Postcards from the Edge

6.6
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Run time: 101 min
  • Premiere: 1990. September 14.

Substance-addicted Hollywood actress, Suzanne Vale is on the skids. After a spell at a detox centre her film company insists as a condition of continuing to employ her that she live with her mother, herself once a star and now a champion drinker. Such a set-up is bad news for Suzanne who has struggled for years to get out of her mother's shadow, and who still treats her like a child. Despite these and other problems, Suzanne begins to see the funny side of her situation, and also realises that not only do daughters have mothers—mothers do too.

Discover

Meryl Streep

Suzanne Vale

Shirley MacLaine

Doris Mann

Dennis Quaid

Jack Faulkner

Gene Hackman

Lowell Kolchek

Richard Dreyfuss

Dr. Frankenthal

Rob Reiner

Joe Pierce

Mary Wickes

Grandma

Conrad Bain

Grandpa

Annette Bening

Evelyn Ames

Simon Callow

Simon Asquith

Gary Morton

Marty Wiener

CCH Pounder

Julie Marsden

Sidney Armus

Sid Roth

Anthony Heald

George Lazan

Dana Ivey

Wardrobe Mistress

Oliver Platt

Neil Bleene

Michael Ontkean

Robert Munch

Peter Onorati

Cameraman

J. Roy Helland

Make-up Man

Michael Haley

Assistant Director

Gloria Crayton

Maid at Party

Gary Matanky

Sound Editor

Marcelo Tubert

Sound Editor

John Verea

Young Intern

René Assa

Passport Official

Natalija Nogulich

Friend at Airport

Susan Forristal

Friend at Airport

Evelina Fernández

Airline Employee

Neil Machlis

Rob Sonnenfeld

Gary Jones

Fan at Party

Steven Brill

Assistant Director

Shelley Kirk

First Lady

Jessica Z. Diamond

Script Supervisor

Scott Frankel

Pianist at Party

Ken Gutstein

Director of Photography

Robert Marshall

Helicopter Pilot

Jim Cuddy

Blue Rodeo Band

Greg Keelor

Blue Rodeo Band

Bazil Donovan

Blue Rodeo Band

Mark French

Blue Rodeo Band

Bob Wiseman

Blue Rodeo Band

Jorga Caye

Western Bar Patron (uncredited)

Stanley DeSantis

Crew Member (uncredited)

Anthony DeStefanis

Savona (uncredited)

Bob Harks

Party Guest (uncredited)

Conrad Hurtt

Cowperson (uncredited)

Carrie Jachnuk

Fan at Party (uncredited)

Beau Lotterman

Soundman (uncredited)

Fred Moon

Air Plane Passenger (uncredited)

Danny Nero

Party Guest (uncredited)

Ted Raimi

Emergency Room Attendant (uncredited)

Raymond Storti

Stagehand (uncredited)

Art

Chris Butler

Set Decoration

Kandy Stern

Art Direction

Patrizia von Brandenstein

Production Design

Camera

Michael Ballhaus

Director of Photography

David James

Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

Lynda Gurasich

Hairstylist

J. Roy Helland

Makeup & Hair

Ann Roth

Costume Design

Cheri Minns

Makeup Artist

Greg Cannom

Makeup Artist

Crew

Chantal Feghali

Post Production Supervisor

Directing

Mike Nichols

Director

Michael Haley

First Assistant Director

Nathalie Vadim

Second Assistant Director

Editing

Sam O'Steen

Editor

Production

Neil Machlis

Unit Production Manager

John Calley

Producer

Ellen Lewis

Casting

Susan MacNair

Associate Producer

Robert Greenhut

Executive Producer

Neil Machlis

Executive Producer

Mike Nichols

Producer

Sound

Stan Bochner

Sound Designer

Carly Simon

Original Music Composer

Writing

Carrie Fisher

Screenplay

Art

Chris Butler

Set Decoration

Kandy Stern

Art Direction

Patrizia von Brandenstein

Production Design

Camera

Michael Ballhaus

Director of Photography

David James

Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

Lynda Gurasich

Hairstylist

J. Roy Helland

Makeup & Hair

Ann Roth

Costume Design

Cheri Minns

Makeup Artist

Greg Cannom

Makeup Artist

Crew

Chantal Feghali

Post Production Supervisor

Directing

Mike Nichols

Director

Michael Haley

First Assistant Director

Nathalie Vadim

Second Assistant Director

Editing

Sam O'Steen

Editor

Production

Neil Machlis

Unit Production Manager

John Calley

Producer

Ellen Lewis

Casting

Susan MacNair

Associate Producer

Robert Greenhut

Executive Producer

Neil Machlis

Executive Producer

Mike Nichols

Producer

Sound

Stan Bochner

Sound Designer

Carly Simon

Original Music Composer

Writing

Carrie Fisher

Screenplay