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Overview
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Writers:
Peter De Vries (novel)
Julius J. Epstein (writer)
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Release Date:
21 June 1984 (Australia) more
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Meet Gowan McGland, poet. He drinks and lies. Sleeps with other men's wives. He hasn't written a word in years...but every woman he meets falls in love with him.
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 3 nominations more
User Comments:
A genuinely funny and moving comic tragedy more (10 total)
Cast
(Credited cast) | Tom Conti | ... | Gowan McGland |
 | Kelly McGillis | ... | Geneva Spofford |
| Roberts Blossom | ... | Frank Spofford |
| Cynthia Harris | ... | Bobby Springer |
 | E. Katherine Kerr | ... | Lucille Haxby |
| Joel Fabiani | ... | Doctor Haxby |
| Kara Wilson | ... | Edith McGland |
 | Lois Smith | ... | Mare Spofford |
 | Ed Grady | ... | Dr. Ormsby |
| Damon Douglas | ... | Tad Springer |
| Rex Robbins | ... | C. B. Springer |
| Jack Davidson | ... | George Spofford |
| Angus MacLachlan | ... | Waiter (with chicken) |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Paul Austin | ... | New York Bartender |
| Barry Bell | ... | Bar Thug |
| Roger Black | ... | Bartender |
| Rene Copeland | ... | Girl at Bar |
| Dan Doby | ... | Alvin |
| Claudia Geraghty | ... | Club Woman |
| Gladys Lavitan | ... | Woman at Party |
| Mary Fran Lyman | ... | Club Woman |
| Tom McGowan | ... | T.V. Interviewer |
| Mac McGuire | ... | Conductor |
| Jayne Morgan | ... | Country Club Woman |
| Joanne Morgan | ... | Club Woman |
| Robert Nichols | ... | Harry Pycraft |
 | Holland Taylor | ||
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101 min
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Canada:14A (Ontario) | Iceland:14 | Australia:M | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:11 | USA:R | West Germany:16
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Kelly McGillis' movie debut. more
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Gowan McGland: Reuben. Reuben! more
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Referenced in Between Two Worlds: The Making of 'Witness' (2005) (V) more
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On paper, a comic fable about a randy, drunken, fading poet sounds like a recipe for disaster, but to the enormous credit of all involved, this film works very well indeed. Obviously a strong central performance is essential in films like this, and Tom Conti provides just that as the bedraggled Scottish writer charming his way into the beds of frustrated New England wives. Although the screenplay is consistently witty from start to finish, it is mainly in the second half of the film that it is also extremely moving. The romance between Conti and Kelly McGillis's young student is as obviously doomed as that of Romeo and Juliet, but just as heartbreaking too. The denouement is as sad and shocking as any in cinematic history, yet this film with its warmth and beauty and insight will surely light a fire in even the coldest of hearts.