Playing by Heart (1998)

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Written by Willard Carroll

Directed by Willard Carroll

Running Time: 135 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1998

Rating: 15 Certificate

Production Country: UK/USA

Filmed in Colour

Sean Connery and Gena Rowlands are the older couple thinking of breaking up.

Angelina Jolie and Ryan Phillippe are two bright young things disillusioned with modern living who spark off each other but play hurtful games.

Ellen Burstyn plays a mother caring for dying Jay Mohr, while lonely architect Jon Stewart struggles to win the heart of Gillian Anderson.

Poor old Dennis Quaid doesn't even get someone to rub up against, just a succession of martini glasses.

Combine these stars with a Los Angeles milieu of neon and late nights, photographed by veteran cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond (The Deer Hunter, Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, Deliverance), and you have a setting which already hits the right mood.

The film works on various levels: individual couples have their own journeys to undergo before they reach understanding. And taken as a whole, the stories represent an unusual patchwork of compassion, emotion and humanity, qualities which rarely make it past the Hollywood moneymen.

With a range of credible episodes and powerful performances, there is a story in "Playing By Heart" which will appeal to every age.

Cast

Image for Angelina JolieAngelina JolieJoan
Image for Dennis QuaidDennis QuaidHugh
April GraceValery
Image for Patricia ClarksonPatricia ClarksonAllison
Gena RowlandsHannah
Image for Sean ConnerySean ConneryPaul
Image for Gillian AndersonGillian AndersonMeredith
Christian MillsPhillip
Kellie WaymireJane
Image for Madeleine StoweMadeleine StoweGracie
Anthony EdwardsRoger
Image for Ellen BurstynEllen BurstynMildred
Image for Jay MohrJay MohrMark
Tim HalliganCook Show Director
Image for Michael EmersonMichael EmersonBosco

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