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Playing by Heart (1998)

R  121 min  -  Comedy | Drama | Romance   -  23 April 1999 (Italy)
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Eleven articulate people work through affairs of the heart in L.A.

Director:

Willard Carroll
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Angelina Jolie ...
Sean Connery ...
Gena Rowlands ...
Gillian Anderson ...
Madeleine Stowe ...
Ryan Phillippe ...
Dennis Quaid ...
Christian Mills Christian Mills ...
Kellie Waymire ...
April Grace ...
Anthony Edwards ...
Ellen Burstyn ...
Jay Mohr ...
Tim Halligan ...
Michael Emerson ...
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Storyline

Eleven articulate people work through affairs of the heart in L.A. Paul produces Hannah's TV cooking show, and they must move beyond gentle barbs when she wants to know about an affair of his years ago. Mark is dying of AIDS, and his mother comes to his bedside: they must talk truthfully. Men have scalded Meredith so she rebuffs Trent's charm, but he persists. The trendy, prolix Joan tries to pull the solitary Keenan into her orbit: why is he reluctant? An adulterous couple meet at hotels for evening sex, but she is unwilling for the relationship to grow. Hugh tells tall tales, usually tragic, to women in bars. By the week's end, their parallel stories converge. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>  

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Plot Keywords:

Bar | AIDS | Cooking | TV Cooking Show | Sex  | See more »

Taglines:

If romance is a mystery, there's only one way to figure it out. See more »

Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language See all certifications »
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Details

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English | German (dubbed)

Release Date:

(Italy) See more »

Also Known As:

Leben und lieben in L.A. See more »

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$14,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$26,669 (USA) (3 January 1999) (1 Screen)

Gross:

$3,956,212 (USA) (21 February 1999)
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Company Credits

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Technical Specs

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Sound Mix:

SDDS  | DTS  | Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

Originally titled 'Dancing About Architecture'. The movie still contains the line from which this title was taken: "Talking about music is like dancing about architecture." See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: Up until the end of the movie Angelina Jolie doesn't have her dragon tattoo on her left arm. When all the couples meet for their parents to renew their vows you can then see that she has a red saran wrap heart on her left arm. See more »

Quotes

Keenan: What did I ever do to deserve you?
Joan: Usually that line is screamed at me by someone running out the door, not by someone standing in front of me and staying. It makes for a nice change.
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Crazy Credits

The opening scenes introducing the major characters list their character
names with subtitles, but not the actors/actresses who are portraying them. See more »

Connections

Referenced in "Game K N B: Episode dated 28 November 2006" (2006) See more »

Soundtracks

"It's Impossible"
(1967)
Written by André Previn and Dory Previn
From the Twentieth Century Fox Motion Picture "Valley of the Dolls"
Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation See more »