Intersection (1994)

Director:

Mark Rydell

Writers (WGA):

Paul Guimard (novel)
Paul Guimard (earlier screenplay) ...

Release Date:

21 January 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Live every move as if it were your last.

Plot:

Vincent Eastman has to choose between his wife of 16 years, Sally, or his new love, Olivia. Frequent...

Plot Keywords:

Marriage | Vancouver | Human Relationship | Love Letter | Hard Hat

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Richard Gere	...	Vincent Eastman
Sharon Stone	...	Sally Eastman
Lolita Davidovich	...	Olivia Marshak
Martin Landau	...	Neal
David Selby	...	Richard Quarry
Jennifer Morrison	...	Meaghan Eastman (as Jenny Morrison)
Ron White	...	Charlie
Matthew Walker	...	Surgeon
Scott Bellis	...	Van Driver
Patricia Harras	...	Van Driver's Wife
Keegan MacIntosh	...	Van Driver's Son
Alan C. Peterson	...	Semi-Driver
Sandra P. Grant	...	Receptionist
Robyn Stevan	...	Step Magazine
David Hurtubise	...	Step Magazine

Also Known As:

The Things of Life (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:L | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) | Singapore:PG (cut) | South Korea:18 | Philippines:R-18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:K-8 | Germany:12 | Netherlands:AL | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

North Shore Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Sharon 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.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Vincent washes his face after arriving at the diner he looks wistfully at his reflection in the bathroom mirror. A member of the crew is visible behind him.

Quotes:

Vincent Eastman: [while playing sherades, Vincent is struggling, so Olivia lifts up her top] Titties! A Tale of Two Cities!
Olivia Marshak: Yes!
Vincent Eastman: I never read that

Movie Connections:

Remake of Les choses de la vie (1970)

Soundtrack:

Sonata in G Minor - First Movement

Sealed With A Kiss

***SPOILERS*** Speeding along a lonely stretch of highway outside the city limits of Vancouver Canada architect Vincent Eastman, Richard Gere, reaches an intersection on the road as well as in his life as his car swerves to avoid a stalled van and goes tumbling down an embankment. Vincent's life goes flashing before his eyes as he as well as us in the audience see the events over the last few years that lead to what just happened to him.

Married to his boss' daughter Vincent went far in his father-in-laws building business but his marriage to Sally, Sharon Stone,had cooled off over the years. Being estranged from Sally yet working in the same office with her made life almost impossible for Vincent to take. Knowing that Sally was living with Richard, David Selby, and having Richard spend more time with his thirteen year old daughter Meaghan, Jennifer Morrison, then he did didn't make things better for him either.

Having an affair with magazine columnist Olivia Marshak, Lolita Davidovich, was also taking a toll on Vincent's life since he couldn't complain about Sally's affair with Richard which really disturbed Vincent to the point of almost being physically violent towards him. With a lot of thought and anguish Vincent painfully came to a final conclusion on what his decision on who to be with, Sally or Olivia, and puts it on paper.

Out in the country as Vincent was about to mail the letter to the women who he was going to spend the rest of his life with something strangely happened to him. Like a preordained vision that was conjured up for Vincent by destiny he saw who the woman in his life was to be and knew now what to do with his life and who to spend it with. Is was then that fate unexpectedly intervened and made it all right for everyone involved, Vincent Sally & Olivia, but sadly at the expense of Vincent's life.

Haunting eerie and original love story that, despite it's slow pace, will really move you like it did me and many of the reviewers on the IMDb in the end. Richard Gere is both sensitive and explosive as the emotionally drained Vincent who has to make up his mind, to keep from losing it, between Sally and Olivia but who has his decision made up for him by circumstances beyond and far out of his control.

Sharon Stone gives one of her best performances ever as Sally Eastman Vincent's estranged wife. Sally in the end somewhat realizes the truth about Vincent's feelings for her but, touchingly so, keeps it to herself as well as from Olivia. And Lolita Davidovich is both sexy and caring as Vincent's lover Olivia. Who unknown to Sally knows what Vincent really felt about her after he wrote, what turned out to be, his last will and testament which Sally quietly ripped up and threw down a storm drain as the movie ended.