Rachel, Rachel (1968)

Storyline

Rachel is a 35 year old school teacher who has no man in her life and lives with her mother. When a man from the big city returns and asks her out, she begins to have to make decisions about her life and where she wants it to go. Rachel, Rachel, the 1968 Paul Newman (his directorial debut) melodrama (‘If you passed her on the street you wouldn’t notice her… On the screen she is unforgettable.’; ‘who cares about a 35 year old virgin?’; ‘Based on ‘Jest of God’ by Margaret Lawrence’; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award; produced by Paul Newman) starring Joanne Woodward (in her nominated for Best Actress Academy Award title role as Rachel Cameron), James Olson, Kate Harrington, Estelle Parsons (in her nominated for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award role; ‘as Calla’), Donald Moffat, and Geraldine Fitzgerald (billed as ‘Special Guest Star Geraldine Fitzgerald’)