It All Came True
(1998)
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It All Came True
(1998)
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| James Spader | ... |
Stevenson Lowe
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| Polly Walker | ... |
Julia
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| Michael Caine | ... |
Max Gale
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| Maggie Smith | ... |
Lily Marlowe
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| Buck Henry | ... |
Charles Van Allsburg
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| Sam Shepard | ... |
Will Dodge
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| Frank Whaley | ... |
Brett Conway
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| Marcia Gay Harden | ... |
Michelle Tippet
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| Frances Sternhagen | ... |
Amy
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| Peter Maloney | ... |
Maurice
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Nicky Silver | ... |
Lee
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| Phyllis Somerville | ... |
Gladys
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| Julianne Nicholson | ... |
Sandra Hewson
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Susan Berman | ... |
Miriam
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Todd Alcott | ... |
Larry
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A bachelor afraid of marriage angers his long-time girlfriend by buying a splendid townhouse just for himself, only to find it haunted by the ghosts of a famous theatrical couple, who teach him about love and commitment. Written by Amanda Lowe <daro@meditnet.com>
What a perfect gem of a film. It would be a mean and clumsy spirit that did not respond kindly to this wonderful confection. Above all, the expertise of a crew led by the director of The Dresser which includes actors of the calibre of Michael Cain, Maggie Smith, Sam Shepard , not to mention Peter Spader, Polly Walker and Buck Henry leaves the viewer with a sense of secure pleasure that is very rare in today's cinema. The only scene which didn't quite work for me was the confrontation scene with Shepard in Washington but everything else flowed like a premier cru. Add cinematography, wardrobe and music that add to the sense of professionalism (no wonder the house and the New Year's Eve party seem so desirable!) and you have ninety minutes of gentle good humour. Michael Cain says towards the end "they don't write tunes like this any more" but here, once again, they did make a film like those by George Cukor with Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant. What a Philistine society we live in now that acclaims those commercial potboilers with poor old Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts and overlooks a masterpiece like this.