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Hysterical Blindness

Year:
Duration:
99 min
Genres:
Drama
IMDB rate:
6.5
Director:
Mira Nair
Awards:
Won Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 12 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 2002-08-21
Filming Locations: Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
Cast
Actor
Character
Uma Thurman
Uma Thurman
Hysterical Blindness
Gena Rowlands
Virginia Miller
Juliette Lewis
Beth
Justin Chambers
Rick
Ben Gazzara
Nick
Anthony DeSando
Bobby
Jolie Peters
Amber Autumn
Callie Thorne
Carolann
Lisa Altomare
Dora
Laura Cahill
Tonya
Johann Carlo
Susan
Alex Draper
Michael
Russell Gibson
Diner Customer
Jayne Haynes
Annie
Susan Isaacs
Theresa
Ali Marsh
Trina
Wade Mylius
Bill
Bobby Tisdale
Guy
Susan Varon
Rose
Jeff Chena
Jeff
Charles LaPlaca
Club Dancer (uncredited)
Tom Nobles
Diner customer (uncredited)
Charles Pendelton
Bar Customer (uncredited)
Rick Pisarro
Rick's Pool Buddy (uncredited)
Sean Reid
Bar Regular (uncredited)
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Trivia
The scene in Rick (Justin Chambers)'s house - where Debby (Uma Thurman) offers to make breakfast had to be shot that way because the house actually had no kitchen. It had been gutted for renovation prior to being selected as a location for the film. The filmmakers contemplated building a fake kitchen, but the homeowner refused.
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When the location of the shot of Beth (Juliette Lewis)'s car pulling away from behind her house - followed by a crane up to the overpass in the background - was scouted, the foliage only a few feet tall. But when it came time to shoot the scene, the stalks had grown so high that they obstructed the view of the overpass, and had to be pruned down. When the filmmakers could not identify the legal property owner, they went ahead and pruned it without permission.
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The exterior of the bar is actually an apartment building in Paterson, New Jersey. Beer signs and background actors were placed in the windows (which themselves were altered to match the windows at the interior bar location) to create the appearance of a bar. The interiors were filmed at a closed-down bar/restaurant in Bayonne, New Jersey.
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Goofs
At about 1 hour 10 minutes during Debbie's bedroom scene a hand holding the boom can be seen in the left side of the mirror.
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The movie is set in 1987, but there are many late-90's model vehicles.
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Quotes
Debby Miller: Beth!Why'd you have to congratulate her?
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Beth: Play anything by Zeppelin, you can't go wrong.
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Photos from cast
Uma Thurman
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