Women and Men: Stories of Seduction (1990)

Three short stories come to the screen, each focused on a man and a woman. The first is set in the 1940s, the other two in the 1920s. In "The Man in a Brooks Brothers Suit," a businessman ... See full summary »

Directors:

Frederic Raphael, Tony Richardson,

Writers:

Valerie Curtin, Joan Didion,

Stars:

Beau Bridges, Melanie Griffith, Dominic Hawksley

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Beau Bridges	...	Gerry Green
Melanie Griffith	...	Hadley
Dominic Hawksley	...	First Young Man
Louis Mahoney	...	Train Attendant
Luis Maluenda	...	Man with Donkey
Elizabeth McGovern	...	Vicki
Philip O'Brien	...	Vicki's Father
Molly Ringwald	...	Kit
Liza Ross	...	Gambling Woman
Kyra Sedgwick	...	Arlene
Carmen Segarra	...	Bar Maid
Felipe Vélez	...	Telegraph Operator (segment "Hills Like White Elephants")
Peter Weller	...	Hobie
James Woods	...	Robert

Storyline

Three short stories come to the screen, each focused on a man and a woman. The first is set in the 1940s, the other two in the 1920s. In "The Man in a Brooks Brothers Suit," a businessman of about 40 plies a younger Leftist women with liquor aboard a train. They spend the night together, and he decides he's in love with her. She plays along. In "Dusk Before Fireworks," Kit, a youthful flapper, arrives at Hoby's classy flat intent on an evening of passion. A constantly ringing telephone interrupts each embrace. In "Hills Like White Elephants," a couple traveling in Spain discuss her pregnancy: he wants things to stay as they are, she sees that notion as a fiction.

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Plot Keywords:

spain | 1920s | 1940s | train | white elephant | 

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Genres:

Romance | Drama

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 December 1991 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Donne e uomini: storie di seduzione

Company Credits

Production Co:

Home Box Office (HBO)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Director Ken Russell's segment, "Fireworks Before Dusk", was re-cut and re-scored by the studio after filming finished. Russell refused to watch the released film.

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Connections

Followed by Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules (1991)

User Reviews

Melanie Shines

"Hills Like White Elephants" is the best short of the set. Thick with tension and a tangible, though unspoken, sense of pervading hopelessness. Hadley is Melanie Griffith's most outstanding role. What Melanie communicates with just her eyes is amazing. As for James Woods, well, he plays a sleazy jerk of a guy as impeccably as ever. But, really, for those of you who think Melanie Griffith can't act, this short film will change your mind forever.