Woman Wanted (1999)

A new woman comes between a widower and his adult son.

Director:

Kiefer Sutherland

Writers:

Joanna McClelland Glass (novel), Joanna McClelland Glass (screenplay)

Stars:

Holly Hunter, Kiefer Sutherland, Michael Moriarty

2 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Holly Hunter	...	Emma Riley
Kiefer Sutherland	...	Wendell Goddard
Michael Moriarty	...	Richard Goddard
Carrie Preston	...	Monica
Allegra Fulton	...	Gracie
Shirley Douglas	...	Peg
Sean McCann	...	Kevin
Jackie Richardson	...	Lydia
Jordan Zalis	...	Raymond (at 13)
Richard Eden	...	Michael
Jonathan Barrett	...	Daniel
Joanna McClelland Glass	...	Ariadne (as Joanna Glass)
Elaine Pigden	...	Marion
Rhiannon Benedict	...	Betsy (as Valerie Wynne)
Mauralea Austin	...	Maggie

Storyline

Story of a woman (Hunter) who comes to work as a housekeeper for a widower (Moriarty) and his grown son (Sutherland) and of their attachment to her to the point that she is asked by the father to marry... to the dismay of the son who also loves her. But the animosity of the two men toward each other is finally resolved when she becomes intentionally pregnant, possibly by one or the other as she goes to bed with both men within a matter of days, causing neither to win her for himself, but both to become bound together because of the child.

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Plot Keywords:

widower | love | housekeeper | melancholy | sex with servant | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

March 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

Desmotes tou pathous

Filming Locations:

Old Market Square, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Phoenician Entertainment, Woman Wanted Productions Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Kiefer Sutherland's mother, Shirley Douglas is in this film.

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Quotes

Wendell Goddard: You were paid to take care of this house, not fuck my father.

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Soundtracks

"Everything I Have Is Yours"
Written by Burton Lane and Harold Adamson
Performed by Billy Eckstine
Courtesy of EMI Music Publishing

User Reviews

the most boring movie I saw until now

In this movie everything is wrong. The script is to bad for words. Why the characters behave like they do is unclear. Everything comes out of the blue. Even the continuity people were bored making this movie. In scene one there is a band aid on Kiefer Sutherlands head, then it is gone, and some time later it is back. Michael Moriarty is giving the worst performance of his lifetime and even Holly Hunter is walking around wondering why on earth she bothered to come to the set of this film. My advise: show this movie on film school in first grade and let students write an essay about everything that is wrong.