Postcards From the Edge (1990)

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R | 1 hr 41 mins | Comedy, Drama, Music, Medical | Released: 1/1/1990 |Box Office Total: $36.8M

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Synopsis:

Based on Carrie Fisher's roman a clef, the story concerns a young actress who has recently gone through drug rehabilitation, and is trying to cope with not only the Hollywood scene but her own mother's, a former musical comedy star of the 50s and 60s, more socially acceptable alcoholism.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
1/1/1990

Studio	Credit
Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group	Studio
Director	Credit
Mike Nichols	Director
Cast	Credit
Meryl Streep	Suzanne Vale
Shirley MacLaine	Doris Mann
Dennis Quaid	Jack Falkner
Gene Hackman	Lowell
Richard Dreyfuss	Doctor Frankenthal
Rob Reiner	Joe Pierce
Mary Wickes	Grandma
Conrad Bain	Grandpa
Annette Bening	Evelyn Ames
Simon Callow	Simon Asquith
Gary Morton	Marty Wiener
CCH Pounder	Julie Marsden
Sidney Armus	Sid Roth
Robin Bartlett	Aretha
Barbara Garrick	Carol
Anthony Heald	George Lazan
Dana Ivey	Wardrobe Mistress
Oliver Platt	Neil Bleene
Michael Ontkean	Robert Munch
Pepe Serna	Raoul
Mark Lowenthal	Bart
Michael Byers	Allen
J D Souther	Ted
George Wallace	Carl
Peter Onorati	Cameraman
J Roy Helland	Makeup Man
Douglas Roberts	Soundman
R M Haley	Assistant Director
Kathleen Gray	Cindy
Gloria Crayton	Maid at Party
Gary Matanky	Sound Editor
Marc Tubert	Sound Editor
John Verea	Young Intern
Rene Assa	Passport Official
Natalija Nogulich	Friend at Airport
Susan Forristal	Friend at Airport
Evelina Fernandez	Airline Employee
Neil A Machlis	Rob Sonnenfeld
Gary Jones	Fan at Party
Jane Galloway	Nurse
Steven Brill	Assistant Director
Jason Tomlins	Officer
Shelley Kirk	First Lady
Jessica Z Diamond	Script Supervisor
Scott Frankel	Pianist at Party
Sheridan Leatherbury	Stand-In
Ken Gustein	Director of Photography
James Deeth	Helicopter Pilot
Robert F Marshall	Helicopter Pilot
Jim Cuddy	Blue Rodeo Band Member
Greg Keelor	Blue Rodeo Band Member
Bazil Donovan	Blue Rodeo Band Member
Mark French	Blue Rodeo Band Member
Bob Weiseman	Blue Rodeo Band Member
Production Credits	Credit
Mike Nichols	Producer
Robert Greenhut	Executive Producer
Sue MacNair	Associate Producer
Neil A Machlis	Executive Producer
John Calley	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Bridgewater Productions	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Columbia TriStar Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI)	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Syncron	Theatrical Distributor
Sony Pictures Releasing	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
20th Century Fox International	Theatrical Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures International	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Los Angeles, California, USA
Writer	Credit
Carrie Fisher	Screenplay
Carrie Fisher	Source Material (from novel)
Accounting	Credit
Diane Bandolas	Production Accountant
Art Department	Credit
Patrizia Von Brandenstein	Production Designer
Kandy Berley Stern	Art Director - art direction
Chris A Butler	Set Decorator
Casting	Credit
Juliet Taylor	Casting
Ellen Lewis	Casting
LA Casting	Casting Agency casting
Film Camera	Credit
David James	Photography - stills
David Dunlap	Camera Operator
Michael Ballhaus	Director of Photography
Florian Ballhaus	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
James R Tynes	Lighting Technician
Music	Credit
Suzana Peric	Music Editor
Carly Simon	Music
Shel Silverstein	Song
Meryl Streep	Song Performer
Howard Shore	Music - musical supervisor
Blue Rodeo	Song Performer
Stephen Sondheim	Song
Jack Lee	Music - music coach
Shirley MacLaine	Song Performer
C Walker	Song
E Arnold	Song
Cole Porter	Song
Gilda Radner	Song
Pau Shaffer	Song
Production Management	Credit
Michael Haley	Assistant Director
Michele Imperato-Stabile	Production Coordinator
Neil A Machlis	Unit Production Manager
Ken Lavet	Location Manager
Marshall I Schlom	Script Supervisor
Nathalie Vadim	Assistant Director
Publicity	Credit
Douglas Allen Taylor	Publicity - publicist
Sound	Credit
Gene S Cantamessa	Sound Mixer
Steve Cantamessa	Boom Operator
Stan Bochner	Sound Editor - sound editor supervisor
Lee Dichter	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
Michael Jacobi	ADR Editor
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Ann Roth	Costume Designer
J Roy Helland	Makeup
J Roy Helland	Hair - hairstyles
Eddie Marks	Costume Supervisor
Lynda Gurasich	Hair - hairstyles
Cheri Minns	Makeup

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