While driving on a remote highway, indecisive architect Vincent Eastman is torn between reuniting with his estranged frigid calculating wife Sally or taking up with his lover Olivia Marshak,... Read allWhile driving on a remote highway, indecisive architect Vincent Eastman is torn between reuniting with his estranged frigid calculating wife Sally or taking up with his lover Olivia Marshak, a magazine writer.While driving on a remote highway, indecisive architect Vincent Eastman is torn between reuniting with his estranged frigid calculating wife Sally or taking up with his lover Olivia Marshak, a magazine writer.
- Awards
- 2 wins total
- Meaghan Eastman
- (as a different name)
- Van Driver's Son
- (as Keegan Macintosh)
- Semi-Driver
- (as Alan C. Peterson)
- Step Magazine
- (as Dave Hurtubise)
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The five main reasons why I liked this movie, are (not listed in any particular order):
1. Richard Gere - He doesn't give a great performance, but hey ! It's Richard Gere, and I really like him.
2. Sharon Stone - On the other hand gives a great performance. I've never seen her this good.
3. James Newton Howards fantastic score. The music over the final scenes and the ending credits is so beautiful and emotional, that it can make me cry everytime that I listen to it. The score enhances and puts an emphasis on the developments in the movie in an extraordinary way.
4. The script - Although it's not that tight, it's still well written, with likeable characters and a good message.
5. The feeling that this movie mediates, through the above mentioned reason, and lots more.
In conclusion: I recommend this film. It will probably not be the best movie you've ever seen, but well worth your time. And as I said, it has a good message.
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 & the Movies: 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
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- Countries of origin
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- Also known as
- The Things of Life
- Filming locations
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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