Film

Wrestling with Alligators

1998 · 1h 35m · Drama

At the end of an era, her life was just beginning.

IMDb

5.0

All that Maddy Hawkins has ever wanted was a family she could call her own. Even in 1959, the simplest things are difficult to find...Maddy, a street-wise teenage runaway, believes she has created this family with the women who live with her in an East Coast woman-only rooming house: Lulu, an eccentric silent-screen star; Claire, a beautiful, widowed French war bride; and Mary, a young artist.But as Maddy watches her newfound family fall apart, she begins to realize that some things in life are worth fighting for, and that the bonds of true friendship are the strongest bonds of all.

Joely Richardson

Claire

Claire Bloom

Lulu Fraker

Aleksa Palladino

Maddy Hawkins

Adrienne Shelly

Mary

Sam Trammell

Will

Jay O. Sanders

Rick

Tom Guiry

Pete (as Thomas Guiry)

Nicole Bradin

Susan Wright

• Laurie WeltzWriter · Director
• Scott KraftWriter
• Marcia KirkleyProducer
• Cat VilliersExecutive Producer
• Tim BuxtonExecutive Producer
• Mindy AffrimeExecutive Producer
• Richard DallettDirector of Photography
• Andrew HollanderOriginal Music Composer
• Donna SternEditor

Release date

January 18, 1998

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

NR

Genres

Drama

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