Play It As It Lays
Directed by Frank Perry6.364%58%5.9
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.
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Play It As It Lays was released on October 19, 1972.
Play It As It Lays was directed by Frank Perry.
Play It As It Lays has a runtime of 1h 39m.
Play It As It Lays was produced by Frank Perry, Dominick Dunne.
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.
The key characters in Play It As It Lays are Maria Wyeth Lang (Tuesday Weld), B.Z. (Anthony Perkins), Carter Lang (Adam Roarke).
Play It As It Lays is rated R.
Play It As It Lays is a Drama film.
Play It As It Lays has an audience rating of 5.8 out of 10.