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Chilly Scenes of Winter is a 1979 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Joan Micklin Silver, and starring John Heard, Mary Beth Hurt, Peter Riegert, Kenneth McMillan, and Gloria Grahame.
Jul 15, 1982 · Chilly Scenes of Winter: Directed by Joan Micklin Silver. With John Heard, Mary Beth Hurt, Peter Riegert, Kenneth McMillan. Charles is a bored civil servant struggling through a harsh Utah winter.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Joan Micklin Silver
- 1982-07-15
Chilly Scenes of Winter. The trailblazing Joan Micklin Silver—one of only a handful of women to direct a film for a major Hollywood studio in the 1970s—digs fearlessly into the psychology of a thorny relationship in this anti–romantic comedy, based on Ann Beattie’s best-selling novel, about lovelorn civil servant Charles (John Heard ...
- Charles
Chilly Scenes of Winter is Ann Beattie's first novel, published by Doubleday in 1976. The marketing copy from the paperback edition declared, "This is the story of a love-smitten Charles; his friend Sam, the Phi Beta Kappa and former coat salesman; and Charles' mother, who spends a lot of time in the bathtub feeling depressed."
- Ann Beattie
- 1976
Mar 15, 2023 · Chilly Scenes of Winter. Blu-ray edition reviewed by Chris Galloway. March 15 2023. BUY AT: See more details, packaging, or compare. Synopsis.
Brief Synopsis. A man falls for a separated woman but can't cope when she returns to her husband.
“Chilly Scenes of Winter” depicts the delicacy of male inner turmoil as realized through the sharp satirical lens of a woman director. Joan Micklin Silver’s third feature film, “Winter” sells a sneaky setup of quirkiness that conceals a soul of violence.
