New Year's Day (1989 film)
New Year's Day is a 1989 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Henry Jaglom.[2] It was entered into the main competition at the 46th Venice International Film Festival.[3]
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| Directed by | Henry Jaglom |
| Written by | Henry Jaglom |
| Starring | David Duchovny Maggie Wheeler Gwen Welles Henry Jaglom |
| Cinematography | Joey Forsyte |
| Distributed by | The Rainbow Company |
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Running time | 89 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
Set entirely inside a New York City apartment on a snowy New Years Day, Drew is a recently divorced, middle-aged Hollywood writer/director who arrives back in New York looking for a path to start his life over and upon arriving at his old apartment, finds three young women residing there until the end of the day. They are the free-spirited Lucy, a multi-career woman and part-time actress who wants to move to Hollywood to start her life over; Annie is a photographer and Lucy's best friend who wants to move to L.A. with Lucy, but is unsure at what she wants to do with her life; Winona is a 30-year-old magazine editor who feels her biological clock ticking and wants to start a family. An assortment of people soon arrive at the apartment for a party where they talk amongst each other about their stance in life in which Drew sees the inspiration from the conversations on deciding to start his life over.
Cast
- Maggie Wheeler as Lucy (credited as Maggie Jakobson)
- Gwen Welles as Annie
- Melanie Winter as Winona
- Henry Jaglom as Drew
- David Duchovny as Billy
- Miloš Forman as Lazlo
- Michael Emil as Dr. Stadthagen
- Tracy Reiner as Marjorie
- James DePreist as Lucy's shrink
References
- https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=newyearsday.htm
- Variety Film Reviews, Volume 21. R R Bowker Pub., 1989.
- Giorgio Cecchetti (29 July 1989). "Tre italiani per un leone d'oro". La Repubblica. p. 17.