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'''''Gloria''''' is a 1980 American [[neo-noir]] [[crime film|crime]] [[thriller film]] written and directed by [[John Cassavetes]]. It tells the story of a gangster's former girlfriend who goes on the run with a young boy who is being hunted by the mob for information he may or may not have.<ref>[https://mubi.com/en/us/collections/cassavetes-db MUBI Collection: CRACKED EMOTIONS: TWO BY JOHN CASSAVETES|MUBI]</ref><ref>
The film had its world premiere at the [[37th Venice International Film Festival]], winning the [[Golden Lion]], the festival's top prize, in a tie with ''[[Atlantic City (1980 film)|Atlantic City]]'' by [[Louis Malle]].
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* [[Julie Carmen]] as Jeri Dawn
* [[Buck Henry]] as Jack Dawn
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* Lupe Garnica as Margarita Vargas
* [[John Finnegan (actor)|John Finnegan]] as Frank
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[[John Cassavetes]] did not originally intend to direct his screenplay; he planned merely to sell the story to [[Columbia Pictures]]. However, once his wife, [[Gena Rowlands]], was asked to play the title character in the film, she asked Cassavetes to direct it.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}} ''Gloria'' is John Adames' only film role.<ref name="AFI Adames">{{cite web | title=John Adames| website=American Film Institute | url=https://catalog.afi.com/Person/251187-John-Adames | access-date=2023-12-05}}</ref>
A sequel was in the works before Cassavetes's death.
==Reception and legacy==
On [[review aggregator]] [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has a
Reviewing for the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'', [[Roger Ebert]] gave the film three out of four stars and described it as "tough, sweet and goofy", as well as "fun and engaging but slight". He believed the overly silly nature of the script is redeemed by "Cassavetes' reliance on a tried-and-true plot construction" and the acting performances, particularly that of Rowlands, who he said "propels the action with such appealing nervous energy that we don't have the heart to stop and think how silly everything is".<ref name="Ebert">{{cite news|last=Ebert|first=Roger|author-link=Roger Ebert|date=n.d.|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/gloria-1998|title=Gloria|newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|access-date=May 31, 2020|via=[[RogerEbert.com]]|others=The review is believed to have been first published c. October 1980; reprint date at the website is believed to be wrong}}</ref> In a retrospective review, ''[[Slant Magazine]]'' praised Rowlands' performance and said that "the supporting cast pales in comparison to Rowlands".<ref name="Slant">{{cite web |last1=Henderson |first1=Eric |title=Review: Gloria |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/gloria/ |website=[[Slant Magazine]] |publisher=Slant Magazine LLC |access-date=June 4, 2024 |date=March 14, 2003}}</ref>
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The film was remade in 1999 [[Gloria (1999 American film)|under the same title]] with a screenplay by [[Steve Antin]]. The remake was directed by [[Sidney Lumet]]. It starred [[Sharon Stone]] and Jean-Luke Figueroa.<ref name="Kim">Kim, Wook (January 19, 2012). [https://entertainment.time.com/2012/01/20/top-10-kickass-movie-women/slide/gloria-swenson-gloria/ "Top 10 Kickass Movie Women: Gloria Swenson, ''Gloria''"]. ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''.</ref>
Other films inspired by ''Gloria'' include [[Erick Zonca]]'s 2008 film ''[[Julia (2008 film)|Julia]]'', starring [[Tilda Swinton]]<ref name="V1">{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2008/film/markets-festivals/julia-2-1200548203/|title=Berlin review of ''Julia''|last=Cockrell|first=Eddie|date=February 9, 2008|access-date=October 12, 2023|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> and [[Luc Besson]]'s 1994 film ''[[Léon (film)|Léon: The Professional]]''.<ref name="Kim"/> In 2013, [[Paul Schrader]] was planning his own remake of the film, starring [[Lindsay Lohan]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2013/01/steven-soderbergh-offered-to-edit-the-canyons-lindsay-lohan-was-fired-the-saga-of-paul-schraders-troubled-film-102453/|title= Steven Soderbergh Offered To Edit 'The Canyons', Lindsay Lohan Was Fired & The Saga Of Paul Schrader's Troubled Film|last=Jagernauth|first=Kevin|date=January 10, 2013|magazine=[[IndieWire]]}}</ref> And, in 2018, [[Taraji P. Henson]] starred in a loose remake entitled [[Proud Mary (film)]].
===John Adames===
The film is notable for the performance of [[child actor]] John Adames (also known as Juan Adames), for which he won the first ever [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor]], shared with [[Laurence Olivier]] for his role in ''[[The Jazz Singer (1980 film)|The Jazz Singer]]''.<ref name="Slant"/> Adames, who had been cast after an [[open call]], was between five and seven years old when cast, and his character Phil Dawn was six.<ref name="t164">{{cite journal| title=The Kid Slays in the Picture | journal=Film Comment | volume=53 | issue=5 | page=20-21 | date=September 2017 | first=Shonni | last=Ennelow | url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/63adad2d5475a1be0a0e98807ee8093b/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=24820 | access-date=2024-07-16}}</ref><ref name="AFI 1980">{{cite web | title=GLORIA (1980) | website=American Film Institute | url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/56421 | access-date=2023-12-05}}</ref><ref name="The New Yorker 2013">{{cite magazine | title=Gloria | first=Richard | last=Brody | magazine=The New Yorker | date=2013-07-11 | url=https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/movies/gloria | access-date=2023-12-05}}</ref> He did not have any subsequent film roles.<ref name="t164"/>
Adames' performance was criticized by contemporary reviewers, who according to critic [[Ray Carney]], expected Adames to be "cute and cuddly", and when he was not, they judged that Cassavetes had failed.<ref name="Cassavetes Carney 2001">{{cite book | last=Cassavetes | first=John | last2=Carney | first2=Raymond | title=Cassavetes on Cassavetes | chapter=The Making of ''Gloria'' (1979-1980) | publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux | year=2001 | isbn=978-0-571-20157-0 | url=https://people.bu.edu/rcarney/cassoncass/gloria.shtml | access-date=2024-01-11 | page=}}</ref> Eric Henderson of ''[[Slant (magazine)|Slant]]'' magazine posited that the criticism was due to Adames' vocal delivery, which he compared to "what [[Paddy Chayefsky]] would sound like impersonating [[Alvin Chipmunk]]".<ref name="Slant
[[Roger Ebert]] praised Adames' performance, calling him "well cast".<ref name="Ebert"/> Writing for ''[[Film Comment]]'' in 2017, Shonni Enelow revisited Adames' performance as the "crucial positive negative" that "makes the film work".<ref name="t164"/>
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