Gloria is a 1980 film written and directed by John Cassavetes. It tells the story of a gangster's girlfriend who goes on the run with a young boy who is being hunted by the mob for information he may or may not have. It stars Gena Rowlands and Juan Adames.
Cassavetes did not originally intend to direct his screenplay; he planned merely to sell the story to Columbia Pictures. However, once his wife, Gena Rowlands, was asked to play the title chara...
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Gloria is a 1980 film written and directed by John Cassavetes. It tells the story of a gangster's girlfriend who goes on the run with a young boy who is being hunted by the mob for information he may or may not have. It stars Gena Rowlands and Juan Adames.
Cassavetes did not originally intend to direct his screenplay; he planned merely to sell the story to Columbia Pictures. However, once his wife, Gena Rowlands, was asked to play the title character in the film, she asked Cassavetes to direct it.
Gena Rowlands was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for the picture, and the film won the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival, tying with Atlantic City. The young boy Gloria was protecting, played by Juan Adames, tied with Sir Laurence Olivier for the Worst Supporting Actor Razzie award of 1980.
The film was remade in 1999 under the same title with a screenplay by Steve Antin and directed by Sidney Lumet. It stars Sharon Stone and Jean-Luke Figueroa.
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