Love Affair (1994)

Director:

Glenn Gordon Caron

Writers (WGA):

Mildred Cram (1939 story) and
Leo McCarey (1939 story) ...
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Release Date:

21 October 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | Comedy

Plot:

Ex-football star Mike Gambril meets Terry McKay on a flight to Sydney, which is forced to land on a small atoll...

Plot Keywords:

Painting | Grounded Flight | Box Office Flop | Singer | Aunt

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Warren Beatty	...	Mike Gambril
Annette Bening	...	Terry McKay
Katharine Hepburn	...	Ginny
Garry Shandling	...	Kip DeMay
Chloe Webb	...	Tina Wilson
Pierce Brosnan	...	Ken Allen
Kate Capshaw	...	Lynn Weaver
Paul Mazursky	...	Herb Stillman
Brenda Vaccaro	...	Nora Stillman
Glenn Shadix	...	Anthony Rotundo
Barry Miller	...	Robert Crosley
Harold Ramis	...	Sheldon Blumenthal
Linda Wallem	...	Lorraine
Meagen Fay	...	SSA Flight Attendant
Ray Girardin	...	Wally Tripp
John Hostetter	...	Ben
Elya Baskin	...	Ship Captain
Boris Lee Krutonog	...	Second Officer
Saveliy Kramarov	...	Cable Officer
Oleg Vidov	...	Russian Businessman
Taylor Dayne	...	Marissa
Carey Lowell	...	Martha
Ed McMahon	...	Himself
Dan Castellaneta	...	Phil
Jeffrey Nordling	...	Lou
Rosalind Chao	...	Lee
Rebecca Miller	...	Receptionist
Tom Signorelli	...	Cab Driver
Cylk Cozart	...	Dr. Punch
Robert Levine	...	Dr. Kaplan
Frank Campanella	...	Elevator Operator
Wendie Jo Sperber	...	Helen
McNally Sagal	...	TV Reporter
Gary McGurk	...	Waiter
Helena Carroll	...	Dorothy
Manu Tupou	...	Rau
Irene Olga López	...	Annie
Lisa Edelstein	...	Assistant at Studio
Stefan Lysenko	...	Russian Sailor
Marek Probosz	...	Russian Sailor
Sergey Brusilovsky	...	Russian Waiter
Herman Sinitzyn	...	Russian Waiter
Rosalind Allen	...	Qantas Flight Attendant
James Pyduck	...	Bell Captain
Jack Johnson	...	Matthew Stillman
Lori Sebourn	...	Blonde Woman
Michael Gordon Bennett	...	Lynn's Chauffeur
Michael Fischetti	...	Street Man
Michael F. Boyle	...	Bellman
Mary Hart	...	Herself
John Tesh	...	Himself
Steve Kmetko	...	Himself
Terry Murphy	...	Herself
Barry Nolan	...	Himself
Andrea Kutyas	...	Herself
Mary Cousineau	...	Sing and Jingle Children
Larry Dorn Jr.	...	Sing and Jingle Children
Janet Galeria	...	Sing and Jingle Children
Karla Green	...	Sing and Jingle Children
Kayla A. Harrel	...	Sing and Jingle Children
Kelli Hayashi	...	Sing and Jingle Children
Laura Jackman	...	Sing and Jingle Children
James W. Lively	...	Sing and Jingle Children
Monica Mikala	...	Sing and Jingle Children
Cyrus Nemani	...	Sing and Jingle Children
Tamika Newsome	...	Sing and Jingle Children
Donnell Peoples	...	Sing and Jingle Children
Johnny Rees	...	Sing and Jingle Children
Ramon Robles Jr.	...	Sing and Jingle Children
Jessica Rotter	...	Sing and Jingle Children
Laurie A. Schillinger	...	Sing and Jingle Children
Jake Schnablegger	...	Sing and Jingle Children
Eric E. Thomas II	...	Sing and Jingle Children
Johnny Thomas III	...	Sing and Jingle Children
Danielle Keaton	...	Sing and Jingle Children (as Danielle Wiener)
Ray Charles	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John D. Bair	...	Bellhop (uncredited)
George G. Colucci	...	Frisbee Player (uncredited)
David Sontag	...	Man in Street (uncredited)

Directed by
Glenn Gordon Caron

Writing credits (WGA)
Mildred Cram		(1939 story) and
Leo McCarey		(1939 story)
Delmer Daves		(1939 screenplay) and
Donald Ogden Stewart		(1939 screenplay)
Robert Towne		(screenplay) &
Warren Beatty		(screenplay)

Produced by
Warren Beatty	....	producer
Andrew Z. Davis	....	executive producer
Mark H. Ovitz	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Ennio Morricone

Cinematography by
Conrad L. Hall

Film Editing by
Robert C. Jones

Casting by
Marion Dougherty

Production Design by
Ferdinando Scarfiotti

Art Direction by
Edward Richardson

Set Decoration by
Daniel Loren May

Costume Design by
Milena Canonero

Makeup Department
Cydney Cornell	....	hair designer
Cydney Cornell	....	hair stylist: Ms. Bening
Valli O'Reilly	....	makeup department head

Production Management
Allegra Clegg	....	production supervisor
Andrew Z. Davis	....	unit production manager
Sara Spring	....	production manager: Tahiti second unit

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
George Bamber	....	second second assistant director
Ronald Chong	....	first assistant director: second unit (as Ronnie Chong)
Ronald Chong	....	second assistant director (as Ronnie Chong)
Jennifer D'Angelo Kircher	....	dga trainee: New York
Conrad W. Hall	....	second unit director
Todd Y. Murata	....	dga trainee
James Simons	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Richard Berger	....	assistant art director
Mauro Borrelli	....	illustrator
Lloyd A. Buswell	....	construction foreman
Randy L. Childs	....	propmaker
Doug Crawford	....	carpenter
Brad Einhorn	....	property master
Steven Curtis Husch	....	set dresser
Steven Kissick	....	carpenter
Ron Mendell	....	model maker
Luigi Mugavero	....	set dresser
Andrew M. Siegel	....	assistant property master
Tom von Badinski	....	carpenter
Jack White	....	food stylist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Anna Behlmer	....	sound re-recording mixer
Raul A. Bruce	....	boom operator
Dino Dimuro	....	sound effects editor
Richard Dwan Jr.	....	adr editor
Richard Dwan Jr.	....	dialogue editor
Sarah Goldsmith	....	dialogue editor
Nicholas James	....	adr editor
Mary Jo Lang	....	foley mixer
Scott Millan	....	sound re-recording mixer
Philip D. Morrill	....	assistant sound editor
Andy Nelson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jay B. Richardson	....	sound effects editor
James M. Tanenbaum	....	production sound mixer
Michael D. Wilhoit	....	supervising sound editor
Carolyn Tapp	....	foley recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Tad Krzanowski	....	model effects supervisor
John Richardson	....	special effects supervisor
Robert Wilcox	....	special effects supervisor
Rick Thompson	....	special effects coordinator (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Brad Kuehn	....	digital effects supervisor
Kevin Lingenfelser	....	digital composite artist: Cinesite
Doug Tubach	....	digital compositor
Michele C. Vallillo	....	visual effects associate producer: Cinesite
Lynda Thompson	....	visual effects producer (uncredited)
Eric Withee	....	digital film technician: RGA/LA (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Phil Abraham	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera, New York
Garrett Brown	....	Steadicam operator
Glenn Corbett	....	rigging gaffer
R. Michael De Chellis	....	rigging gaffer
Rob Hahn	....	camera operator
Conrad W. Hall	....	camera operator
Brian Heller	....	aerial director of photography
Mark Hochman	....	24 frame video operator
David James	....	still photographer
Mark Mele	....	rigging electrician
Chris Napolitano	....	best boy set lighting
Randy Nolen	....	Steadicam operator
David Norris	....	camera operator: Wescam camera, New York
Tom Prate	....	key grip: New York
Bradford Ralston	....	video assist operator
Alex Rodriguez	....	second assistant chief lighting technician
Kenny Schneider	....	lighting technician
Zoran Veselic	....	first assistant camera
Randy Woodside	....	gaffer

Casting Department
Meredith Jacobson	....	extras casting: New York
Jimmy Jue	....	extras casting
Mariann H.W. Lee	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Marsha Bozeman	....	set costumer
Gary Jones	....	assistant costume designer
Lahly Poore	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
Jessica Landaw	....	assistant editor
Kevin Nolting	....	first assistant editor
David Orr	....	color timer

Music Department
Bob Badami	....	music editor
Richard Bernard	....	music assistant: additional arrangements
Richard Bernard	....	musician: balalaika
George Doering	....	musician
Frank Macchia	....	music preparation

Transportation Department
Randy Burke	....	transportation captain
David Diaz	....	transportation coordinator: re-shoot unit
Dan Marrow	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Zelda Barron	....	creative consultant
Jackie Baugh	....	production accountant
Frawley Becker	....	location manager
Richard Castro	....	payroll accountant
Al Cerullo	....	helicopter pilot
Michael Davison	....	special assistant
Jordanna Fineberg	....	production assistant
Wayne Fitzgerald	....	title designer
Maureen Higgins	....	location accountant
Linda Klein	....	medical technical advisor
Maggie Kusik	....	associate to producer
John Labib	....	production assistant
Bill Landrum	....	choreographer
Jacqui Landrum	....	choreographer
Wendy E. Matousek	....	stand-in: Meagan Fay
Cabernet Murray	....	assistant accountant (as Cabernet Baugh)
Billy Pittard	....	title designer (as Pittard Sullivan Fitzgerald)
Antonia Proscia	....	payroll accountant
Ana Maria Quintana	....	script supervisor
Bryan Thomas	....	assistant location manager: New York
Andrew L. Ullman	....	assistant location manager
Tom Wang	....	production assistant
Katie Zaslaw	....	first assistant accountant
Bill Daly	....	post-production accountant manager (uncredited)
John Philip Dayton	....	associate: Miss Hepburn (uncredited)
Jack E. Herman	....	extras set coordinator (uncredited)
Scott Allen Logan	....	location scout (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Mulholland Productions

Distributors

• Warner Bros. (1994) (USA) (theatrical)
• ELKE (1995) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (1995) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (1995) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Warner Bros. (????) (Spain) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1998) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Audio Visual Enterprises (1995) (Greece) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2012) (USA) (DVD) (DVD-R)
• Warner Home Vídeo (????) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (????) (Brazil) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Central Casting  extras casting
• Pacific Studios Inc.  chromatrans background
• Pacific Title  opticals
• Pittard Sullivan Fitzgerald  titles
• Reprise Records  soundtrack

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for one use of strong language

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Australia:M | Spain:T | USA:PG-13 | UK:12 | Singapore:PG | Canada:PG | Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Germany:6

Filming Locations:

Empire State Building - 350 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Mulholland Productions

Trivia:

Isabelle Adjani was set to star as Terry McKay during the film's initial development in 1984.

Goofs:

Continuity: During the conversation between Terry and Mike on the ship deck just before they dance, the layout of Terry's hands does not match from shot to shot.

Quotes:

Ginny:The trick in life isn't getting what you want, my dear, it's wanting it after you get it.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "The Critic: Siskel & Ebert & Jay & Alice (#2.2)" (1995)

Soundtrack:

Never Let Your Left Hand Know What Your Right Hand's Doing

Give this a chance...

If you know the story, and have seen the earlier versions, this is still worth a viewing. The current drama/romance genre is something I am not often fond of, yet this film had a resonance, especially for the holiday season.

No, it is not the same as the Deborah Kerr, Cary Grant version, but that is a bit dated. There is a cameo scene with Katharine Hepburn, she as Beatty's great- aunt, he as someone at a crossroads in his life; wondering if there will be a turning point. Bening is a singer/actress, they agree to meet in NY, a year after if neither is attached to their current significant other. Beatty and Bening actually make a nice couple, for me to have enjoyed this film at Christmas, points to the fact that it is not another romantic comedy we can toss out ( a rare thing) probably because Beatty and Bening have a believable chemistry together.

The final scene, sad as it is Christmas, and the children singing a version of the Beatles' "I will" is atmospheric. It was (for me anyway ) a more moving scene than the older version, perhaps because the children singing in the 1950's version- were singing a song from that 1950's time period....

Highly recommended. 8/10