Two Weeks in Another Town (1962) on Netflix
An alcoholic, Jack Andrus has spent three years in a sanitarium. Maurice Kruger, the director who once mentored him, offers him a part in the film he is shooting in Rome.
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Plot summary
Jack Andrus used to be an established movie star. He is an alcoholic. His wife Carlotta has divorced him, a car crash nearly killed him, and he has spent three years in a sanitarium after a nervous breakdown. Maurice Kruger, the director who was a mentor to him, is himself a has-been who now works in Italy on a movie starring Davie Drew, an up-and-coming young actor. Kruger offers Andrus a part in the film, and Andrus comes to Rome only to learn that the role is no longer his. Kruger's wife Clara shows him no pity, but he is taken on at Cinecittà Studio to help dub the actors' lines.
Cast
- Joanna Roosas Janet Bark
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
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- MGM's new studio head Joseph Vogel had Two Weeks in Another Town re-edited without director Vincente Minnelli's input as a "family film", cutting 15 minutes including an orgy-party scene inspired by Fellini's La Dolce Vita and a Cyd Charisse monologue; Minnelli and producer John Houseman protested in vain.
- The story of Two Weeks in Another Town was seen by some as a depiction of the real Hollywood relationships among Tyrone Power, Linda Christian and Darryl Zanuck.
