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Someone to Love (1987) -- A Hollywood film director assembles a group of friends and strangers for a social gathering on Valentines Day in a deserted movie theater where he interviews each one on their opinions on love and loneliness.

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5.9/10   123 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Henry Jaglom (writer)
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Release Date:
21 April 1988 (USA) more
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A Hollywood film director assembles a group of friends and strangers for a social gathering on Valentines Day in a deserted movie theater where he interviews each one on their opinions on love and loneliness. full summary | add synopsis
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Review: Henry Jaglom's New Play Rocks
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Cast

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Henry Jaglom ... Danny Sapir

Andrea Marcovicci ... Helen Eugene
Michael Emil ... Mickey Sapir
Sally Kellerman ... Edith Helm
Oja Kodar ... Yelena
Stephen Bishop ... Blue
David Frishberg ... Harry

Orson Welles ... Danny's Friend
Geraldine Baron ... Attendee
Ronee Blakley ... Attendee
Minda Burr ... Attendee
Jeff Dowd ... Attendee
Deborah Edwards ... Attendee
James Flaherty ... Attendee
Barbara Flood ... Attendee / Carol
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111 min
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The second in a trilogy of autobiographical films directed by Henry Jaglom. The first was Always (1985) and the last was New Year's Day (1989). more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Danny's Friend: We're not filmmakers, you know? We're just a ragtag bunch of people doing something that is technologically already almost passe. You know, that's a great problem with movies, is that they're always old-fashioned. It takes too long to make a movie. By the time your idea's on the screen, it's already dead.
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Featured in Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1997) more
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6 out of 7 people found the following review useful.
Unique and moving, 30 July 2002
8/10
Author: timon88 from New York, NY

I loved this movie. The comments below by "rsoonsa" really leave very little to add, but unmentioned is what really drew me into the movie in the first place. For lack of a more specific way of stating it, I suppose I'd have to call it Jaglom's "style". My guess (and I'd love to know if I'm right or wrong) is that he set out guidelines for characters and situations, and let the actors improvise within those guidelines. If that's not how it was done, then there are some REALLY extraordinary instincts at work here, both acting and directorial. The movie has a directness and immediacy that I find amazing--there is hardly a moment or expressed emotion that isn't believable. For me, every one of these characters was in some way touching--their dreams, their disappointments, their desires, the paths they have chosen for their lives, their relationships (be it with other people, their work, or their destinies).

Then to have Orson Welles appear toward the end (the conceit that brought him there is the one jarring note in the movie) to talk about filmmaking and life--Jaglom did us all a wonderful service by letting the great Welles share himself with us so freely. It's well worth seeing for just that alone.

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