Nuts (1987)
- Starring:
- Barbra Streisand, Richard Dreyfuss, (more)
- Director(s):
- Martin Ritt
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Nuts
High-priced hooker Claudia Draper (Barbra Streisand) has been arrested for the murder of one of her clients. The attorney engaged by Claudia's parents hopes to cop an insanity plea so that she can avoid a trial and manslaughter conviction. But she refuses this, citing a proviso in New York law that may result in her spending the rest of her life in an institution. Against all odds, struggling lawyer Aaron Levinsky (Richard Dreyfuss) tries to prove that Claudia is not crazy and is capable of standing trial. He certainly has his work cut out for him; from what we've seen in the film thus far, the violently impulsive Claudia is not only "nuts," but certifiably so. Though she has plenty of opportunity in Nuts to give out with her usual bravura Streisandisms, Streisand (who also produced the film and wrote the songs) is surprisingly restrained through most of the proceedings. And then there's that extended-monologue climax. Nuts was adapted by Tom Topor, Darryl Ponicsan, and Alvin Sargent from Topor's stage play. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 116 mins
Complete Cast of Nuts
- Barbra Streisand - Claudia Draper
- Maureen Stapleton - Rose Kirk, Claudia's Mother
- Eli Wallach - Dr. Herbert A. Morrison, Psychiatrist
- James Whitmore - Judge Stanley Murdoch
- William Prince - Clarence Middleton
- Bruce Barbour - Guard #3
- Paul Benjamin - Harry Harrison
- Conni Marie Brazelton - Court Officer #2
- Carlos Cervantes - Cell Man #1
- Tyra Ferrell - Cell Woman #2
- Sarina Grant - Cell Woman #1
- Allison Caine
- Warren Manzi - Saul Krieglitz
- Darryl Ponicsan - Bar Patron #3
- Lavelle Roby - Correction Officer #1
- Leontine Guilliard - Dayroom Woman #6
- Billy Kane - Attendant #2
- Tina Lifford - Lawyer #2
- Richard Dreyfuss - Aaron Levinsky
- Karl Malden - Arthur Kirk
- Robert Webber - Francis MacMillan, Prosecuting Attorney
- Leslie Nielsen - Allen Green
- Roydon E. Clark - Guard #1
- Sharon Barr - Dayroom Woman #1
- Edward Blackoff - Bar Patron #2
- Nicole Burdette - Cell Woman #3
- Ron Cummins - Arraignment Court Clerk
- Shirley Jo Finney - Correction Officer #2
- Sydney Urshan - Cell Man
- Tony Rolon - Defendant Gonzales
- Valentina Quinn - Cell Woman #3
- Haley Taylor-Block - 11 year-old Claudia
- Castulo Guerra - Dr. Arantes
- Elizabeth Hoffman - Dr. Johnson
- Suzanne Kent - Card Playing Patient
- Dakin Matthews - First Judge
- Director(s):
- Martin Ritt
- Writer(s):
- Tom Topor, Alvin Sargent, Darryl Ponicsan
- Producer(s):
- Teri Schwartz, Barbra Streisand, Cis Corman
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Violence, Adult Language, Mild Violence, Not For Children, Adult Situations)
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