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About Alex
Why this pick
This contemporary reunion directly echoes The Big Chill’s mix of grief, old college bonds, romantic history and uneasy questions about adult lives.
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MOVIE1983 1h 45m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Harold Cooper is bathing his young son when his wife, Sarah, receives a phone call at their Richmond home telling her that their friend, Alex, has committed suicide.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Tom Berenger
Sam Weber
William Hurt
Nick Carlton
Mary Kay Place
Meg Jones
Meg Tilly
Chloe
Patricia Gaul
Annie
Glenn Close
Sarah Cooper
Jeff Goldblum
Michael Gold
Don Galloway
Richard Bowens