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THE WOMEN

Director: Diane English
Stars: Meg Ryan, Eva Mendes, Annette Bening
Studio: Picturehouse Entertainment
Genre: Comedy - Drama

CAST:

Meg Ryan … Mary Haines
Annette Bening … Sylvia Fowler
Eva Mendes … Crystal Allen
Debra Messing … Edie Cohen
Jada Pinkett Smith … Alex Fisher
Bette Midler … Leah Miller
Candice Bergen … Catherine Frazier
Carrie Fisher … Bailey Smith
Cloris Leachman … Maggie
Debi Mazar … Tanya
India Ennenga … Molly Haines
Jill Flint … Annie
Ana Gasteyer … Pat
Joanna Gleason … Barbara Delacorte
Tilly Scott Pedersen … Uta
Lynn Whitfield … Glenda Hill
Natasha Alam … Natasha
Emily Seymour … April Cohen
Allison Seymour … April Cohen
Lauren Lefebvre … May Cohen
Lindsay Lefebvre … May Cohen
Isabella Panteledes … June Cohen
Olivia Panteledes … June Cohen
Madaleine Black … January Cohen
Meredith Black … January Cohen
Jana Robbins … Lingerie Sales Woman
Maya Ri Sanchez … Dora
Ruby Hondros … Jimmy Choo Wearer
NiCole Robinson … Makeover Lady
Danielle Perry … Salon Assistant
Lindsay Flathers … Taylor
Christy Scott Cashman … Jean
Celeste Oliva … Gilda
Denece Ryland … Cory
Allyssa Maurice … Sweet Woman
Jordan Schechter … Ashley
Marina Re … Helene
Stephanie Clayman … Admissions Nurse
Maria Elena Ramirez … OB-GYN Maria
Pamela Lambert … Scrub Nurse
Ellen Withrow … Nurse at Recovery Hotel

SYNOPSIS:

‘The Women’ tells the story of Mary Haines (Meg Ryan), a clothing designer who seems to have it all — a beautiful country home, a rich financier husband, an adorable 11-year-old daughter and a part-time career creating designs for her father’s venerable clothing company. Her best friend, Sylvie Fowler (Annette Bening), leads another enviable life — a happily single editor of a prominent fashion magazine, a possessor of a huge closet of designer clothes and a revered arbiter of taste and style poised on New York’s cutting edge. But when Mary’s husband enters into an affair with Crystal Allen (Eva Mendes), a sultry ’spritzer girl’ lurking behind the Saks Fifth Avenue perfume counter, all hell breaks loose. Mary and Sylvie’s relationship is tested to the breaking point while their tight-knit circle of friends, including mega-mommy Edie Cohen (Debra Messing) and author Alex Fisher (Jada Pinkett-Smith), all start to question their own friendships and romantic relationships as well.

TRIVIA:

Before development was put on hold in 2006, Annette Bening and Uma Thurman were rumored to have been considered for the roles of Mary Haines and Crystal Allen respectively. Also Lisa Kudrow and Anne Hathaway were in talks for the roles of Mirian Aarons and Peggy Day, but the roles were cut out of the final script.

In the late 1970’s a remake of the 1939 classic was proposed to star Jane Fonda, Barbra Streisand, and Faye Dunaway, but it was not made.

For scenes that were planned on being shot in the Boston Public Library, it was suggested that all portraits of men,and all busts of men were replaced with those of women. However, this scene was never shot.

Like the 1939 version, the film has an all-female cast.