Mr. and Mrs. Bridge

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
Theatrical poster
Directed by	James Ivory
Produced by	Ismail Merchant
Written by	Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Based on	Mrs. Bridge and Mr. Bridge by Evan S. Connell
Starring	Paul Newman Joanne Woodward Blythe Danner Kyra Sedgwick Robert Sean Leonard Margaret Welsh
Music by	Richard Robbins Jacques Offenbach ("Barcarolle" & "Can Can")
Cinematography	Tony Pierce-Roberts
Edited by	Humphrey Dixon
Production company	Cineplex Odeon Films
Distributed by	Miramax Films
Release dates	November 23, 1990 (1990-11-23)
Running time	126 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$7,698,010

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge is a 1990 Merchant Ivory film based on the novels by Evan S. Connell of the same name. It is directed by James Ivory, with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and produced by Ismail Merchant.

The film stars real-life couple Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward as Mr. and Mrs. Bridge. The character of Mrs. Bridge is based on Connell's mother, Ruth Connell.^[1]

Plot

The story of a traditional family living in the Country Club District of Kansas City, Missouri, during the 1930s and 1940s. The Bridges grapple with changing mores and expectations. Mr. Bridge (Paul Newman), is a lawyer who resists his children's rebellion against the conservative values he holds dear. Mrs. Bridge (Joanne Woodward), labors to maintain a Pollyanna view of the world against her husband's emotional distance and her children's eagerness to adopt a world view more modern than her own.

Cast

Paul Newman as Walter Gene Bridge
Joanne Woodward as India Bridge
Margaret Welsh as Carolyn Bridge, daughter of India and Walter
Kyra Sedgwick as Ruth Bridge, daughter of India and Walter
Robert Sean Leonard as Douglas Bridge, son of Walter and India
Simon Callow as Dr. Alex Sauer, a psychiatrist
Remak Ramsay as Virgil Barron, Grace's husband
Blythe Danner as Grace Barron, India's best friend
Austin Pendleton as Mr. Gadbury, India's art instructor
Gale Garnett as Mabel Ong, India's friend
Saundra McClain as Harriet Rogers, the maid for the Bridge family
Diane Kagan as Julia, Walter's secretary
Robyn Rosenfeld as Genevieve, Dr. Sauer's girlfriend
Marcus Giamatti as Gil Davis, Carolyn's husband

Production notes

Mr. and Mrs. Bridge was filmed entirely on location in Kansas City, Missouri; Paris, France; and Ottawa, Canada. Joanne Woodward received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Awards

Academy Award

Nominated: Best Actress – Joanne Woodward

Golden Globe Award

Nominated: Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama – Joanne Woodward

Independent Spirit Award

Nominated: Best Female Lead – Joanne Woodward

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award

Won: Best Actress – Joanne Woodward

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

Won: Best Actress – Joanne Woodward
Won: Best Screenplay – Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

References

↑ A visit with Evan Connell accessed 7-30-2015

External links

Merchant Ivory Productions

Ismail Merchant James Ivory

The Householder (1963) Shakespeare Wallah (1965) The Guru (1969) The Night of Counting the Years (1969) Bombay Talkie (1970) Savages (1972) The Wild Party (1975) Autobiography of a Princess (1975) Roseland (1977) Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1978) The Five Forty-Eight (1978) The Europeans (1979) Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980) Quartet (1981) The Courtesans of Bombay (1983) Heat and Dust (1983) The Bostonians (1984) A Room with a View (1985) Maurice (1987) The Deceivers (1988) The Perfect Murder (1988) Slaves of New York (1989) Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990) The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991) Howards End (1992) The Remains of the Day (1993) In Custody (1994) Feast of July (1995) Jefferson in Paris (1995) The Proprietor (1996) Surviving Picasso (1996) Side Streets (1998) A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998) Cotton Mary (1999) The Golden Bowl (2000) The Mystic Masseur (2001) Le Divorce (2003) Heights (2005) The White Countess (2005) Before the Rains (2008) The City of Your Final Destination (2009)

Films directed by James Ivory

The Householder (1963)
The Delhi Way (1964)
Shakespeare Wallah (1965)
The Guru (1969)
Bombay Talkie (1970)
Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization (1972)
Savages (1972)
Autobiography of a Princess (1975)
The Wild Party (1975)
Roseland (1977)
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1978)
The Five Forty-Eight (1978)
The Europeans (1979)
Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980)
Quartet (1981)
Heat and Dust (1983)
The Bostonians (1984)
A Room with a View (1985)
Maurice (1987)
Slaves of New York (1989)
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990)
Howards End (1992)
The Remains of the Day (1993)
Jefferson in Paris (1995)
Lumière and Company (1995)
Surviving Picasso (1996)
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)
The Golden Bowl (2000)
Le Divorce (2003)
The White Countess (2005)
The City of Your Final Destination (2009)

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