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Sliding Doors

  • 19981998
  • ALAL
  • 1h 39m
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Gwyneth Paltrow in Sliding Doors (1998)
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A London woman's love life and career both hinge, unknown to her, on whether or not she catches a train. We see it both ways, in parallel.A London woman's love life and career both hinge, unknown to her, on whether or not she catches a train. We see it both ways, in parallel.A London woman's love life and career both hinge, unknown to her, on whether or not she catches a train. We see it both ways, in parallel.

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  • Director
    • Peter Howitt
  • Writer
    • Peter Howitt
  • Stars
    • Gwyneth Paltrow
    • John Hannah
    • John Lynch
  • Director
    • Peter Howitt
  • Writer
    • Peter Howitt
  • Stars
    • Gwyneth Paltrow
    • John Hannah
    • John Lynch
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 317User reviews
    • 94Critic reviews
    • 59Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
      • 6 wins & 4 nominations total

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    Gwyneth Paltrow
    Gwyneth Paltrow
    • Helen
    John Hannah
    John Hannah
    • James
    John Lynch
    John Lynch
    • Gerry
    Jeanne Tripplehorn
    Jeanne Tripplehorn
    • Lydia
    Zara Turner
    Zara Turner
    • Anna
    Douglas McFerran
    • Russell
    Paul Brightwell
    Paul Brightwell
    • Clive
    Nina Young
    Nina Young
    • Claudia
    Virginia McKenna
    Virginia McKenna
    • James's Mother
    Kevin McNally
    Kevin McNally
    • Paul
    Terry English
    • Kind Cabbie
    Paul Stacey
    • Man on Tube
    Peter Howitt
    Peter Howitt
    • Cheeky Bloke
    Joanna Roth
    Joanna Roth
    • Suspicious Girl
    Neil Stuke
    Neil Stuke
    • Defensive Bloke
    Theresa Kartell
    • Rachael
    Evelyn Duah
    • Receptionist
    Linda Broughton
    • Theatre Nurse
    • Director
      • Peter Howitt
    • Writer
      • Peter Howitt
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    • Trivia
      John Hannah is partly responsible for the film getting made after the funding collapsed. He coincidentally happened to be in a meeting with Hollywood hotshot Sydney Pollack and casually mentioned this great screenplay he was hoping to make. Pollack was sufficiently interested to read the script and immediately sorted out the funding.
    • Goofs
      Gerry makes a joke about withdrawing Helen's Class One Drugs. Great Britain uses an alphabetical classification system so class one should be class A.
    • Quotes

      James: Cheer up. Remember what the Monty Python boys say.

      Helen: "Always look on the bright side of life"?

      James: No, "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition."

    • Crazy credits
      The film's copyright year in the credits is 1997.
    • Alternate versions
      US version was cut for language by Miramax to secure a PG-13 rating.
    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The Object of My Affection/Paulie/Nightwatch/Suicide Kings/Wild Man Blues/Chinese Box (1998)
    • Soundtracks
      Have Fun, Go Mad
      Written by Blair Mackichan and Phil Taylor

      Performed by Blair

      Courtesy of Mercury Records Limited by arrangement with PolyGram Film and TV Music

    User reviews317

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    6/10
    Miss the train, miss the point?
    In Kieslowski's 'Short Film About Love', two characters see their bus on the other side of the square. The woman turns to the boy. "If we catch it, you come back to mine. If not, not". Kieslowski shows how chance determines the pattern of our lives through the simple expedient of having his characters embrace it.

    Sliding Doors, a moderately diverting rom-com, start from a similar premise. Gwynneth Paltrow either catches or misses a train; and, in parallel tracks we switch between thereafter, her life forks down two separate paths. In one, she is stuck with her terminally useless boyfriend; in the other, she meets Mr. Wonderful, and starts to look forward to "happy ever after". The idea is fresh, but slightly self-defeating: we never know "what if", in life, there are no second chances, and so Paltrow's character is hard to truly care for; like Lara Croft, she is rendered invulnerable (and hence slightly inhuman) through the curse of having too many lives. The resemblance, however, does not extend to matters anatomical: stick-thin Platrow does the least impressive impersonation of a pregnant woman ever seen.

    Her English accent is also bizarre; passable in Emma, here she tries for lower-class, sounding like a well-spoken Australian with a weird affectation for glottal stops and a slightly over-liberal use of very English swear words. One would ask why they cast her, if it wasn't depressingly obvious (the presence of a second American in the cast points clearly at an English film cynically engineered to be an international hit).

    But it's always lively viewing, and worth an extra point for a nicely arranged ending, which makes the most of the slightly thin material that has preceded it.
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    • Release date
      • July 22, 1999 (Netherlands)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Обережно, двері зачиняються
    • Filming locations
      • Blue Anchor Pub, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Intermedia Films
      • Mirage Enterprises
      • Miramax
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $6,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $11,841,544
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $834,817
      • Apr 26, 1998
    • Gross worldwide
      • $11,841,544
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 39 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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