- Release Date: 1979
- Runtime: 92 min
- Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Starring: John Heard, Mary Beth Hurt, Peter Riegert, Kenneth McMillan ... see all
- Director: Joan Micklin Silver
- Plot: Charles is a Salt Lake City civil servant who loves (*LOVES*) Laura, a lovely housewife with a lovely step-daughter and an A-frame-selling, ex-quarterback husband named Ox. His roommate is "an... Read more
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Nov 08, 2001
raymond_chandler - imdb.com
Nov 08, 2001raymond_chandler - imdb.com
I have always loved this film, ever since I first saw it in its re-release as "CSOW" in 1982. I have never seen the "Head Over Heels" version, thankfully. What really hit me then was the parallel to an obsessive love... Full review
Funny, Powerful Film On Obsession
Aug 31, 2001
shark-43 - imdb.com
Aug 31, 2001shark-43 - imdb.com
This is one of my favorite films and the lead performance by John Heard is sterling. It is one of the most honest, heartbreaking performances I have ever seen on someone's obsession with another person. Heard plays a state government worker... Full review
A quirky, funny, yet bittersweet love story
Jul 14, 1999
Aldanoli - imdb.com
Jul 14, 1999Aldanoli - imdb.com
Charles (John Heard) falls hard for Laura (Marybeth Hurt), a woman confused about the choices she has made in life; his obsession for her only deepens her overall confusion. This film was re-edited and re-released in 1982 as *Chilly Scenes of... Full review
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2007-02-01
As noted in my earlier post on the rapidly disappearing "The Good German''("Chilly Scenes of Winter''), this has been a disappointing season for movies that opened in limited release in December, and expanded in January in anticipation of Oscar nominations... ... Full Article
Joan Micklin Silver's writing and direction are at the heart of this wistful recollection of a romance, based on Ann Beattie's novel Chilly Scenes of Winter. ... Full Article
A long wall crosses the back of the stage, a wall of mustard yellow, covered with what looks to be bluish moss. Behind it rise up dozens of tall, spindly birch branches, their whiteness and thinness accentuated by a broad... ... Full Article


Head over Heels/Chilly Scenes Of Winter 1979 - john heard mary beth hurt
Head Over Heels/Chiily Scenes Of Winter Beginning of Film With Original Theatrical Title 1979
