Wrestling with Alligators (1998)
At the end of an era, her life was just beginning.
95 min
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.
- Release date
- January 18, 1998
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Joely Richardson as Claire
- Claire Bloom as Lulu Fraker
- Adrienne Shelly as Mary
- Aleksa Palladino as Maddy Hawkins
- Nicole Bradin as Susan Wright
- Jay O. Sanders as Rick
- Angelica Page as Ruby
- Schuyler Grant as Delores
- Gail Neil as Mabel
- Sam Trammell as Will
Crew
- Laurie Weltz · Director
- Scott Kraft · Writer
- Laurie Weltz · Writer
- Marcia Kirkley · Producer
- Andrew Hollander · Composer
- Richard Dallett · Cinematographer
- Donna Stern · Editor
- Eve Battaglia · Casting director
- Pam Shamshiri · Production designer