Play It as It Lays (1972)
Play It as It Lays (1972) - Drama Movies 99 minutes. . Burned-out B-movie actress Maria, depressed and frustrated with her loveless marriage to an ambitious film director, Carter Lang, who would rather work on his career than on his relationship with her, numbs herself with drugs and sex with strangers. Only her friendship with a sensitive gay movie producer, B.Z., offers a semblance of solace. But even that relationship proves to be fleeting amidst the empty decadence of Hollywood. drug abuse, mental breakdown, alienation, film in film, fame, mental institution, mental illness, lgbt, forced abortion, marital tensions, parental alienation, lavender marriage
Released: Oct 19, 1972
Runtime: 99 minutes
Genre: Drama
Stars: Tuesday Weld, Anthony Perkins, Adam Roarke, Tammy Grimes, Ruth Ford, Eddie Firestone
Crew: Frank Perry (Director), Joan Didion (Screenplay), John Gregory Dunne (Screenplay), Roger M. Rothstein (Production Manager), Edward Teets (First Assistant Director), Joe Scully (Casting)