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The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
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Synopsis
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Paul Zindel, this is a joint effort of husband and wife team Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman. Produced and directed by Newman, Woodward portrays the eccentric young widow who is raising her two disparate daughters in an atmosphere of bitterness, hatred and over-protection that threatens their very growth and development. Embittered and misandristic, she raises her daughters in an atmosphere of hate that leaves them as depressed and neurotic as she is. The title of the movie comes from her anger at her daughter's science teacher for encouraging her to expose marigolds to gamma rays as a science project. Her experiment shows how radiation sometimes kills growing marigolds, but sometimes it causes them to grow even more beautiful. This experiment becomes a metaphor for her own life, as she struggles to bloom in a household deadened by her mother's alcoholism and her sister's lethargy. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide

Cast

Judith Lowry Nanny Annie
Estelle Omens Floyd's Wife
Nell Potts Matilda
Richard Venture Floyd
Roberta Wallach Ruth
Joanne Woodward Beatrice

Production Crew

Adam Holender Cinematographer
Maurice Jarre Composer (Music Score)
Anna Hill Johnstone Costume Designer
Paul Newman Director
Evan Lottman Editor
John C. Foreman Executive Producer
John Nicolella First Assistant Director
Paul Zindel Play Author
Paul Newman Producer
Gene Callahan Production Designer
Alvin Sargent Screenwriter
Richard Merrell Set Designer
Year: 1972
Runtime: 100
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: PG
Category: Feature

Genre
Drama

Color type
DeLuxe Color

Produced by
20th Century Fox

Awards
1972 - Best Film - New York Film Critics Circle
1972 - Best Picture - National Board of Review
1972 - Best Picture - National Board of Review