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Director:
James Lapine
Writers (WGA):
Anne Tyler (book)
Steven Rogers (teleplay)
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Release Date:
20 March 1999 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
Charlotte wasn't looking to meet Jake. And Jake wasn't looking to take a hostage. Some people should look where they're going.
Plot:
A bored wife, who is planning to run away from her minister husband, is taken hostage in a bank robbery... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Susan Sarandon ... Charlotte Emory
Phoebe Lapine ... Cheerleader #1
Anna Rose Menken ... Cheerleader #2 (as Anna Manken)
Marge Redmond ... Old Woman In Bank
Danielle Ferland ... Baby Whitehead

Stephen Dorff ... Jake Simms, Jr.
Marialisa Costanzo ... Screaming Woman

William Hill ... Bank Guard
Brenda Currin ... Street Witness
Margo Martindale ... Libby
Julyana Soelistyo ... Sour Waitress
Tak Wah Eng ... Bartender
Boyd Gaines ... Announcer
Deborah Rush ... Heidi Anderson
John Christopher Jones ... Marvel Hodge
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for some language.
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Runtime:
105 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Iceland:12 | UK:15 | Argentina:13 | France:U | Hungary:14 | South Korea:12 | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Gas station - U.S. 9W & Christian Herald Road, Upper Nyack, New York, USA more
Company:
Rastar Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The film was shot entirely on location in the New York/New Jersey area at the request of star Susan Sarandon due to her well-known and publicized policy of filming projects close to home during the school year in order to be close to her children and not to disrupt their routine. more
Quotes:
Jake: Look, I'm not one of your kids, lady, so don't try and lecture me.
Charlotte: [interrupting] Oh, I haven't got any kids.
Jake: What? You said that...
Charlotte: Well I lied. After my miscarriage I couldn't have any.
[beat]
Charlotte: I lie to myself sometimes. I pretend I have kids. I pretend what they would be like...
[beat]
Charlotte: I've never told that to anyone before.
Jake: I didn't mean any of those things I said.
Charlotte: I know.
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Soundtrack:
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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful.
Stirring, 28 March 1999
8/10
Author: Sharon Krawczyk from Buffalo NY

I thought this was quite a good movie. It stirred something in me.

I thought that Charlotte and Jake had real passion. I found myself laughing because of the ridiculousness of some of the stuff that they did.... picturing people in their situation doing the things they did.

I really liked it because it was so different and unpredictable. I was very disappointed with the ending though.

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