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First Monday in October is a american film of genre Drama directed by Ronald Neame released in USA on 21 august 1981 with Walter Matthau
First Monday in October (1981)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 21 august 1981
Length 1h38
Directed by Ronald Neame
OriginUSA
Themes Films based on plays
Rating63%
First Monday in October is a 1981 American film based on the play of the same name by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, and directed by Ronald Neame. Walter Matthau (for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy) and Jill Clayburgh (for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy) performed the principal roles.
The cast also includes Jan Sterling in her final film role.
In her review, Janet Maslin noted several narrative discontinuities in the film, as well as the casting of James Stephens in a role very similar to his one in the television series The Paper Chase.
The film was scheduled for a February 1982 release; President Ronald Reagan's appointment of Sandra Day O'Connor as the first female Supreme Court justice on July 7, 1981 forced the film's release a month after the presidential nomination.
Synopsis
At the start of the story, the death of Associate Justice Stanley Moorehead has created a vacancy on the United States Supreme Court. The new appointee turns out to be Ruth Loomis, a staunch conservative, who is confirmed as the first female US Supreme Court Justice. She and Associate Justice Daniel Snow, a committed liberal and many years older than Loomis, clash intellectually on just about every judicial issue before them. One case involves a pornographic film and arguments about freedom of speech. With time, the two characters develop a liking and respect for each other.Actors
Walter Matthau
(Dan Snow)
Jill Clayburgh
(Ruth Loomis)
Barnard Hughes
(Chief Justice Crawford)
Jan Sterling
(Christine Snow)
James Stephens
(Mason Woods)
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