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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.
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.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Lawrence Kasdan
- 1983-09-30
- 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.
The story of eight old friends searching for something they lost, and finding that all they needed was each other. Overview. Seven old college friends gather for a weekend reunion after the funeral of one of their own. Lawrence Kasdan. Director, Screenplay. Barbara Benedek. Screenplay. A review by Wuchak. 60. Written by Wuchak on May 11, 2023.
A seminal Thirty-Something movie in which a group of old college friends who are now older and experienced come together for the funeral of Alex, who was at one time the brightest and the best of them at college and yet who never managed to find his way.
This compassionate "comedy of values" probes the growing pains of seven college housemates from the 1960s who have drifted apart and then reunite at the funeral of a friend. Having entered...
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- Comedy, Drama
- R
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The Big Chill. After the shocking suicide of their friend, a group of thirtysomethings reunite for his funeral and end up spending the weekend together, reminiscing about their shared past as children of the sixties and confronting the uncertainty of their lives as adults of the eighties.
