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Mass Appeal

Year:

1984

Duration:

99 min

Genres:

Drama

IMDB rate:

6.6

Director:

Glenn Jordan

Awards:

1 win

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1984-12-14

Filming Locations: Claremont, California, USA

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $5,434 (USA) (16 December 1984)

Gross: $494,534 (USA) (18 February 1985)

Cast

Actor

Character

Talia Balsam

Jack Lemmon

Father Tim Farley

Zeljko Ivanek

Mark Dolson

Charles Durning

Monsignor Thomas Burke

Louise Latham

Margaret

Alice Hirson

Mrs. Hart

Helene Heigh

Mrs. Hart's mother

Sharee Gregory

Marion Hart

James Ray

Father De Nicola

Lois De Banzie

Mrs. Dolson

Jerry Hardin

Mr. Dolson

John C. Becher

Mr. Jennings

Allison Caine

Additional Voice

Christopher Carroll

Salvatore Fitzgerald

John Devlin

Choir Leader

Richard Doyle

Faculty Member

Maggie Gwinn

Mrs. Quinn

Suzanne Kent

Mickey Kelly

Ann Nelson

Miss Barber

F. William Parker

Mr. Hartigan

Fran Robinson

Robin

Gloria Stuart

Mrs. Curry

John Vargas

Scott Alvarez

Noni White

Mother

R.J. Williams

Boy

Terry Wills

Bill Kelly

Helen Kelly

Church Audience Member (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The movie is based on a play originally produced by the Manhattan Theatre Club, directed by Geraldine Fitzgerald and starring Milo O'Shea as Tim Farley and Eric Roberts as Mark Dolson. It opened at the off-Broadway Stage 73 on April 22, 1980 and ran for 104 performances. O'Shea was nominated for a Tony for his role.

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Actor Michael O'Keefe turned down the opportunity of working with Jack Lemmon playing the young priest in this movie to do Finders Keepers (1984) instead. The part was cast in the end with Zeljko Ivanek.

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This picture was the next film that actor Jack Lemmon appeared in after Costa-Gavras' _Missing_ for which Lemmon had won the Best Actor Award at Cannes.

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Quotes

Father Tim Farley: You're a lunatic! And Christ NEEDS lunatics. But the trouble with lunatics is, they don't know how to survive.

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