Mr. And Mrs. Bridge

Mr. And Mrs. Bridge, motion picture about an affluent couple in Kansas City, Missouri, based on two novels by Evan S. Connell. Released in 1990, the film earned awards from the New York Film Critics Circle for Ruth Prawer Jhabvala’s screenplay and for Joanne Woodward’s performance as Mrs. Bridge. Mrs. Bridge and the rest of the family have difficulty dealing with Mr. Bridge (played by Paul Newman), who is an emotionally distant man. One daughter runs off to New York City to become an actor while the other falls in love with a working-class man.

Director

• James Ivory

Cast

• Paul Newman (Walter Bridge)
• Joanne Woodward (India Bridge)
• Robert Sean Leonard (Douglas Bridge)
• Margaret Welsh (Carolyn Bridge)
• Kyra Sedgwick (Ruth Bridge)
• Blythe Danner (Grace Barron)
• Simon Callow (Dr. Sauer)
• Malachy McCourt (Dr. Forster)
• Austin Pendleton (Mr. Gadbury)
• Diane Kagan (Julia)
• Saundra McClain (Harriet)
• Gale Garnett (Mabel Ong)
• Marcus Giamatti (Gil Davis)
• Remak Ramsay (Virgil Barron)

Awards

• New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress (1990): Joanne Woodward
• New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay (1990): Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Trivia

• Jhabvala also wrote the screenplay for A Room With a View (1986).