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While driving on a remote highway, a man is torn between choosing to reunite with his estranged wife or taking up with his lover.While driving on a remote highway, a man is torn between choosing to reunite with his estranged wife or taking up with his lover.While driving on a remote highway, a man is torn between choosing to reunite with his estranged wife or taking up with his lover.
- Awards
- 2 wins
Jennifer Morrison
- Meaghan Eastman
- (as a different name)
Keegan MacIntosh
- Van Driver's Son
- (as Keegan Macintosh)
A.C. Peterson
- Semi-Driver
- (as Alan C. Peterson)
David Hurtubise
- Step Magazine
- (as Dave Hurtubise)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSharon Stone rang director Mark Rydell repeatedly, begging for a part in the film. Rydell automatically assumed that she was after the part of the mistress, and was quite surprised when Stone revealed that she wanted to play the frigid wife.
- GoofsThe letter Vincent wrote to Olivia in his car is in different handwriting than the one shown later near the end of the film.
- Quotes
Vincent Eastman: [while on payphone] ... I'm crazy about you. I've always been crazy about you. I'm always gonna be crazy about you. Oh by the way, this is Vincent. Vincent Eastman.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: Memo to the Academy - 1994 (1994)
- SoundtracksSonata in G Minor - First Movement
Written by Johann Sebastian Bach (as J.S. Bach)
Performed by Irena Grafenauer, Maria Graf and David Geringas
Courtesy of Philips Classics
By Arrangement with PolyGram Special Markets
Featured review
Very enjoyable.
As a consummate and long-time fan of Richard Gere's, this was a 'must have' for me and the acquisition was not a disappointment. As usual, Richard gave an excellent performance, for which I am never disappointed. Sharon Stone and Lolita Davidovich were great choices for the female characters and effectively displayed the contrast between the personalities of the women. This movie contained real aspects to a person's dilemma's in relationships...from a sterile, business 'association' with his first wife to a passionate and truly loving 'real-life' affair with the woman he met in a chance encounter. The drama of the accident was well done and suspenseful. In the end, the most touching aspect was that neither woman wished to hurt the other by disclosing what they each believed to be true - both were loved and wanted. I enjoyed it very much and it is a much-watched movie in my home with all actors performing excellently. I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys a love story which is true to real-life.
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- magnifique1958
- May 22, 2005
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- Also known as
- The Things of Life
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Box office
- Budget
- $45,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $21,355,893
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,818,502
- Jan 23, 1994
- Gross worldwide
- $21,355,893
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