The Kiss (2003)

A newly promoted book editor discovers a potential best seller, although unfinished, manuscript buried in her predecessor's office. Moved by the passionate love story and drawing parallels ... See full summary »

Director:

Gorman Bechard

Writers:

Gorman Bechard, Stephen Manzi

Stars:

Terence Stamp, Francoise Surel, Eliza Dushku

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Terence Stamp	...	Philip Naudet
Francoise Surel	...	Cara Thompson / Claire
Eliza Dushku	...	Megan
Billy Zane	...	Alan Roberts / young Philip Naudet
Illeana Douglas	...	Joyce Rothman
Steven Gilborn	...	Mumford
William Mapother	...	Peter
Jossie Thacker	...	Nurse
Steven Houska	...	Fred Winoker
Patty McCormack	...	Priscilla Standhope
Senta Moses Mikan	...	Julianna (as Senta Moses)
Gary Bullock	...	Donald Kellermen
Gerry McIntyre	...	Darryl
Jennifer Echols	...	Post Mistress
Beans Morocco	...	Walt

Storyline

A newly promoted book editor discovers a potential best seller, although unfinished, manuscript buried in her predecessor's office. Moved by the passionate love story and drawing parallels to her own life, she embarks on a journey to find the author and the missing ending only to find an old loner who is still struggling to cope with the death of his wife twenty years prior. The two eventually form a close friendship, each drawing wisdom and strength from each other allowing him to write the final chapter on his romance with his wife before succumbing to cancer and inspiring her to find a lost love.

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Plot Keywords:

friendship | true love | novel | 

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Taglines:

In search of the perfect ending.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 August 2005 (Brazil)

Also Known As:

Befejezetlen kézirat

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kingman Films International

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Based on Robert Doisneau's famous 1950 photograph "Kiss by the Hotel de Ville".

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Goofs

While Megan and Cara are talking and sharing ice cream on a couch, Cara says that she is really 31 and the ice cream container is in Megan's hand. In the next shot, the container is in Cara's hand with no exchange taking place.

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Quotes

Cara Thompson: Where do you want to start?
Megan: I want to go back to the womb. My life had promise at that point.

User Reviews

from the director of the film

Just to set the record straight, Francoise Surel is the wife of producer Arthur Chang. She was on board the project from the get-go.

And while I truly appreciate some of the kind comments about the film, please know that I had nothing to do with the final version of the film. It was completely recut to focus on Ms. Surel. Likewise, the music was changed. I'm not at all fond of this final cut. And to say that I dislike the music is an understatement. And please know that the voice overs from the novel were written by other writers, not myself or Mr. Manzi.

While some of the better moments survived this cut (it's hard to make Eliza and Terence look bad), many unfortunately have not.

But nonetheless, thank you for watching, Gorman Bechard.