What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1991)

Directed by

David Greene

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 33m

Rating

4.9 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A former child star now lives with her wheelchair-bound sister. The sister was a successful movie actress while the child star's career faded. Their relationship becomes filled with jealousy and cruelty.

tensepsychologically intensemelancholicclaustrophobicdarkslow-burnunsettlingdramaticforeboding

What happens

What Ever Happened to... (also known as What Ever Happened to Baby Jane...?) is a 1991 American made-for-television thriller film directed by David Greene and adapted for the small screen by Brian Taggert. It is based on the 1960 novel What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? by Henry Farrell and the 1962 theatrical film of the same name. It stars real-life sisters Lynn Redgrave as Baby Jane Hudson and Vanessa Redgrave as Blanche Hudson, in the roles previously played by Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in the 1962 adaptation. The film was adapted to contemporary times, with Blanche's film success taking place in the 1960s instead of the 1930s. Her films were being rediscovered on home video instead of television reruns. Jane had been a child film star (replacing the original's vaudeville success), though her films were unavailable, leading to her jealousy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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