Another Nine & a Half Weeks (1997)
"Love in Paris" (original title)

John flies over to Paris to find out his girlfriend Elizabeth. He finds a mysterious fashion designer named Lea and her assistant Claire, and it turns out that Lea was Elizabeth's friend in... See full summary »

Director:

Anne Goursaud

Writers:

Elizabeth McNeill (characters), Mick Davis

Stars:

Mickey Rourke, Agathe de La Fontaine, Angie Everhart

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mickey Rourke	...	John Gray
Agathe de La Fontaine	...	Claire
Angie Everhart	...	Lea Calot
Steven Berkoff	...	Vittorio DaSilva
Dougray Scott	...	Charlie
Werner Schreyer	...	Gilles
Faisal Attia	...	Drug Dealer #2
Philippe Beglia	...	Hotel Raphael Doorman
Christin Amy Artner	...	Kahidijah (as Christine Brandner)
Sandra Cervik	...	Hotel Maid
Lana Clarkson	...	Woman at Fashion Show
Cyrille Cohen	...	Auctioneer
Sophie Dolce	...	Cafe Marly Hostess
Carolin Dichtl	...	Dominatrix
Andrea Eckert	...	Celeste

Storyline

John flies over to Paris to find out his girlfriend Elizabeth. He finds a mysterious fashion designer named Lea and her assistant Claire, and it turns out that Lea was Elizabeth's friend in Paris. Lea says to John that Elizabeth married and moved away. The passion starts to appear between John and Lea, when Lea's business partner Vittorio tells John another version of Elizabeth's fate.

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Plot Keywords:

fashion designer | panties | bare breasts | sequel | female removes her clothes | 

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Taglines:

On the trail of an old love, he found a dangerous new obsession.

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong sexuality and some language

Details

Country:

France UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 January 1998 (France)

Also Known As:

Another Nine & a Half Weeks

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Box Office

Gross:

ITL 246,543,000 (Italy) (18 April 1997)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Jones Film, M6 Films, NTTS Productions Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Dolby SR

Color:

Color (Rankcolor)

Did You Know?

Quotes

Beautiful Blonde: Who is Elizabeth?
John Gray: [exhales; no response]
Beautiful Blonde: Last night you called me Elizabeth.

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Connections

Follows Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986)

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Soundtracks

"Come Alive"
Composed by John Wallace and William South
Publisher: J. Wallace published by Empire Music Ltd. and W. South
Published by International Media Holdings / Leosong Copyright Service Ltd. (PRS)
Performed by Heavy Shift
Courtesy of China Records and Discovery Records

User Reviews

Not as terrible as most have made it out to be.

First off I LOVED the original 9 1/2 weeks, let me remind you that this film was previously close to 3 hours long and very faithful to the book (at least that is what I have read) apparently test audiences felt it was too disturbing so the director, Adrien Lyne was forced to cut A lot of parts. this is why the film looks disjointed - if you haven't noticed, the editing was pretty bad. I even read the Mickey Rourke had wanted Lyne to stick to his guns and let the film stay faithful to the book.

if you haven't read the book yet.. PICK IT up - its by far the best erotic novel I've ever read, its short and to the point.. apparently it is based on a true story - so it intrigues me even more.

back to my review on this sequel, lets face it folks most sequels are always bad.. its hard to make a great sequel period. when I first heard that there is a sequel to this film I was in shock - I felt that they should leave the story alone. but many of us who have watched the original have often wondered what became of the two protagonist... this sequel takes us there.

the biggest turn off was Angie Everhart's acting... yes she is gorgeous (not as gorgeous as Kim Basinger in my opinion) but looks only go so far - she was merely eye candy, watching her scenes was painful.

Mickey was great as the tortured John. I agree with another reviewer that the filmmakers made a wise choice to start the sequel where the original left off. I'm sure others would have liked john to move on - but that sometimes isn't reality. In theory the story was good, it just wasn't executed that well.

I really felt deeply sad for him and the fact that he could not be with the one woman he loved - even when confronted with gorgeous women - its just not the same chemistry as he had with liz. I like the fact that elizabeth liked the games John played without having to tell him directly - she was almost like a child - which John liked. whereas lea wanted john to play with her sooo bad - it seemed pathetic.

anywho.. the acting on everhearts part made the film bad for me... overall the film wasn't that bad. I think most audiences are use to the typical films which Hollywood feeds us with, this one was different. It was extremely sad and painful - a love story so intense and so amazing, one in which its main protagonist has to move on with his life knowing that he will never be with the love of his life ever again.