To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (1996)

Regisseur:

Michael Pressman

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Michael Brady (play)
David E. Kelley (screenplay)

Premierendatum:

18. Oktober 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romanze

Werbezeile:

You're invited to Gillian's 37th birthday. There will be music in the air...castles in the sand...and someone totally unexpected at the party.

Plot:

David loves his wife, Gillian. Unfortunately, she died two years ago. David deals with his grief by...

Plot Keywords:

Bittersweet | Death Of Wife | Denial | Obsessive Love | Widower

Filmpreise:

1 win

Nutzerkommentare:

Where are the spice girls when you need them?

Besetzung

Peter Gallagher	...	David Lewis
Michelle Pfeiffer	...	Gillian Lewis
Claire Danes	...	Rachel Lewis
Laurie Fortier	...	Cindy Bayles
Wendy Crewson	...	Kevin Dollof
Bruce Altman	...	Paul Wheeler
Kathy Baker	...	Esther Wheeler
Freddie Prinze Jr.	...	Joey Bost
Rachel Seidman-Lockamy	...	Megan Weeks
Lorielle New	...	Blonde on the Beach (as Lori New)
Danny Crook	...	Lifeguard
Seth Green	...	Danny
Todd Haven	...	Paramedic

Alternativ:

Schatten einer Liebe (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for a scene involving strong language, and for some sensuality and teen drinking.

Länge:

93 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Tonverfahren:

SDDS

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | France:U | Portugal:M/12 (video premiere) | Spain:13 | UK:12 (video premiere) | USA:PG-13 (edited for re-rating) | Singapore:PG | Canada:14A (Ontario)

Drehorte:

Brant Point Lighthouse, Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA

Firma:

Rastar Pictures

Dies und das:

Freddie Prinze Jr.'s feature film debut.

Dialogzitate:

David Lewis: Don't you think it is a little insensitive fixing me up on her birthday?
Paul Wheeler: Gillian has no more birthdays.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in "Frasier: Sharing Kirby (#9.9)" (2001)

Soundtrack:

Some Kind Of Wonderful

Where are the spice girls when you need them?

There's a pivotal scene in this movie in which a sexy teenager tries to seduce an older, family friend. She says he's the type who always looks but never acts on his impulses. She's right, because he refuses her advances. Too bad. This movie needed some excitement. The characters are so whiny, so self-absorbed that you just want to slap them and say, "get over it." The main character is a widowed man, played by Peter Gallagher. His wife (Michelle Pfeiffer) died in a boating accident, but she appears to him on the beach. Can you say, "Ghost"? Unfortunately, there's no Whoopi Golberg to provide comic relief. There's no whoopi at all. There is Claire Danes. I love Claire. She's going to win a few Oscars over her career, but not if she keeps picking weepy stories like this one. Claire also walks along the beach in a thong bikini, and I'd like to thank her, and the producers for those moments. I think that's why the slo-mo button was invented for VCRs. That's it for the spice. Then everyone starts whining again, and you start checking your watch to see how much longer you have to endure these annoying people.