Rachel, Rachel

Director: Paul Newman Paul Newman

Overview

In this melodrama, Rachel Cameron is a 35-year-old unmarried schoolteacher who feels as though she's wasted her life. Rachel's best friend invites her to attend a religious revival meeting. This is the first of several cathartic incidents which convince Rachel to kick over the traces and express her own needs.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/28/2017
UPC:	0888574474928
Original Release:	1968
Rating:	R
Source:	Warner Archives
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:41:00
Sales rank:	39,195

Special Features

Vintage A Jest of God Exhibitor Promo Footage (Silent); Theatrical Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Joanne Woodward	Rachel Cameron
James Olson	Nick Kazlik
Kate Harrington	Mrs. Cameron
Estelle Parsons	Calla Mackie
Donald Moffat	Niall Cameron
Terry Kiser	Preacher
Franco Corsaro	Hector Jonas,Hector Jonas
Bernard Barrow	Leighton Siddley
Geraldine Fitzgerald	Rev. Wood
Nell Potts	Rachel as a Child
Shawn Campbell	James
Violet Dunn	Verla
Izzy Singer	Lee Shabab
Tod Engle	Nick as a Child,Bartender
Beatrice Pons	Actor
Dorotha Duckworth	Actor,Mae
Paul Newman	Actor
Simm Landres	Actor
Connie Robinson	Actor
Sylvia Shipman	Actor
Larry Fredericks	Actor
Wendell MacNeal	Actor
Bruno Engler	le barman
Jerome Moross	Composer

Technical Credits

Stewart Stern

Paul Newman	Director,Producer
Stewart Stern	Screenwriter
Alan Heim	Sound Effects
Dick Vorisek	Sound Effects

Editorial Reviews

Rachel, Rachel is a moving, mature meditation on loneliness and existential angst, best remembered as the directorial debut of Paul Newman. Newman intentionally chose this small-scale, dramatic story -- adapted by Stewart Stern from Margaret Laurence's novel A Jest of God -- to make his entrée into filmmaking. Newman's wife, Joanne Woodward, is convincing as the title character determined to change her life; the role aided her comeback from a string of mediocre pictures. Though acclaimed -- the picture was nominated for four Academy Awards -- the film suffered a quick death at the box office and is, regrettably, largely forgotten.