Mr. and Mrs. Bridge (1990)
- Starring:
- Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, (more)
- Director(s):
- James Ivory
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13
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Mr. and Mrs. Bridge (played by real-life "Mr. and Mrs." Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward) are well-to-do residents of Kansas City in the 1940s. So far as the Bridges are concerned, however, it's the 1920s, with Mr. Bridge treating his wife like property, regarding his grown children as if they're still adolescents, and habitually voting against that upstart Roosevelt. Though the underlying painfulness of such an archaic arrangement is never ignored, Mr. Bridges' obstinancy is for the most part amusing. The scene that seemed to please the audience most was the one in which Mr. Bridge orders Mrs. Bridge not to leave their table at their country club despite tornado warnings (they sit quietly in the deserted dining room while the building shakes and shudders). As for Mrs. Bridge, her "life" is totally defined by those around her--which in any other film would be a tragedy, but which here seems a logical extension of all that's gone before. Based on two separate novels by Evan S. Connell, Mr. & Mrs. Bridge is a rare excursion into Americana by the Ismail Merchant-James Ivory team. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 125 mins
Complete Cast:
- Paul Newman - Walter Bridge
- Kyra Sedgwick - Ruth Bridge
- Margaret Welsh - Carolyn Bridge
- Robert Sean Leonard - Douglas Bridge (grown-up)
- Austin Pendleton - Mr. Gadbury
- Saundra McClain - Harriet
- Marcus Giamatti - Gil Davis
- Hubert Saint-Macary - Copyist in the Louvre
- Tom Hall - Aztec Room Waiter
- Nora Denney - Second Bridge Player
- Melissa Newman - Young India at the Pool
- Robert Levine - Avrum Rhinegold
- Joanne Woodward - India Bridge
- Blythe Danner - Grace Barron
- Simon Callow - Dr. Alex Sauer
- Malachy McCourt - Dr. Forster
- Diane Kagan - Julia
- Gale Garnett - Mabel Ong
- Roch Leibovici - Watch Seller on the Quai
- John Bell - Douglas Bridge as a Boy
- Remak Ramsay - Virgil Barron
- Richard Ross - Jazz Musician
- Robyn Rosenfeld - Genevieve
- Al Christy - Judge
- Director(s):
- James Ivory
- Writer(s):
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- Producer(s):
- Ismail Merchant, Robert Halmi, Sr.
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13(Adult Situations, Profanity, Questionable for Children, Brief Nudity)
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- 1990 - Mr. and Mrs. Bridge - New York Film Critics Circle - Best Screenplay
- 1990 - Mr. and Mrs. Bridge - New York Film Critics Circle - Best Actress
