Woman of the Hour

Movie Details:

Cast & Characters:

• Anna Kendrick as Sheryl
• Daniel Zovatto as Rodney
• Tony Hale as Ed
• Nicolette Robinson as Laura
• Pete Holmes as Terry
• Autumn Best as Amy
• Kathryn Gallagher as Charlie
• Kelley Jakle as Sarah
• Matt Visser as Bachelor #1
• Jedidiah Goodacre as Bachelor #2
• Rob Morton as Custodian (George Elliot)
• Dylan Schmid as Mario
• Karen Holness as Gretchen
• Denalda Williams as Marilyn
• Jessie Fraser as Lisa
• Matty Finochio as Casting Director
• Geoff Gustafson as Casting Director
• Max Lloyd-Jones as Ken
• Andy Thompson as Bob
• Nancy Kerr as Diane
• James Yi as Joe
• Jessica Chaffin as Helen
• Matthew Kevin Anderson as Mark
• Taylor Hastings as Melanie
• David Beairsto as Rodney’s Boss
• Darcy Laurie as Marty
• Marc Gaudet as Head Mover
• Bonnie Hay as Bartender
• Michael Adamthwaite as Dating Game Director
• Jacob Woike as Dating Game 1st Assistant Director
• Jason Simpson as Dating Game Announcer
• Hannah Henney as Bachelorette (Playback)
• Tighe Gill as Bachelor (Playback)
• Michael Jonsson as Booth Security Guard (Harold)
• Vonnie Bennetto as Typist
• Thomas Strumpski as Laundromat Owner
• John Herkenrath as Detective
• Jeremy Radin as Detective
• John Gillich as Sunbathing Man (uncredited)
• Roma Lucero as LA Times Employee (uncredited)

Storyline:

Woman of the Hour is based on the stranger-than-fiction true story of Cheryl Bradshaw and Rodney Alcala. Bradshaw was a bachelorette on the hit ’70s TV matchmaking show The Dating Game and chose handsome and funny bachelor No. 3, Rodney Alcala. But behind Alcala’s charming facade was a deadly secret: He was a psychopathic serial killer.

About Movie:

• Some of Sheryl’s negative experiences as an aspiring actor reflect Anna Kendrick’s own. Kendrick said the comment on Sheryl’s breasts was “lifted verbatim from something that happened to me when I was 19.”
• The life and crimes of Rodney Alcala were first portrayed in The Dating Game Killer (2017).
• Rodney Alcala graduated from UCLA’s School of Fine Arts and later studied film under Roman Polanski at NYU. Kendrick cut a scene in which Alcala discusses Polanski’s 1977 accusation of drugging and raping 13-year-old Samantha Geimer.
• This film marks Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut, where she also stars.
• Netflix acquired the film for $11 million after its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
• Originally titled Rodney and Sheryl and later The Dating Game.
• Initially, Kendrick was set only to star. She found support to direct from Paul Feig (A Simple Favor, 2018) and Brittany Snow.
• Sally Field, Don Johnson, Burt Reynolds, and Michael Jackson made early appearances on The Dating Game (1965).
• Ed Burke, the “Dating Game” host, is a fictionalized version of Jim Lange.
• One of the makeup artists is based on Tracey Ullman’s character, Ruby Romaine.
• Based on a true story.
• Kendrick and Kelley Jakle, the woman photographed at the film’s start, co-starred in the Pitch Perfect series.
• Rodney Alcala, a Mexican-American born in Texas, is portrayed by Costa Rican actor Daniel Zovatto.
• Released theatrically in select countries.
• One of three films about 1970s North American television, along with Late Night with the Devil (2023) and Saturday Night (2024).

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