Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973)
- Starring:
- Joanne Woodward, Martin Balsam, (more)
- Director(s):
- Gilbert Cates
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
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American GI Harry Walden (Martin Balsam) emerged from a harrowing experience in WWII to find himself living an outwardly-happy but inwardly-empty and tedious existence in the post-war U.S. He is an eye doctor, successful in his work, but unfulfilled spiritually and emotionally. He and his wife Rita (Joanne Woodward) have a boring existence, with their biggest issue being what kind of wallpaper to choose when they redecorate their apartment. They are dysfunctional, materialistic, and utterly lost. Rita is neurotic and unhappy, especially after her mother (Sylvia Sidney) dies. They decide to visit France and go to the battlefield where Harry once spent a night in the company of three dead German soldiers. The trip is intended to reawaken their deadened humanity. Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams is a challenging, slow and thoughtful depiction of the corroding effects of a materialistic lifestyle. ~ Michael Betzold, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Joanne Woodward - Rita Walden
- Sylvia Sidney - Mrs. Pritchett
- Teresa Hughes - Betty Goody
- Helen Ludlam - Grandmother
- Nancy Andrews - Mrs. Pat Hungerford
- Grant Code - Grandfather
- Win Foreman - Fred Goody
- Minerva Pious - Mrs. Bimberg
- Charlotte Oberley - Waitress
- Marian Swan - Nurse
- Martin Balsam - Harry Walden
- Dori Brenner - Anna
- Gaetano Lisi - Student in Theater
- Dave Thomas - Chauffeur
- Peter Marklin - Joel
- Dennis Wayne - Dancer in Dream
- Lee Jackson - Carl Hurlbutt
- Ron Richards - Bobby Walden
- Sol Frieder - Mr. Goldblatt
- Director(s):
- Gilbert Cates
- Writer(s):
- Stewart Stern
- Producer(s):
- Phil Feldman, Jack Brodsky
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Adult Language, Suitable for Children, Adult Situations)
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- 1974 - Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams - British Academy of Film and Television Arts - Best Actress
- 1973 - Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams - National Board of Review - Best Supporting Actress
- 1973 - Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams - New York Film Critics Circle - Best Actress
