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Chilly Scenes of Winter

Original title: Head Over Heels
  • 1979
  • PG
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
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2.3K
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Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979)
Working for the Utah state government as a report writer, Charles Richardson reminisces about his past love affair with Laura Connolly, with who he was immediately attracted upon first sight when she worked in the file section of his office. Their relationship was despite Laura then being married to ex-football player Jim, nicknamed Ox, he bringing an adolescent daughter, Rebecca, into their blended family. When she and Charlie met, Laura was already on a trial separation from Ox, which always tainted Laura and Charlie's relationship in her sense of guilt as Ox never did anything bad to precipitate that separation. Charlie can't help but think about Laura as he is still in love with her and wants to get back together with her, their relationship which ended when she returned to Ox, who never knew about Charlie in her life. Charlie's thoughts about Laura are only one complication in his life, those other complicating people being: his perpetually "half glass full sister" Susan, who shares the house he inherited from their grandmother; his longtime best friend Sam Maguire, a men's garments salesman who is even less motivated with work than Charlie; his mother Clara, whose eccentricities and suicidal tendencies may solely be a cry for attention; Clara's current husband Pete, who wants a bromance with Charlie despite knowing Charlie doesn't much like him; his boss, Mr. Patterson, who continually uses him as a guidance counselor in issues related to his teenage son; and his typist Betty, who is attracted to Charlie herself not knowing about his and Laura's past relationship, and who Charlie consciously and unconsciously uses in knowing she still is in touch with Laura.
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Charles, a bored civil servant struggling through a harsh Utah winter, spends most of his time reflecting on his romance with Laura, a coworker who left him to return to her husband, an A-Fr... Read allCharles, a bored civil servant struggling through a harsh Utah winter, spends most of his time reflecting on his romance with Laura, a coworker who left him to return to her husband, an A-Frame salesman.Charles, a bored civil servant struggling through a harsh Utah winter, spends most of his time reflecting on his romance with Laura, a coworker who left him to return to her husband, an A-Frame salesman.

  • Director
    • Joan Micklin Silver
  • Writers
    • Ann Beattie
    • Joan Micklin Silver
  • Stars
    • John Heard
    • Mary Beth Hurt
    • Peter Riegert
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    2.3K
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    • Director
      • Joan Micklin Silver
    • Writers
      • Ann Beattie
      • Joan Micklin Silver
    • Stars
      • John Heard
      • Mary Beth Hurt
      • Peter Riegert
    • 45User reviews
    • 49Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    John Heard
    John Heard
    • Charles
    Mary Beth Hurt
    Mary Beth Hurt
    • Laura
    Peter Riegert
    Peter Riegert
    • Sam
    Kenneth McMillan
    Kenneth McMillan
    • Pete
    Gloria Grahame
    Gloria Grahame
    • Clara
    Nora Heflin
    • Betty
    Jerry Hardin
    Jerry Hardin
    • Mr. Patterson
    Tarah Nutter
    • Susan
    Mark Metcalf
    Mark Metcalf
    • Ox
    Allen Joseph
    Allen Joseph
    • Blindman
    Frances Bay
    Frances Bay
    • Mrs. Delillo
    Griffin Dunne
    Griffin Dunne
    • Dr. Mark
    Alex Johnson
    • Elise
    Beverly Rowland
    • Woman in Park
    • (as Beverly Booth Rowland)
    Oscar Rowland
    Oscar Rowland
    • Man in Store
    Ann Beattie
    • Waitress
    Angela Phillips
    • Rebecca
    Margaressa Peach Taylor
    • Dancing Nurse
    • Director
      • Joan Micklin Silver
    • Writers
      • Ann Beattie
      • Joan Micklin Silver
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    • Trivia
      Ann Beattie: the author of the original novel, plays a waitress in a diner scene and was paid $26 for the non-speaking part. (A speaking part would have paid $225.)
    • Quotes
      • Blind Man: What do you want?
      • Charles: [laughing crazily] What do I want? I wanna marry Laura. I thought everybody knew that. I'd even settle for living with her. What do I want? Let's talk about what I have. You know what I have? I have, I have... an unemployed jacket salesman living in my spare room, I have a mother that won't get out of the bathtub, I have a sister that always wants me to be happy, I have a stepfather that wants me to take disco lessons and I have a secretary that wants me to throw parties so that she can make dips. And I have this boss that wants *me* to give his son advice on his sexual problems!
      • Blind Man: You've been up all night. That only makes things look worse.
      • Charles: Yeah? I really thought I was having a nervous breakdown for a second there.
      • Blind Man: [sympathetically] Oh, sure!
    • Alternate versions
      Head over Heels was released in 1979 and flopped as a mainstream release. After it flopped, the producers took the film, reedited it, added a new ending that was faithful to the original novel by Ann Beattie (who appears as a waitress at the beginning of the film), and released the new version as Chilly Scenes of Winter (the same title as the original novel) in 1980 in film houses.
    • Connections
      Featured in Sneak Previews: Running/Head Over Heels/Skatetown, U.S.A./The Legacy/Yanks (1979)
    • Soundtracks
      Get It While You Can
      Written by Jerry Ragovoy (as Ragovoy) and Mort Shuman (as Schuman)
      Performed by Janis Joplin
      Courtesy of CBS Records

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    Details

    • Release date
      • July 15, 1982 (Australia)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Head Over Heels
    • Filming locations
      • Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
    • Production company
      • Triple Play Productions
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    Box office

    • Budget
      • $2,200,000 (estimated)
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 35m(95 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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