The First Wives Club (1996)

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PG | 1 hr 45 mins | Comedy, Romantic Comedy, Adaptation | Released: 9/20/1996 |Box Office Total: $105.4M

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Synopsis:

Marriage has turned into a crash dive for Brenda Morelli Cushman, Elise Elliot Atchison and Annie MacDuggan Paradise. These three well-heeled Manhattanites were chums during their college days, but they all took different paths. Brenda married an electronics-emporium magnate, Elise became a film star, Annie an Upper East Side housewife. They all helped their husbands build up hugely successful businesses. Now they''re reunited by catastrophe: Each has just been callously dumped by her husband in exchange for a younger, sexier "trophy wife." There are sharks swimming around Manhattan, and most of them are pumped with silicone and squeezed into Spandex. Smarting from the pain, Brenda, Elise and Annie join forces and concoct a plan to exact the most exquisitely bitter vengeance upon their "exes." War has been declared, and it will claim some of Manhattan''s poshest boardrooms and bedrooms as its battlefields. The First Wives Club is now in session. These are three ladies you do not want to mess with.

Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
9/20/1996

Studio	Credit
Paramount Pictures	Studio
Director	Credit
Hugh Wilson	Director
Cast	Credit
Goldie Hawn	Elise Elliot Atchison
Bette Midler	Brenda Morelli Cushman
Diane Keaton	Annie MacDuggan Paradise
Maggie Smith	Gunilla Garson Goldberg
Sarah Jessica Parker	Shelly
Dan Hedaya	Morty Cushman
Stockard Channing	Cynthia Swann Griffin
Victor Garber	Bill Atchison
Stephen Collins	Aaron Paradise
Elizabeth Berkley	Phoebe LaVelle
Marcia Gay Harden	Dr Leslie Rosen
Bronson Pinchot	Duarto Feliz
Jennifer Dundas	Chris Paradise
Eileen Heckart	Catherine MacDuggan
Philip Bosco	Uncle Carmine
Rob Reiner	Dr Morris Packman
James Naughton	Gil Griffin
Ari Greenberg	Jason Cushman
Aida Linares	Teresa
Gloria Steinem	Herself
Edward Koch	Himself
Kathie Lee Gifford	Herself
Christopher Burge	Auctioneer
Stephen Pearlman	Mr Christian
J Smith-Cameron	Ms Sullivan
Walter Bobbie	Man in Bed
Kate Burton	Woman in Bed
Gregg Edelman	Mark Loest
Mark Nelson	Eric Loest
Harsh Nayyar	Mohammed
Sue Simmons	Newscaster
Timothy Olyphant	Brett Artounian
Edward Hibbert	Maurice
Teresa DePriest	Hostess
Johnny Sanchez	Busboy
J K Simmons	Federal Marshall
Stephen Mendillo	Federal Marshall
Robin Morse	Karen
Peter Frechette	Broadway Director
Mark Perman	The Cantor
George Vlachos	Waiter
Armand Dahan	Contractor
Lea DeLaria	Elise's Fan
Debra Monk	Jilted Lover
Jennifer Lam	Chris' Friend
Michele Brilliant	Young Brenda
Dina Spybey	Young Elise
Adria Tennor	Young Annie
Juliehera DeStefano	Young Cynthia
Paul Hecht	"A Certain Age" Cast Member
Anne Shropshire	"A Certain Age" Cast Member
Chelsea Altman	"A Certain Age" Cast Member
Eric Martin Brown	"A Certain Age" Cast Member
Nancy Ticotin	Dancer
Roxane Barlow	Dancer
Amy Heggins	Dancer
Production Credits	Credit
Thomas A Imperato	Co-Producer
Ezra Swerdlow	Executive Producer
Scott Rudin	Producer
Craig Perry	Associate Producer
Adam Schroeder	Executive Producer
Heather Neely	Associate Producer
Noah Ackerman	Associate Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Scott Rudin Productions	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Paramount Studios Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Paramount Pictures	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Locations
New York, New York, USA
Writer	Credit
Justine Rendell	Novel as Source Material
Robert Harling	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Susan Towner	Production Auditor
Anamarie Gonzaga	Production Auditor - assistant auditor
Marcus Canty	Production Auditor - assistant auditor
Animal Training Handling	Credit
Steve McAuliff	Animal Trainer
Art Department	Credit
Julia Hickman	Art Department Coordinator
Ed Check	Assistant Art Director
Christine Moosher	Assistant Set Decorator
Peter Larkin	Production Designer
Charley Beal	Art Director
Joseph Proscia	Set Dresser
Leslie Rollins	Set Decorator
John Oates Jr	Lead Person - leadperson
Brick Mason	Storyboard Artist
Pamela J Wise	Dresser
Michael Zansky	Scenic Artist
Stanley Pasay	Scenic Artist
Paul D Kelly	Assistant Art Director
Lorenzo Contessa	Storyboard Artist
Gilbert H Gertsen	Set Dresser
Gary Levitsky	Set Dresser
Brian R Mannain	Scenic Artist
Matt McCarthy	Set Dresser
Casting	Credit
David Kramer	Voice Casting
Ilene Starger	Casting
Kim Miscia	Casting Associate - casting assistant
Choreography	Credit
Pat Birch	Choreographer
Jonathan Cerullo	Choreographer - assistant choreographer
Craft Services	Credit
Lauren Gale	Craft Service
Kristen Sampsell	Craft Service - craft service assistant
Antonia Calzetti	Craft Service - craft service assistant
Brenda Yagmin	Craft Service - craft service assistant
Film Camera	Credit
Peter A Mian	Video Assist/Playback - video assist
Peter John Petraglia	Lighting - assistant chief lighting technician
Tom Salvatore	Color Timer
Howard Weiner	Video Playback
Jerry DeBlau	Lighting Technician
Donald E Thorin	Director of Photography
Eric Hoivik	Camera Trainee
Bobby Mancuso	Photography - assistant photographer
Robert S Hahn	Camera Operator
Bill Henry	Lighting - Lightworks assistant
Brian Carmichael	Video Assist/Playback - video assist
Tim Norman	Photography - assistant photographer
Andy Schwartz	Photography - still photographer
Music	Credit
Marc Shaiman	Music Supervisor
Marc Shaiman	Music
Artie Kane	Music Conductor - orchestra conductor
Nic Ratner	Music Editor
Jeffrey Atmajian	Orchestrations
Nick Vidar	Music - music programmer
Frank Bennett	Orchestrations
Bob Bornstein	Music - music preparation
Brad Dechter	Orchestrations
Patrick Russ	Orchestrations
Dennis Sands	Music - music recorder & mixer
Jimmy Vivino	Orchestrations
Physical Effects	Credit
Jack Gill	Stunt Coordinator
Production Management	Credit
George Henfling ('Skip')	Location Assistant
Kathleen Corgan	Assistant Location Manager
Ezra Swerdlow	Production Manager
Patty Willett	Assistant Production Coordinator
Michael Steele	Assistant Director
Joseph Iberti	Location Manager
Ray Angelic	Production Coordinator
Jose Gilberto Molinari-Rosaly	DGA Trainee
Todd Scott Brody	Post-Production Supervisor
Shari Carpenter	Script Supervisor
Julie A Bloom	Assistant Director
Len Murach	Location Assistant
Rob Striem	Location Assistant
Carl L Johnson	Location Assistant
Michael Sibley	Location Assistant
Susan Fried	Location Assistant
Publicity	Credit
Eric Myers	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Jane McCulley	ADR Editor
Maurice Schell	Sound Editor
Brian Vancho	Foley Artist
George Lara	Foley - foley engineer
Jay Kessel	Assistant Sound Editor
Lee Dichter	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
John Fundus	Boom Operator
Stuart Stanley	Foley Editor
Peter Kurland	Sound
Nancy Cabrera	Foley Artist
Laura Civiello	Sound Editor
Bruce Kitzmeyer	Foley Editor
Kenton Jakub	ADR Editor
Richard P Cirincione	Sound Editor
Ed Barteski	ADR Editor - assistant ADR editor
Eytan Mirsky	Sound Editor
Visual Effects	Credit
Matt Vogel	Special Effects Coordinator
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Francesca Paris	Hair
Bernadette Mazur	Makeup Artist
Rosalie Wells	Wardrobe
Michael Adkins	Costume Supervisor - men's costume supervisor
Theoni V Aldredge	Costume Designer
Wallace G Lane Jr ('Woody')	Assistant Costume Designer
Ron Haney