will never date, i have seen it several times and never get fed up with it.
absolutely hilarious!! September 10, 2005
Jess (uk)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book was funny, the film was even funnier, but carrie fisher's audio commentary - HILARIOUS!! how she can find her life funny is a mystery...but it's for the good of the world that she does!!
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