A man switches plane tickets with another man who dies in that plane in a crash. The man falls in love with the deceased one's wife.
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Title: Bounce (2000)
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2 wins & 2 nominations.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Ben Affleck | ... | Buddy Amaral | |
| Gwyneth Paltrow | ... | Abby Janello | |
| Natasha Henstridge | ... | Mimi Prager | |
| Edward Edwards | ... | Ron Wachter | |
| Jennifer Grey | ... | Janice Guerrero | |
| Tony Goldwyn | ... | Greg Janello | |
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Lisa Carpenter-Prewitt | ... | Carol Wilson |
| Lisa Joyner | ... | T.V. Announcer | |
| Richard Saxton | ... | CNN Reporter | |
| Caroline Aaron | ... | Donna | |
| David Dorfman | ... | Joey Janello | |
| Alex D. Linz | ... | Scott Janello | |
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Juan Garcia | ... | Kevin Walters (as Juan García) |
| Mary Ellen Lyon | ... | Ellen Seitz | |
| Joe Morton | ... | Jim Willer | |
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Buddy (Affleck) has just signed an airline in Chicago as a big client, but is ironically delayed at the airport waiting for a flight to LA on that same airline. He meets fellow passenger Greg, who opts to be bumped, even though it means missing an activity with his older son. When the flight gets resumed, Buddy thinks he's doing a good deed by swapping tickets with Greg so he can get home to his son. Sadly, the flight crashes. Buddy conspires with his friend, the ticket agent that night, to take his name off the passenger list and put Greg's on. Once he's back in LA, his new client dictates that the company run a series of feel-good ads about the crash. Buddy feels very hypocritical, and completely loses it when the commercials win a Cleo. After going through re-hab, he decides he needs to check on Greg's widow. But he doesn't plan on falling in love with her. Written by Tony B
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Abby: It's not that I can't forgive him. Do you know how I spent the night after he left? Trying to figure out if I was glad, that he didn't get on that plane. If I say I'm glad he's alive, I'm glad he found me that day, or if I lie, and I say I'm not, either way it feels like I'm doing something wrong to someone I... To both of them, to him and Greg. Being with him is like making a choice.
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Written by Mel Tormé and Robert Wells
Performed by The Drifters
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
By Arrangement with Warner Special Productions
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Tony Goldwyn (Greg) and Joe Morton (Jim) appeared in Scandal (2012) starring Kerry Washington. Tony played the President, who is Washington's love interest, and Joe played Washington's father. See more »Goofs
While Buddy and Abby are making love the watch on her wrist disappears and reappears. See more »Quotes
Donna: But if you can't forgive him, you can't.Abby: It's not that I can't forgive him. Do you know how I spent the night after he left? Trying to figure out if I was glad, that he didn't get on that plane. If I say I'm glad he's alive, I'm glad he found me that day, or if I lie, and I say I'm not, either way it feels like I'm doing something wrong to someone I... To both of them, to him and Greg. Being with him is like making a choice.
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The Christmas SongWritten by Mel Tormé and Robert Wells
Performed by The Drifters
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
By Arrangement with Warner Special Productions
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
17 November 2000 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Bounce See more »Filming Locations:
Dodger Stadium - 1000 Vin Scully Avenue, Chavez Ravine, Elysian Park, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Edit
Box Office
Budget:
$35,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$11,423,716, 19 November 2000Gross USA:
$36,805,288Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$53,425,292Company Credits
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Why, why, why did Jennifer Grey have to go and get a nose job? I hardly recognized her in this movie. IMHO, she looked rather attractive just the way she was.
OK, having got that off my chest, I am one of those who like Bounce, despite Affleck's limitations as an actor and the somewhat predictable plot. A bittersweet, tender romance movie is not really meant to move mountains artistically, nor should it be expected to. But this one does draw you in, emotionally, for better or for worse. Case in point: Look at all the IMDb comments posted on it! And as for those who would have liked more sizzle in the romance between Affleck and Paltrow, remember, this is a film that also has the death of Abby's husband as its constant backdrop, hence, the film's rather understated treatment of their romance, I think.