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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Profanity Movie Release: 1993 DVD Release: 08/05/2003 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Edition: Dual Layered Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 47 mins Studio: Walt Disney Video Members Wishing: 3 Genres: Comedy Drama, Romantic Comedy, Ensemble Film

Based on the play by Ivan Menchell, this drama concerns three friends, Doris (Olympia Dukakis), Lucille (Diane Ladd), and Esther (Ellen Burstyn). All three live in the same Jewish community in Pittsburgh, are in their mid-to-late 50s, and have become widows within the past few months. Once a week, they gather to visit their husbands' graves and meet at a deli afterward to talk about their lives. Doris remains fiercely devoted to her late husband and takes her responsibilities as a widow seriously. Lucille is eager to get her feet back in the waters of dating, partly as revenge against her late husband, who often cheated on her, and partly because she's very lonely by herself. Esther is also not used to being alone after 39 years of marriage, but she doesn't feel ready to start dating again, at least not until she meets Ben (Danny Aiello), a former cop turned cab driver who gradually but firmly eases his way into her life. Doris is appalled when she discovers that Esther is dating again and loudly protests that she's being disrespectful to her late husband, while Lucille is more than a bit jealous that Esther snagged a good man before she could. Jerry Orbach and Lee Richardson appear in a brief prologue sequence. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Ellen Burstyn - Esther Moskowitz
Olympia Dukakis - Doris Silverman
Danny Aiello - Ben Katz
Diane Ladd - Lucille Rubin
Lainie Kazan - Selma

This comedy about three older women dealing with life after the death of their husbands gets a streamlined presentation in this release on DVD. The Cemetery Club has been given a letterboxed transfer at the original aspect ratio of 1.85:1, and the audio has been mastered in Dolby Digital Surround Stereo. The original English language soundtrack has been included, as well as optional Spanish subtitles and Closed Captioning in English. No bonus material has been included. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide