Resurrection (1980 film)
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Directed by | Daniel Petrie |
Written by | Lewis John Carlino |
Produced by | Renee Missel and Howard Rosenman |
Starring | Ellen Burstyn Sam Shepard Richard Farnsworth Roberts Blossom Clifford David Pamela Payton-Wright Jeffrey DeMunn Eva Le Gallienne |
Cinematography | Mario Tosi |
Edited by | Rita Roland |
Music by | Maurice Jarre |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $3,910,019[1] |
Resurrection is a 1980 American drama film directed by Daniel Petrie, written by Lewis John Carlino, and starring Ellen Burstyn, Sam Shepard, Richard Farnsworth, Roberts Blossom, Lois Smith, and Eva Le Gallienne. It was produced by Renée Missel and Howard Rosenman.[2]
The film received two nominations at the 53rd Academy Awards; Best Actress (Ellen Burstyn) and Best Supporting Actress (Eva Le Gallienne).[3] Burstyn was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Drama at the 38th Golden Globe Awards,[4] while Gallienne won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress.[5] It was further selected by the National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of 1980.[5]
Plot
Edna Mae (Burstyn) survives a car accident that kills her husband and nearly kills her but her brief out of body experience gives her the power to heal people. She becomes an unwitting celebrity, the hope of those in desperate need of healing, and a lightning rod for religious beliefs and skeptics.
Cast
- Ellen Burstyn as Edna Mae (Harper) McCauley
- Jeffrey DeMunn as Joseph "Joe" McCauley, Edna's husband
- Roberts Blossom as John Harper, Edna's father
- Eva Le Gallienne as Pearl, Edna's grandmother
- Lois Smith as Kathy, Edna's cousin
- Sam Shepard as Cal Carpenter, Edna's lover
- Richard Hamilton as Reverend Earl Carpenter, Cal's father
- Richard Farnsworth as Esco Brown, owner of "Last Chance Gas"
- Sylvia Walden as Louise, a woman Edna heals in Los Angeles
- Madeleine Thornton-Sherwood as Ruth, a townswoman Edna heals
Reaction
Reception
Film critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert gave the film a highly enthusiastic review on their weekly TV show Sneak Previews, with both critics praising Burstyn's performance and the handling of the subject matter.[6] In his annual movie guide, Leonard Maltin rated the film 31⁄2-stars-out-of-4, and noted the story as "beautifully realized", while praising Burstyn's "moving performance" as the "centerpiece of a wonderful and underrated film".[7]
Awards and nominations
Award | Category | Nominee | Result | Ref |
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Academy Awards | Best Actress | Ellen Burstyn | Nominated | [3] |
Best Supporting Actress | Eva Le Gallienne | Nominated | ||
Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival | Grand Prize | Daniel Petrie | Nominated | [8] |
Special Jury Award | Won | |||
Golden Globe Awards | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Ellen Burstyn | Nominated | [4] |
National Board of Review Awards | Top Ten Films | 10th Place | [5] | |
Best Supporting Actress | Eva Le Gallienne | Won | ||
New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Supporting Actress | 4th Place | [9] | |
Saturn Awards | Best Actress | Ellen Burstyn | Nominated | [10] |
Best Supporting Actress | Eva Le Gallienne | Nominated | ||
Best Writing | Lewis John Carlino | Nominated | ||
Best Music | Maurice Jarre | Nominated |
Home media
Resurrection was released on DVD in 2010 as part of the Universal Vault Series of DVD-on-Demand titles.[11] A Blu-ray version followed in 2019.[12]
In other media
Book
A novelization was written by George Gipe and released in 1980.[13]
Television
The film was remade for television in 1999. Also titled Resurrection, it was directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal and stars Dana Delany.[14]
References
- ^ Resurrection at Box Office Mojo
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Resurrection, 1980 Retrieved November 20, 2016
- ^ a b "The 53rd Academy Awards (1981)". Oscars.org. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ^ a b "Resurrection – Golden Globes". HFPA. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
- ^ a b c "1980 Award Winners". National Board of Review. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
- ^ "The Jazz Singer, A Change of Seasons, Seems Like Old Times, Resurrection, 1980". Siskel and Ebert Movie Reviews. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ^ Maltin, Leonard. 2014 Movie Guide. Penguin Books. p. 1169. ISBN 978-0-451-41810-4.
- ^ "Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival". IMDb. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
- ^ "1980 New York Film Critics Circle Awards". New York Film Critics Circle. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
- ^ "Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films - 1981 Awards". IMDb. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
- ^ Home Media magazine Universal Bows 'Vault Series' On Demand DVDs Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ^ Blu-ray.com listing for Resurrection Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ^ GoodReads.com listing for Resurrection Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ^ "Resurrection (TV Movie 1999)". IMDb. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
External links
- 1980 film: Resurrection at IMDb
- 1999 TV film: Resurrection at IMDb
- Resurrection at the TCM Movie Database
- Resurrection at Letterboxd
- Resurrection at Rotten Tomatoes
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