The Women's Room (film)

The Women's Room
Genre	Drama
Based on	The Women's Room by Marilyn French
Written by	Carol Sobieski
Directed by	Glenn Jordan
Starring	Lee Remick; Ted Danson; Colleen Dewhurst; Tovah Feldshuh
Music by	Billy Goldenberg
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Philip Mandelker (executive producer); Anna Cottle (producer); Kip Gowans (producer); Glenn Jordan (supervising producer)
Cinematography	Terry K. Meade
Editor	John Wright
Production company	Warner Bros. Television
Distributor	ABC
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	September 14, 1980

The Women's Room is a 1980 American made-for-television drama film directed by Glenn Jordan and starring Lee Remick, Ted Danson, Colleen Dewhurst and Tovah Feldshuh.[1][2] In spite of Esther Shapiro's (ABC's vice president for miniseries) struggle with the (predominantly male) network to release the film despite its feminist content, "The Women's Room finally aired, and it received a huge 45 share (the highest rated movie on TV that week), prompted a raft of positive mail, and won an Emmy".[3]

Premise

A married mother of two leaves her philandering husband and enrolls in graduate school.

Cast

Lee Remick as Mira Adams
Colleen Dewhurst as Val
Patty Duke as Lily
Kathryn Harrold as Bliss
Tovah Feldshuh as Iso
Tyne Daly as Adele
Lisa Pelikan as Kyla
Heidi Vaughn as Samantha
Mare Winningham as Chris
Ted Danson as Norman
Gregory Harrison as Ben Volper
Jenny O'Hara as Mrs. Martinelli
Christopher Pennock as Harley
Al Corley as Tad Ford

Critical reception

Critic Tom Shales found the film to be annoying and a "stinker."[4] John J. O'Connor found the film to be a successful adaptation of the book and thoroughly enjoyed the movie, stating that "No one will be bored."[5]

References

Unger, Arthur (September 10, 1980). "A controversial feminist drama that defeats its own purpose". The Christian Science Monitor.
Dresser, Norman (1980-09-16). "'Women's Room' A Political Message". Toledo Blade.
Faludi, Susan (1991). Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women. New York: Anchor Books. pp. 149. ISBN 0-385-42507-4.
"The Women's Room: TV Preview: Wrathful Melodrama on the Evils that Men Do Whining Made-for TV Melodrama" by Tom Shales, The Washington Post, September 13, 1980
"TV View: 'The Women's Room'--Devastatingly on Target" by John J. O'Connor, The New York Times, September 14, 1980

External links

The Women's Room at IMDb

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[1] Unger, Arthur (September 10, 1980). "A controversial feminist drama that defeats its own purpose". The Christian Science Monitor.

[2] Dresser, Norman (1980-09-16). "'Women's Room' A Political Message". Toledo Blade.

[3] Faludi, Susan (1991). Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women. New York: Anchor Books. pp. 149. ISBN 0-385-42507-4.

[4] "The Women's Room: TV Preview: Wrathful Melodrama on the Evils that Men Do Whining Made-for TV Melodrama" by Tom Shales, The Washington Post, September 13, 1980

[5] "TV View: 'The Women's Room'--Devastatingly on Target" by John J. O'Connor, The New York Times, September 14, 1980