Sleep with Me (1994)

Sarah, Joseph and Frank are BFFs. Joseph and Sarah get married but the evening before she tells Frank with a kiss that it could've been him. Frank continues to have a thing for Sarah.

Director:

Rory Kelly

Writers:

Duane Dell'Amico, Roger Hedden

Stars:

Craig Sheffer, Eric Stoltz, Meg Tilly

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Meg Tilly	...	Sarah
Eric Stoltz	...	Joseph
Craig Sheffer	...	Frank
Lewis Arquette	...	Minister
Todd Field	...	Duane
Susan Traylor	...	Deborah
Tegan West	...	Rory
Dean Cameron	...	Leo
Amaryllis Borrego	...	Amy
Thomas Gibson	...	Nigel
Parker Posey	...	Athena
Joey Lauren Adams	...	Lauren
Alida P. Field	...	Gina
Vanessa Angel	...	Marianne
June Lockhart	...	Caroline

Storyline

Six different writers wrote a scene each of this romantic comedy featuring the marriage and turbulent relationship of Joseph and Sarah, with Joseph's best friend Frank trying hard to cope with letting the love of his life marry his best friend. Featuring Quentin Tarantino in a cameo as Sid, a movie-bore party goer

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Plot Keywords:

sex comedy | seductive | hot | sex scene | sexy | 

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Taglines:

A romantic comedy brave enough to say those three magic words.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexuality, language and drug use

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 November 1994 (France)

Also Known As:

Sleep with Me

Filming Locations:

Norfolk, Virginia, USA

Box Office

Gross USA:

$161,410

Company Credits

Production Co:

August Entertainment, Castleberg Productions, Paribas Film Corparation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Although often credited to Roger Avary (and noted that Quentin Tarantino stole the bit from him), the Top Gun gay connection actually comes from Pauline Kael's 1986 review of the film.

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Goofs

In the opening scenes, the driver's side window of the car is open for close shots and closed for more distant shots.

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Quotes

Agent Trainee: I'm in the agent training program.

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Connections

Featured in At the Movies: Only You/Second Best/Pulp Fiction (1994)

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Soundtracks

I'm Yours
Written by Chris Moore
Produced by Al Sutton & Crossed Wire
Performed by Crossed Wire
Courtesy of March Records

User Reviews

A love story without sentiment

Spanning the time from the marriage of Joe to Sarah through the various stages of their marriage breakdown, this follows Joe's best friend Frank as he tries to hold his life together despite his love for Sarah.

Written by about six different writers, each doing a different section. It all plays like the opposite of Friends. The group of friends are less polished and in some respects seem more realistic, however in other scenes their activities seem very far fetched and outlandish to be real. However at the end of the day the central strand of the story around Joe, Sarah and Frank is good and interesting. The only problem with this strand is that more time is spent watching Joe and Sarah experience problems rather than falling in love - this makes their relationship hard to support or believe in. Whereas in contrast Frank's longing for Sarah is shown to be developing and it makes it easier to support this.

The film's main weakness is that the supporting characters are little more than fonts for witty banter and never convince as real people. Stoltz is actually quite good, however Sheffer is allowed more audience sympathy and comes off better. Tilly is excellent (and is very beautiful) she brings the torn wife to life. Of the rest of the cast there are plenty of indie faces, but the real stealer is Tarantino in a short cameo as a party guest talking animatedly about Top Gun's homoerotic sub text.

Overall it is very rough around the edges and at times feels a little bitty, however it is refreshingly free of mushy sentiment and is quite funny.