Top cast:George Nichols,Joseph Graybill,Grace Henderson
Director:Olivier Nakache&Éric Toledano
Genre:Documentary
Region:Nigeria
Year:2003
Storyline:Two melodramas that commented on restrictive social norms included Douglas Sirk'sAll That Heaven Allows (1955), and Todd Haynes'Far From Heaven (2002).Hitchcock introduced a 'fascinating new personality' for the film - his successor to Grace Kelly - a cool, blonde professional model named 'Tippi' Hedren, in her film debut in a leading role.This was not he first time the subject matter was performed.The screenplay by Howard Koch was based on W.Somerset Maugham's mid-1920s London stage play (that featured Gladys Cooper in the lead role).Then, it was a Broadway play that opened in 1927 (with Katharine Cornell), followed by Paramount Studios' talkie of the same name in 1929 with Academy-Award nominated Jeanne Eagels (in her sound film debut) as the female protagonist Leslie Crosbie.At first, he dying Beth reassures her older sister Jo:I'm not afraid anymore! I'm learning that I don't lose you, that you'll be more to me than ever, and NOTHING can part us, though it seems to.With a production budget of $9 million, the film (from Orion Pictures) made a total of $50.9 million (domestic), and was the 18th highest-grossing film (based on revenue) for its year.Costner's next film would be another very popular baseball film, the mystical sports fantasyField of Dreams (1989)from Universal Pictures, based on the W.