Sleep with Me (1994)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Rory Kelly

Writers (WGA):

Duane Dell'Amico (written by) &
Roger Hedden (written by) ...

Release Date:

2 November 1994 (France)

Genre:

Romance | Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

A romantic comedy brave enough to say those three magic words.

Plot:

Six different writers wrote a scene each of this romantic comedy featuring the marriage and turbulent relationship of Joseph and Sarah...

Plot Keywords:

Homosexual Subtext | Human Relationship | Female Nudity | Nudity | Sex

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Meg Tilly	...	Sarah
Eric Stoltz	...	Joseph
Craig Sheffer	...	Frank
Lewis Arquette	...	Minister
Todd Field	...	Duane
Susan Traylor	...	Deborah
Tegan West	...	Rory
Dean Cameron	...	Leo
Amaryllis Borrego	...	Amy
Thomas Gibson	...	Nigel
Parker Posey	...	Athena
Joey Lauren Adams	...	Lauren
Alida P. Field	...	Gina
Vanessa Angel	...	Marianne
June Lockhart	...	Caroline

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:R (certificate no. 33000) | Iceland:L | Finland:K-12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:18

Company:

August Entertainment

Trivia:

The "Top Gun" speech in Sleep with Me actually misquotes the real Top Gun script for intended humorous effect. Although Avary's speech claims that Iceman (Val Kilmer) says, "You can ride my tail any time" to Maverick (Tom Cruise) at the end of Top Gun, the character actually tells Maverick, "You can be my wingman any time."

Goofs:

Continuity: In the opening scenes, the driver's side window of the car is open for close shots and closed for more distant shots.

Quotes:

Duane: Do you ever think that we have too much time on our hands? With all the advances made in extending the human life span, that perhaps nature's cruelest irony is that we get progressively stupider and stupider with each passing generation. I mean, some day we'll live for 300 years but we won't be able to sit still for 5 seconds... just a thought.

Movie Connections:

References Top Gun (1986)

Soundtrack:

Daddy's Dead in Momma's Head

Stolz - believable

One of my favorite Stoltz characters is the gritty Joseph in Sleep with Me. Although he is raw and sometimes hard to love because of his `ogling', Stoltz gives him a believable personality creating a lot of mixed feelings between Sarah, Frank and himself. Great one-liners and generation dialogue in this film creates a fast, interesting, funny and real experience. One realizes Joseph's tender side as he watches his wife become giddy at Franks confessions...`Honey, I'm getting ready to cloud up and rain all over you'... An interesting bit of info... the couch used in Frank's apartment looks exactly like the loveseat Bridget Fonda's character in Bodies, Rest & Motion gave Sid, the painter – Eric Stoltz.