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Director:
Fred Schepisi
Writers (WGA):
John Guare (play)
John Guare (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
8 December 1993 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Mystery more
Tagline:
For Paul, every person is a new door to a new world.
Plot:
Flan and Ouisa Kittredge, rich NYC art dealers, are called on one night by a young man, Paul, who professes to be a friend of their kids' from Harvard... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 nomination more
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(12 articles)
Fells Point Corner Theatre Presents The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl Nov 6 - Dec. 6
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J.J. Abrams: Pop-culture polymath
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User Comments:
'I want life to be experiences, not just anecdotes' more (81 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Stockard Channing ... Louisa ('Ouisa') Kittredge

Will Smith ... Paul

Donald Sutherland ... John Flanders ('Flan') Kittredge

Ian McKellen ... Geoffrey Miller
Mary Beth Hurt ... Kitty

Bruce Davison ... Larkin
Richard Masur ... Dr. Fine

Anthony Michael Hall ... Trent Conway

Heather Graham ... Elizabeth

Eric Thal ... Rick

Anthony Rapp ... Ben

Oz Perkins ... Woodrow ('Woody') Kittredge (as Osgood Perkins)
Catherine Kellner ... Talbot ('Tess') Kittredge

J.J. Abrams ... Doug (as Jeffrey Abrams)

Joe Pentangelo ... Police officer
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language and some sexuality.
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Runtime:
112 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:18A (Ontario) | Canada:G (Québec) | Germany:6 | Spain:13 | UK:15 | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Bronxville, New York, USA more
Company:
Maiden Movies more

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Trivia:
Doug (J.J. Abrams), when looking through the yearbook with the other college children, exclaims "there's Greg Grunberg!, a reference to Abrams' childhood friend whom he often casts in his own projects. more
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: When Flan is pretending to pray next to Ouisa, the boom mic and operator are reflected in the large window behind them. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Flan: My God!
Ouisa: Is anything gone?
Flan: How can I look, I'm shaking!
Ouisa: I want to know if anything's gone!
Flan: Calm down.
Ouisa: We could have been killed! Oh, my God! The Kandinsky!
Flan: The Kandinsky!
Ouisa: It's gone, oh my God! Call the police!
Flan: Oh, no, there it is. Oh! The silver Victorian inkwell!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Making of 'Enemy of the State' (2006) (V) more
Soundtrack:
THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU more

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41 out of 54 people found the following comment useful.
'I want life to be experiences, not just anecdotes', 7 October 2005
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Author: gradyharp from United States

SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION is an outstanding play transformed to the screen with dignity but with a script that keeps us in the live theatre instead of in a motion picture. Not that that is a bad thing: the script by John Guare is brilliant. It simply seems a little static, with its marvelous plays on words, repeated phrases, and disjointed movements significant unto themselves but not really taking advantage of cinematic possibilities of flow.

Essentially the tale of how a married couple who deal art (Stockard Channing and Donald Sutherland - both in peak form) are so caught up in their superficial lives that they are taken in by a handsome young African American con artist (Will Smith) whose various antics bring the couple round to reexamining their shallow existence. Most of the story is related over art dealings and dinner conversations and are peopled by such luminaries as Kitty Carlisle, Ian McKellen, artists Chuck Close and Kazuko, Mary Beth Hurt, Bruce Davidson etc - a really fine ensemble. There are many social comments clustered in this story and it continues to play well after its origins on the stage and fifteen years after the movie was made. This was one of Will Smith's entries into film as well as one of the gifted Stockard Channing's finest roles. Highly recommended for repeated viewings. Grady Harp

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