''Call Jane'' is a 2022 American

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starring Elizabeth Banks as a suburban housewife in the 1960s who deals with a life-threatening pregnancy. The film also stars Sigourney Weaver, Chris Messina, Kate Mara, Wunmi Mosaku, Cory Michael Smith, Grace Edwards, and John Magaro. It is directed by

Phyllis Nagy Phyllis Nagy ( ; born November 7, 1962) is an American theatre director, theatre and film director, screenwriter and playwright. In 2006, Nagy was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Mi ...

. The screenplay was written by Hayley Schore and Roshan Sethi. It premiered at the

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on January 21, 2022. It was released in the United States on October 28, 2022, by

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Synopsis

Joy, a traditional housewife in the United States in the 1960s, learns that she is pregnant with a second child but that the pregnancy threatens her life. She comes across the

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s, an underground network of women who take risks to provide abortions to pregnant women.

Cast

Production

The script originally appeared on the 2017

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, where it received seven votes. Coincidentally, another script based on the same story, titled ''This is Jane'' by Daniel Loflin, was also featured on the same Black List, with nine votes. It was announced in October 2020 that Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver, Kate Mara and

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had been cast to star in the film. Elisabeth Moss and Susan Sarandon had been initially cast as Joy and Virginia respectively, but both had to exit due to scheduling conflicts. Filming began in

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in May 2021, with Wunmi Mosaku joining the cast. In May 2021, Chris Messina, Cory Michael Smith, Aida Turturro, Grace Edwards and Bianca D'Ambrosio joined the cast of the film, with Friend no longer attached.

Release

It premiered at the

on January 21, 2022. On February 4, 2022,

acquired the film's distribution rights, with plans to release it theatrically in the fall. It was released on October 28, 2022. The film partnered with

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and the Abortion Care Network to screen at dozens of American clinics. In a statement by Nagy, the director hoped that screenings would serve as an opportunity to increase awareness around direct abortion care services in the months following the overturning of ''

Roe v. Wade ''Roe v. Wade'', 410 U.S. 113 (1973),. was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States conferred the right to have an abortion. The decision struck down many federal and st ...

''.

Reception

On its opening weekend, ''Call Jane'' grossed $243,922.https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl960135937/?ref_=bo_we_table_14

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 7461272 2022 films 2022 independent films American drama films Films about abortion Films set in 1968 Films set in 1973 Films shot in Los Angeles 2022 drama films Roadside Attractions films 2020s feminist films 2020s English-language films 2020s American films