The Big Chill
The story of eight old friends searching for something they lost, and finding that all they needed was each other.
Seven old college friends gather for a weekend reunion after the funeral of one of their own.
- Director
- Lawrence Kasdan
- Signature
- Craft · Humour · Drama
- Worldwide
- $56M
Who's in it
Cast
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Seven old college friends gather for a weekend reunion after the funeral of one of their own.
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The record
Awards
1 win · 3 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 3 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Picture
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actress
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
1 win
- WinnerNational Board of Review: Top Ten Films
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Big Chill returned 7.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $8M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $56M
- Release date
- Sep 30, 1983
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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