Husbands (film)

Husbands
Husbands
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	John Cassavetes
Written by	John Cassavetes
Produced by	Al Ruban
Starring	Ben Gazzara; Peter Falk; John Cassavetes;
Cinematography	Victor Kemper
Color process	Color by Deluxe
Production; company	Faces Music
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	December 8, 1970;
Running time	142 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1.7 million

Husbands is a 1970 American comedy-drama film written and directed by John Cassavetes.^[2] It stars Ben Gazzara, Peter Falk, and Cassavetes as three middle class men in the throes of a midlife crisis following the death of a close friend.^[3]

Distributed by Columbia Pictures, Husbands polarized critics upon release. Jay Cocks of Time described it as Cassavetes's finest work,^[4] but other critics, including Vincent Canby, Pauline Kael, and Roger Ebert, lambasted it.^[5]^[6]^[7]

^ "AFI|Catalog".
^ "Husbands (1970) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
^ O'Donoghue, Darragh (March 2018). "Husbands". Senses of Cinema. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
^ Cocks, Jay (December 7, 1970). "Cinema: Never Less Than Human". Time. Archived from the original on September 9, 2009. Retrieved February 18, 2009.
^ Canby, Vincent (December 9, 1970). "Film: Very Middle-Class Friendship: Cassavetes, Falk and Gazzara in 'Husbands'". The New York Times. Retrieved February 16, 2009.
^ Kouvaros, George (2004). Where Does It Happen?: John Cassavetes and Cinema at the Breaking Point. Minneapolis, Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-8166-4331-8.
^ Ebert, Roger. "Husbands". RogerEbert.com. Archived from the original on September 29, 2012. Retrieved February 17, 2009.