Postcards from the Edge

Postcards from the Edge is a 1990 American dramedy film directed by Mike Nichols. The screenplay by Carrie Fisher is based on her 1987 semi-autobiographical novel of the same title. Actress Suzanne Vale is a recovering drug addict trying to pick up the pieces of her career and get on with her life after being discharged from a rehab center she entered to kick a cocaine-acid-Percodan habit. When she is ready to return to work, her agent advises he... more

Postcards from the Edge is a 1990 American dramedy film directed by Mike Nichols. The screenplay by Carrie Fisher is based on her 1987 semi-autobiographical novel of the same title. Actress Suzanne Vale is a recovering drug addict trying to pick up the pieces of her career and get on with her life after being discharged from a rehab center she entered to kick a cocaine-acid-Percodan habit. When she is ready to return to work, her agent advises her the studio's insurance policy will cover her only if she lives with a "responsible" individual, such as her mother Doris Mann, who was the reigning musical comedy star of the 1950s and '60s. Suzanne is loath to return to the woman she struggled to escape for years after growing up in her shadow. The situation is not helped by the fact Doris is loud, competitive, manipulative, and self-absorbed, given to offering her daughter unsolicited advice and insinuating value judgments while treating her like a child. Unaware producer Jack Faulkner is... less