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(2000) In the suspense drama, suggested by actual events,
a woman writes a novel about a self-destructive affair, then unwittingly lives out the
very story she invented. Baxter plays Muriel, a wife and mother who is reeling from the
success of her first novel.
Muriel's book, The Wednesday Woman, focuses on a woman's affair
with a psychotic criminal who almost kills
her. Life begins to imitate art when Muriel, a recovering alcoholic who grew up abused by
her father, finds
herself recklessly drawn into an affair with ex-convict Don Wigulow (Coyote). Wigulow
preys on Muriel's vulnerabilities and lures her into a perilous downward spiral that
threatens her marriage, her daughter and eventually her life.
Heard plays Bill Davidson, Muriel's devoted husband, who
finds himself using her book as a guide as he desperately
tries to save his wife from her own self destructive ways
as well as Wigulow's deadly clutches. |
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Cast
- Meredith Baxter.........Muriel Davidson
- Peter Coyote...................Don Wigulow
- John Heard.......................Bill Davidson
- Ingrid Torrance...........Martha Sullivan
- Brittany Irwin...............Mimi Davidson
- Babs Chula..................Andrea Glissner
Credits
- Directed by...............Christopher Leach
- Teleplay by.................Nevin Schreinder
- Based on the book, The Thursday Woman by Muriel Davidson
- Music by............................Pray for Rain
- Cinematography...................Ron Orieux
- Running time: 100 minutes
- Filmed in Vancouver in January 2000
- Premiered on CBS on May 24, 2000
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