Strange Hearts (2002)

An aging former child star tries to capture the wealth that has always eluded him by latching on to a lucky man while both have their eye on the same girl of their dreams.

Director:

Michelle Gallagher

Writer:

Michelle Gallagher

Stars:

Robert Forster, Rose McGowan, Kip Pardue

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Robert Forster	...	Jack Waters
Rose McGowan	...	Moira Kennedy
Kip Pardue	...	Henry Fields
Harry Hamlin	...	Dan Smith
Andrew Heckler	...	Jim Lewis
Meg Wittner	...	Claudette
Tony Santoro	...	Bob Poker Guy
Keith Adams	...	Jim Poker Guy
Kelly Donovan	...	Riches P.A.
Christopher Michael	...	Announcer
Carol Stanzione	...	Riches Director
Nancy Mura	...	Riches Stylist
Fred Travalena	...	Riches Host
Kerry Li	...	Party Bartender
Timilee Romolini	...	Nurse Diane

Storyline

An aging former child star tries to capture the wealth that has always eluded him by latching on to a lucky man while both have their eye on the same girl of their dreams.

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Plot Keywords:

car accident | fictional game show | love triangle | geisha | cowboy | 

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Taglines:

Play the game... Work the crowd... Trust no-one...

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 October 2002 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

Roads to Riches

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gold Circle Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the opening scene, Robert Forster loses $50,000 on a game show when his partner incorrectly answers, "Alfred Hitchcock". Forster had recently been a supporting actor in two remakes of Hitchcock movies: Psycho and _Rear Window (1998)_.

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Quotes

Henry Fields: I'm Henry Fields, from Texas.
Moira Kennedy: I'm Moira Kennedy, of everywhere.

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Soundtracks

"Protection"
Written by Rose McGowan and J.L.
Performed by Rose McGowan
Courtesy of Damage, Inc.

User Reviews

I gave up on anything happening & just prayed for it to end!

The biggest star in this vehicle was Harry Hamlin, playing a character named Dan Smith, so that shows you how important that role was.

Robert Forster, looking like a poor man's Alec Baldwin, plays Jack Waters, a middle-aged man who is a contestant on the live (on the air) game show "Road to Riches". He thinks he's going to win $50,000. He doesn't. He's so enraged he begins cursing and has to be physically restrained and led from the set. Strangely enough, despite this fact, and the fact he later destroys property--as well as making threats--he is never barred from the studio. That is just one example of the lack of believability in this film.

The next character to enter the non-plot of this storyline is young Henry Fields played by Kip Pardue. Henry, new in town, is the poster child for naive yokel.

Henry & Jack fall into conversation outside the studio and hook up.

Jack takes Henry to a strip joint, where Henry sees Moira Kennedy(our third character--played by Rose McGowan), on stage, performing what is supposed to be an erotic, exotic Asian dance. What actually happened is, the girl came out and did a little wriggling and weaving that lasted maybe five minutes and was nothing exceptional.

Moira is a friend of Jack's, so she's conveniently handy from then on.

Nothing of much interest happens throughout the rest of the film. There's some kind of offer made by Dan Smith to Jack to screw over Henry for an undisclosed amount of money. Why Dan would make this offer was never clear.

Eventually we have both men up for grabs by the unexceptional Moira. There's balding Jack, a loser old enough to be her grandfather, and Henry, another loser, dumber than dirt. Gosh! Golly! Gee-willikers Folks!--which one will she chose!? I know I didn't care.

1 star