Husbands
The trailblazing independent auteur John Cassavetes pushes his raw, uncompromising emotional realism to its limit in this unflinching portrait of masculinity in crisis. Cassavetes joins Ben Gazzara and Peter Falk—both of whom would become key collaborators of the director’s—playing a trio of middle-aged Long Island family men who, following the sudden death of their close mutual friend, channel their grief into an epic, multiday bender that takes them from Manhattan to London in a desperate, debauched quest to feel alive. By turns painfully funny and woundingly perceptive, this “comedy about life, death, and freedom” (as its tagline stated) stands as perhaps the most fearless, harrowingly honest deconstruction of American manhood ever committed to film.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Audio commentary from 2009 featuring critic Marshall Fine
- New interviews with producer Al Ruban and actor Jenny Runacre
- New video essay featuring audio recordings of actor-director John Cassavetes discussing his approach to working with actors
- The Story of “Husbands”— A Tribute to John Cassavetes (2009), a half-hour program featuring Ruban, actor Ben Gazzara, and cinematographer Victor J. Kemper
- Episode of The Dick Cavett Show from 1970 featuring Cassavetes, Gazzara, and actor Peter Falk
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by filmmaker Andrew Bujalski
New cover by Eric Skillman
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Audio commentary from 2009 featuring critic Marshall Fine
- New interviews with producer Al Ruban and actor Jenny Runacre
- New video essay featuring audio recordings of actor-director John Cassavetes discussing his approach to working with actors
- The Story of “Husbands”— A Tribute to John Cassavetes (2009), a half-hour program featuring Ruban, actor Ben Gazzara, and cinematographer Victor J. Kemper
- Episode of The Dick Cavett Show from 1970 featuring Cassavetes, Gazzara, and actor Peter Falk
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by filmmaker Andrew Bujalski
New cover by Eric Skillman
Cast
- Ben Gazzara
- Harry
- Peter Falk
- Archie
- John Cassavetes
- Gus
- Jenny Runacre
- Mary
- Jenny Lee Wright
- Pearl
- Noelle Kao
- Julie
- John Kullers
- Red
- Meta Shaw Stevens
- Harry’s wife, Annie
- Leola Harlow
- Leola
- Delores Delmar
- The countess
- Eleanor Zee
- Mrs. Hines
- Claire Malis
- Stuart’s wife
- Peggy Lashbrook
- Diana Mallabee
- Eleanor Gould
- “Normandy” singer
- Sarah Felcher
- Sarah
- Gwen Van Dam
- “Jeanie” singer
- John Armstrong
- “Happy Birthday” singer
- Antoinette Kray
- “Jesus Loves Me” singer
- Lorraine MacMartin
- Annie’s mother
- David Rowlands
- Stuart
- Nick Cassavetes
- Gus’s child
- Xan Cassavetes
- Gus’s child
Credits
- Director
- John Cassavetes
- Written by
- John Cassavetes
- Producer
- Al Ruban
- Associate producer
- Sam Shaw
- Director of photography
- Victor J. Kemper
- Production supervisor
- Fred Caruso
- Supervising editor
- Peter Tanner
- Graphic artist
- Edie Shaw
- Musical director
- Stanley Wilson
- Musical director
- Jack Ackerman
- NEW YORK
- Art director
- Rene D'Auriac
- Production manager
- Robert Greenhut
- Camera operator
- Michael Chapman
- Camera operator
- Dick Mingalone
- Continuity
- Nancy Norman
- Sound
- Dennis Maitland
- Costumes
- Lewis Brown
- Makeup
- Robert Laden
- LONDON
- Assistant director
- Simon Hinkly
- Assistant director
- Philip Mead
- Camera operator
- Geoff Glover
- Sound
- Barry Copland
- Continuity
- Peggy Lashbrook
- Wardrobe
- Shura Cohen
- Wardrobe
- Dennis Frun
- Makeup
- Tommie Manderson
A scene from Husbands
