Gloria (film)

Infobox_Film
name = Gloria


caption = Promotional poster for the theatrical release of "Gloria" (1980)
imdb_id = 0080798
writer = John Cassavetes
starring = Gena Rowlands
Julie Carmen
John Adames
director = John Cassavetes
producer = Sam Shaw
distributor =
released = October 1, 1980
runtime = 123 min.
country = USA
language = English
budget =

"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 John 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 as a personal favor.

Awards

Gena Rowlands was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, and the film won the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival, tying with "Atlantic City". John Adames tied with Sir Laurence Olivier for the Worst Supporting Actor Razzie of 1980.

Remakes

"Gloria" was a remake produced in 1999; the screenplay was adapted by Steve Antin and directed by Sidney Lumet. It stars Sharon Stone and Jean-Luke Figueroa.

The film "Ultraviolet" (2006) uses the basic premise of a woman on the run with a little boy and transposes the story to a dystopian futuristic setting. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0370032/trivia]

Erick Zonca's 2007 film "Julia", starring Tilda Swinton.

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title=Golden Lion winner
years=1980
tied with "Atlantic City"
before=No awards 1969-1979
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after="Marianne and Julianne"