A dying woman and her husband agree to a joint-suicide pact, whether others like it or not.A dying woman and her husband agree to a joint-suicide pact, whether others like it or not.A dying woman and her husband agree to a joint-suicide pact, whether others like it or not.
- Awards
- 3 nominations
Ismael 'East' Carlo
- Gardener
- (as East Carlo)
Michael Canavan
- Process Server
- (as Michael V. Murphy)
Storyline
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- TriviaThe only film to co-star Bette Davis and James Stewart.
- Quotes
Teddy Dwyer: It happens that I am tired... I am tired of my feet and my nails and my hair and my shadow. It happens that I am tired of being a man. I'm tired of living...
- Alternate versionsHBO reportedly filmed three alternate endings for this made-for-television movie about an elderly couple that wants to end their lives together, and their adult daughter who wants to stop them. In the original scripted ending, the daughter finds the garage sealed and hears the car running inside, but decides not to interfere. She walks into the house, answers a phone, and looks the at the dolls her mother has left behind. In another ending that was filmed, a news crew visits the home and hears the car inside. They break in and the daughter finds here parents in the house being treated by paramedics. The daughter is told they are technically under arrest and the bewildered father is led away by a policeman while his wife is being treated on a couch. In a third version it reportedly is a passerby who notices the fumes coming from the garage rather than a news crew. When originally broadcast on HBO the original ending was used in which the couple died, but the other endings have appeared in other formats and in other markets.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: James Stewart/Garry Shandling (1982)
Featured review
Hard to find, especially with the 3 different endings. Davis delivers but Steward is an unlikely match. She needs a less soft counterpart. Melinda Dillon as the daughter was unbearable to watch. She is no Davis-daughter. As whole very watchable and ahead of its time. Whoever owns the rights should release a digitally remastered version with all the different endings. Wishful thinking, I know.
- MrDeWinter
- Sep 1, 2021
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