Love Affair (1994)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Glenn Gordon Caron

Writers (WGA):

Mildred Cram (1939 story) and
Leo McCarey (1939 story) ...

Release Date:

21 October 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | Comedy

Plot:

Ex-football star Mike Gambril meets Terry McKay on a flight to Sydney, which is forced to land on a small atoll...

Plot Keywords:

Ship | Married Couple | Box Office Flop | Remake | Airplane

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Warren Beatty	...	Mike Gambril
Annette Bening	...	Terry McKay
Katharine Hepburn	...	Ginny
Garry Shandling	...	Kip DeMay
Chloe Webb	...	Tina Wilson
Pierce Brosnan	...	Ken Allen
Kate Capshaw	...	Lynn Weaver
Paul Mazursky	...	Herb Stillman
Brenda Vaccaro	...	Nora Stillman
Glenn Shadix	...	Anthony Rotundo
Barry Miller	...	Robert Crosley
Harold Ramis	...	Sheldon Blumenthal
Linda Wallem	...	Lorraine
Meagen Fay	...	SSA Flight Attendant
Ray Girardin	...	Wally Tripp

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | Australia:M | Spain:T | USA:PG-13 | UK:12 | Singapore:PG | Canada:PG

Filming Locations:

5th Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Mulholland Productions

Trivia:

This movie is the only time that Katharine Hepburn ever said the word "fuck" on-screen.

Goofs:

Continuity: The aircraft exterior is that of a newest Boeing 747-400, however the interior shots show a spiral staircase only used on the older 747-100 and 200 models.

Quotes:

Ginny: The trick in life isn't getting what you want, my dear, it's wanting it after you get it.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "The Critic: Siskel & Ebert & Jay & Alice (#2.2)" (1995)

Soundtrack:

Never Let Your Left Hand Know What Your Right Hand's Doing

Katherine Hepburn...the only reason I watched this movie...

Without her this movie would be maybe something to watch on a rainy Saturday afternoon when there's not much on cable. But K Hepburn takes this film from "ok" to "something worth spending spending time watching." Even at her age the strength of her character and acting ability brought the few sparks there were into this film. But I've always considered Warren & Annette a perfect match...bland...bland...and more bland. Do they have a personality?? I truly don't understand how they got to where they are today, but I could say the very same thing about some of our re-electeds. If you want to watch a much better version of the story with an entirely different sphere of acting check out the 1957 version "An Affair to Remember" with Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. Some scenes are a little outdated, but the acting and chemistry between these two make it timeless. They've made their characters seem so real, they almost jump out of the screen. Then it all comes to a head in this heartbreakingly emotional ending, a story of selfless love, I cry every time. Annette & Warren simply don't have the acting ability or charisma to give these characters that certain kind of trueness in which you would feel any great emotional investment. They strike me as very into themselves sort of selfish people anyway, could they truly characterize selflessness?