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Director:

Brian Skeet

Writers:

Cathleen Schine (novel)
Brian Skeet (writer)

Contact:

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Release Date:

23 December 1998 (France) more

Genre:

Comedy | Romance more

Plot:

A timid, insecure popular author with an overly-attentive professor husband decide to write an erotic novel... more | add synopsis

User Comments:

A pleasant hour and a half. more (15 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Parker Posey ... Margaret Nathan

Jeremy Northam ... Edward Nathan

Craig Chester ... Richard Lane

Elizabeth McGovern ... Till Turner

Brooke Shields ... Lily

Corbin Bernsen ... Art Turner

Justine Waddell ... Young Girl
Patrick Bruel ... Martin
Stéphane Freiss ... The Philosopher
Amy Phillips ... Sarah From Brighton

Alexis Denisof ... Dr. Lipi
Sylvie Testud ... Young Nun
Al Mackenzie ... Richard's Boyfriend

Kerry Shale ... Librarian
Jeff Harding ... Man at Party
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Les folies de Margaret (France)
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Runtime:

105 min | Germany:85 min (25 fps) (TV version) | Germany:89 min | USA:80 min (TV version)

Country:

France | UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Mandarin Films more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

The original soundtrack was fully composed by Saint Etienne, the distributor's wanted a more typical sound. So many of Saint Etienne's tracks are cut or barely audible. more

Quotes:

Edward Nathan: Don't look for trouble when there isn't any... 'cause if you don't find it, you end up creating it. more

Movie Connections:

References My Man Godfrey (1936) more

Soundtrack:

New York Girls' Club more


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3 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
A pleasant hour and a half., 24 January 2002
9/10
Author: Tom DeFelice from Leominster Mass USA

There is nothing new about a film where a happily married couple split up; not because they don't love each other, but because of the crazy friends/circumstances who surround them.

Every decade there are at least 2 dozen such films. "His Girl Friday" and "The Last Married Couple In America" come to mind. And truthfully, there is nothing is this screenplay that makes this film special. It is, however, saved by a throughly delightful cast and a director who was not too heavy on the schmaltz; although the kooky does get to be a bit much. If you interested in a pleasant diversion, you could to worse than see this film.

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