Afterglow (film)


Afterglow
Directed by Alan Rudolph
Produced by Robert Altman
James McLindon
Written by Alan Rudolph
Starring Julie Christie
Nick Nolte
Lara Flynn Boyle
Music by Mark Isham
Cinematography Toyomichi Kurita
Editing by Suzy Elmiger
Distributed by Sony Pictures
Release date(s) 1997
Running time 113 min

Afterglow is a 1997 feature film starring Nick Nolte and Julie Christie. Alan Rudolph directed and wrote the script for the movie. It was produced by Robert Altman and filmed in Montreal.

Christie's portrayal earned her a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, but the award went to Helen Hunt for As Good as it Gets.[1]

The film had a R (rating) in the US due to sexuality and some language.

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Plot

Repair contractor "Lucky" Mann and his former B-movie actress wife Phyllis are an unhappily married couple living in Montreal, Canada. Their teenage daughter has run away. He arrives at the home of sexually frustrated housewife Marianne whose relationship is similarly strained with her husband Jeffrey. Lucky and Marianne begin an affair.

Phyllis searches for her daughter in the streets of Montreal. She meets Jeffrey and agrees to spend the weekend with him. The course is set for a showdown among all four.

Cast

Awards

Julie Christie was nominated for Best Actress in a Lead Role in the 1997 Academy Awards for her role. She won best actress at the San Sebastian Film Festival. The cast won the jury award for best ensemble performance at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, and Nick Nolte won the best actor award at the same festival. The film won the Audience award at the Aspen Film Festival.

References

  1. ^ http://www.filmsite.org/aa97.html

References

  1. ^ http://www.filmsite.org/aa97.html

External links


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Films directed by Alan Rudolph
1970s
Premonition (1972) • Nightmare Circus (1974) • Welcome to L.A. (1976) • Remember My Name (1978)
1980s
Roadie (1980) • Endangered Species (1982) • Return Engagement (1983) • Songwriter (1984) • Choose Me (1984) • Trouble in Mind (1985) • Made in Heaven (1987) • The Moderns (1988)
1990s
Love at Large (1990) • Mortal Thoughts (1991) • Equinox (1992) • Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994) • Afterglow (1997) • Breakfast of Champions (1999)
2000s


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