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Play It as It Lays

Play It as It Lays

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 19, 1972

Runtime

1h 39m

Genres

Drama

User Score

62%

Original Title

Play It as It Lays

Production Companies

Universal Pictures, F.P. Productions

Director

Frank Perry

Budget

$1,000,000

Description

Burned-out B-movie actress Maria, depressed and frustrated with her loveless marriage to an ambitious film director, Carter Lang, who would rather work on his career than on his relationship with her, numbs herself with drugs and sex with strangers. Only her friendship with a sensitive gay movie producer, B.Z., offers a semblance of solace. But even that relationship proves to be fleeting amidst the empty decadence of Hollywood.