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The Big Chill is a 1983 American comedy-drama film directed by Lawrence Kasdan, starring an ensemble cast consisting of Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Mary Kay Place, Meg Tilly, and JoBeth Williams.
Sep 25, 2023 · The film tells the story of a group of college friends who bonded as idealistic 1960s students at the University of Michigan and who find themselves drawn back together for the funeral of one of their own (a famously left-on-the-cutting-room-floor Kevin Costner). The surviving seven spend a long weekend reconnecting while realizing how much ...
The Big Chill captures a generation's growing ennui with a terrific cast, a handful of perceptive insights, and one of the decade's best film soundtracks. Read Critics Reviews
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- Lawrence Kasdan
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- William Hurt
- Brian Scott Mednick
- Jeff Goldblum. Jeff Goldblum had more than a dozen big-screen credits by the time he gained major attention in "The Big Chill" as Michael, a would-be novelist who makes his living writing fluff pieces for People magazine while dreaming of opening a high-end nightclub.
- JoBeth Williams. A familiar face in motion pictures in the early 1980s, JoBeth Williams added "The Big Chill" to a resume that included the hits "Kramer vs. Kramer," "Stir Crazy," and "Poltergeist."
- Tom Berenger. Tom Berenger played Sam Weber, a famous TV actor patterned after Tom Selleck, in "The Big Chill." Sam stars in a weekly action/detective show called "J.T.
- Glenn Close. Glenn Close received the second of eight Oscar nominations for her performance as Dr. Sarah Cooper, who, along with her husband Harold (Kevin Kline), opens her home up to the couple's old college friends.
- EVERY STUDIO WANTED LAWRENCE KASDAN, BUT NOT HIS MOVIE. After writing The Empire Strikes Back and Raiders of the Lost Ark, Lawrence Kasdan got a chance to direct his own script with 1981's Body Heat.
- KASDAN WROTE IT WITH HIS LAWYER’S WIFE. Barbara Benedek had written a handful of episodes for a handful of TV shows when Kasdan—who was represented by Benedek’s husband—called her up and asked out of the blue to write a script together.
- KEVIN COSTNER PLAYS A DEAD BODY. The entire movie revolves around the suicide of Alex Marshall, an unseen college friend linking all the other characters together.
- COSTNER ALMOST APPEARED IN THE FILM WITH A METAPHORICAL TURKEY. Costner’s cut flashback scene is famously part of the movie’s lore because of how famous he became.
1983. 1 hr 45 mins. Drama, Comedy. Watchlist. Ensemble comedy drama, starring Tom Berenger, Kevin Kline, Glenn Close and JoBeth Williams. A group of seven former college friends assemble for a...
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The Big Chill: Directed by Lawrence Kasdan. With Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt. A group of seven former college friends gather for a weekend reunion at a South Carolina vacation home after the funeral of another of their college friends.
