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The Big Chill

Movie (1983)

Kevin Kline and Glenn Close star as Harold and Sarah Cooper, a couple whose marital troubles are put on hold while they host an unhappy reunion of former college pals gathered for the funeral of one of their own, a suicide victim named Alex. As the weekend unfolds, the friends catch up with each other, play the music of their youth, reminisce, smoke marijuana, and pair off with each other.

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Released:	Sep 9th, 1983
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The Big Chill Main Cast

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Tom Berenger
plays Sam Weber

Glenn Close
plays Sarah Cooper

Jeff Goldblum
plays Michael Gold

William Hurt
plays Nick Carlton

Kevin Kline
plays Harold Cooper

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As he fights off the bat, Harold hums the theme from Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, a movie also written by Lawrence Kasdan.
Kevin Kline met future wife Phoebe Cates when she auditioned for the part of Chloe, which eventually went to Meg Tilly.
Flashback scenes with Kevin Costner as Alex were filmed, but cut. He is still visible as the body being dressed at the beginning of the film.
The main house in the film is in Beaufort, SC. It is the same house where The Great Santini was shot. Director Lawrence Kasdan liked "The Great Santini" so much that he decided to shoot his film in the same house.

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