Playing by Heart
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| Playing by Heart | |
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| Image:Playing by heart.jpg | |
| Directed by | Willard Carroll |
| Produced by | Willard Carroll Meg Liberman |
| Written by | Willard Carroll |
| Starring | Gillian Anderson Ellen Burstyn Sean Connery Anthony Edwards Angelina Jolie Jay Mohr Ryan Phillippe Dennis Quaid Gena Rowlands Jon Stewart Madeleine Stowe |
| Music by | John Barry |
| Cinematography | Vilmos Zsigmond |
| Editing by | Pietro Scalia |
| Distributed by | Miramax Films |
| Release date(s) | 1998 |
| Running time | 121 min. |
| IMDb profile | |
Playing by Heart is a 1998 comedy-drama film, which tells the story of several seemingly unconnected characters.
[edit] Story
Among the characters are a mature couple about to renew their vows (Sean Connery and Gena Rowlands); an anti-social woman (Gillian Anderson) who accepts a date offer from a stranger (Jon Stewart); a man dying of AIDS (Jay Mohr) and his mother (Ellen Burstyn) who has struggled to accept him; two clubbers who meet in a nightclub (Ryan Phillippe and Angelina Jolie); a couple having an affair (Anthony Edwards and Madeleine Stowe) and a man (Dennis Quaid) who tells his tragic life story to a woman he meets in a bar (Patricia Clarkson), but seems to have a strange connection to another mysterious woman. As the film continues and the stories evolve, the connections between the characters - both literal and subtextual - become evident. Kellie Waymire, Nastassja Kinski and Amanda Peet also have roles in the film.
[edit] Trivia
Jolie won an award for "Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actress" from the National Board of Review, USA, and writer/director Willard Carroll was nominated for an award at the Berlin International Film Festival.
The soundtrack includes songs by Morcheeba, Bonnie Raitt, Bran Van 3000, Edward Kowalczyk of Live, Neneh Cherry and Moby. Executive producers include Bob Weinstein and Harvey Weinstein, for Miramax Films.
In some regions, the film was released under the title Intermedia. The original US title was "Dancing About Architecture".
Hilary Duff has a small part in the movie as one of the character's children, although her part is uncredited.
[edit] External links
- Playing by Heart at the Internet Movie Database
- Playing by Heart at Rotten Tomatoes
- Playing by Heart at Box Office Mojo
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