A Married Couple

Billy and Antoinette Edwards let it all hang out for Allan King and crew in this jaw-dropping examination of a marriage in trouble, which “makes John Cassavetes’s Faces look like early Doris Day” (Time). Intense and hectic, frightening and funny, A Married Couple is ultimately a film about the eternal power struggle in romantic relationships, as well as a document of the moment when entrenched gender roles began to crumble.

Canada
1969
96 minutes
Color
1.33:1
English

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Collector's Set

The Actuality Dramas of Allan King

DVD Box Set

5 Discs

$55.96

Cast & Credits

Cast

Billy Edwards
Antoinette Edwards
Their child, Bogart
Their dog, Merton

Credits

Director: Allan King
Producer: Allan King
Cinematography: Richard Leiterman
Editing: Arla Saare
Sound: Ron Alexander
Music: Zalman Yanovsky
Music: Douglas Bush

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