Jupiter's Wife (1995) on Netflix
NR19951h 27mBiographyDocumentaryMystery
In Central Park a filmmaker meets Maggie Cogan, who keeps six dogs and carries her belongings in a backpack. She calls Jupiter her husband and herself the goddess Juno.
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Plot summary
A filmmaker at work in Central Park meets Maggie Cogan, who leads six dogs and carries her belongings in an oversized backpack. She tells him she has been expecting him. She says she is the Roman goddess Juno, that the god Jupiter is her husband, and that she hears messages through radio waves and through songs on her headphones. She gives St. James Church as her address and says she became homeless in 1986. Her friend Katina Pendleton brings her food and finds care for her dogs.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Jupiter's Wife (1995)
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- Director Michel Negroponte invited Lisa Ryan, who had lived with Maggie Cogan in 1977, to take part in the documentary, but she declined; Ryan later said she was sorry she hadn't been in it, and found the way Cogan talked about her life touching and sad.
- Maggie Cogan was the first female coachman in Central Park, a job she held while working for the Plaza Hotel.
- Jupiter's Wife was shot on location in Central Park across a two-year period, from 1989 to 1991, using a Super/VHS camcorder; the footage was then transferred to 35mm film.
