Town & Country (2001)

Director:

Peter Chelsom

Writers (WGA):

Michael Laughlin (written by) and
Buck Henry (written by)

Release Date:

27 April 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Porter Stoddard is a well-known New York architect who is at a crossroads... a nexus where twists and...

Plot Keywords:

New York | Marriage | Small Town | Traffic Jam | Fishing

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Warren Beatty	...	Porter
Nastassja Kinski	...	Alex
Diane Keaton	...	Ellie
Goldie Hawn	...	Mona
Garry Shandling	...	Griffin
Vincent Lascoumes	...	Waiter
William Hootkins	...	Barney (as Bill Hootkins)
Terry Hoyos	...	Yolanda (as Terri Hoyos)
Josh Hartnett	...	Tom (as Joshua Hartnett)
Tricia Vessey	...	Alice
Marc Casabani	...	Omar
Del Zamora	...	Alejandro
Katharine Towne	...	Holly
Tony Abatemarco	...	McKlellen
Eve Crawford	...	Margaret

MPAA:

Rated R for sexuality and language.

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | USA:TV-MA (TV rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:12 | France:U | Germany:12 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:13 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R (PCA #36841) | South Korea:18

Filming Locations:

Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

New Line Cinema

Trivia:

'Gerard Depardieu' was cast but had to replaced by Garry Shandling because of an road accident

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Porter and Griffin are having lunch in the hotel the girl (who becomes Porter's first affair) is playing a double bass in the lobby. The soundtrack music, apart from being very obviously not synchronised with what she is playing, is a viola or possibly violin - definitely not a bass.

Quotes:

Porter: I understand that you were an intimate of Hemingway's.
Eugenie's Father: Intimate? Is that some kind of homo thing?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Choses secrètes (2002)

Soundtrack:

Honey Child

They have all done such great movies, so WHY did they have to get involved in this?!

It seems that the people behind this drudge of movie took all their cues from Woody Allen's movies during the 1990s. What I mean is, "Town & Country" is about a bunch of rich New Yorkers cheating on each other. I'm sure that everyone involved in it must be embarrassed beyond redemption for having gotten involved in it (and I don't just mean because of its abysmal performance at the box office). The only good character is Charlton Heston, basically spoofing himself. And how could a great screenwriter like Buck Henry have written this? He should have known MUCH better, given that he wrote "The Graduate".

All in all, terrible. Fortunately, the cast members have all done good work since. At least I think that they all have.