Jupiter's Wife

Jupiter's Wife (1995)

A Haunting Real Life Mystery

Michel Negroponte, a documentary filmmaker, meets Maggie one day in Central Park. Maggie claims to be married to the god Jupiter and the daughter of actor Robert Ryan. Michel gets to know Maggie over the next couple of years, and attempts to use her often outlandish stories as clues to reconstruct her past.

Date of release
1995-09-08
TMDB
7.1 / 10 (8)
Runtime
1h 27m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Michel Negroponte

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0. Including: Sundance Special Jury Recognition for Directing

Jupiter's Wife is a 1995 documentary film, directed by American producer and director Michel Negroponte, about Maggie Cogan, a charismatic homeless woman living in New York City's Central Park who believes she is the Roman goddess Juno, married to the god Jupiter, and daughter of the late American actor Robert Ryan. Cogan was the first female coachman in Central Park, while working for the Plaza Hotel. The film won several awards at various film festivals, including the Sundance Film Festival and Vancouver International Film Festival; and won an Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Documentary.

Production

The film was shot on location in Central Park over a two-year period (1989 to 1991) with a Super/VHS camcorder and then transferred to 35mm film. Director Negroponte was 42 years old and teaching film production at New York University at the time of filming. He invited Lisa Ryan, who lived with Cogan in 1977, to be a part of the documentary; but she declined.

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