'Til There Was You (1997)

Two strangers, whose paths are always crossing, finally meet when fate steps in.

Director:

Scott Winant

Writer:

Winnie Holzman

Stars:

Jeanne Tripplehorn, Dylan McDermott, John Plumpis

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
John Plumpis	...	Saul, Age 25
Janel Moloney	...	Beebee, Age 25
Yvonne Zima	...	Gwen, Age 7
Christine Ebersole	...	Beebee Moss
Kellen Fink	...	Nick, Age 7
Karen Allen	...	Betty Dawkan
Kale Browne	...	Vince Dawkan
Michael Tucker	...	Saul Moss
Alexandra Theriault	...	Taffy, Age 7
Kimberly Paige	...	Taffy, Age 12
Jim Jansen	...	TV Dad
Sean Bolvin	...	One Big Happy Family Member
Kenneth Flores	...	One Big Happy Family Member
Joette Hayward	...	One Big Happy Family Member
Mary Martin	...	One Big Happy Family Member

Storyline

Gwen grows up with her romantic mother constantly telling her the story of her courtship and marriage to her father. Nick grows up with an alcoholic father who can't hold a job and whose family, as a result, is forced to move all the time. The two are shaped by this - Gwen a romantic and Nick withdrawn, unsure of himself - as they watch the hugely popular sixties sitcom, "One Big Happy Family." Years later, it is the star of that show, now a child actor gone bad with a history of detox and people always saying, "I thought she was dead," Francesca Lanfield, who connects the two of them, after years of near-misses and almost encounters. Gwen is hired to ghost-write Francesca's autobiography, while Nick, becoming her lover, is the architect who is to design a building on Francesca's property. When Gwen decides to crusade to save Francesca's building, she writes letters to the newspaper which catches Nick's attention - and wins his heart.

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Plot Keywords:

alcoholic father | architect | brief encounter | growing up | cinematic history | 

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Taglines:

It took them twenty years to fall in love at first sight.

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Genres:

Romance | Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sensuality, language and drug references

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 May 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

Até Tu Apareceres...

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$1,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,315,445, 1 June 1997, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$3,478,370, 3 August 1997

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lakeshore Entertainment, Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Janel Moloney plays the younger version of Christine Ebersole's Beebee. In real life, Ebersole is Moloney's aunt.

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Quotes

Gwen Moss: Love's cruel, Love's a flirt. Love has places to go and people to hurt.

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Connections

Features Brief Encounter (1945)

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Soundtracks

You Don't Know Me
written by Eddie Arnold & Cindy Walker
Performed by Van Morrison
Courtesy of Exile Productions/Polydor Ltd.
By arrangement with Polygram Film & TV Licensing

User Reviews

Til There Was You

Awful romance comedy about fated lovers who seem unlikely to meet. Parker is horrendous as the whining, bitching love interest of McDermott, who is secretly set to fall in love with Tripplehorn.