Playing by Heart ( Dancing About Architecture ) ( If They Only Knew (My Heart, My Love) )

Playing by Heart (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Dancing About Architecture
Alternate Title: If They Only Knew (My Heart, My Love)
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Spanish ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
119 min + 37 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1998 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Willard Carroll

Written By:
Willard Carroll

Actors:
Angelina Jolie ..... Joan
Sean Connery ..... Paul
Gena Rowlands ..... Hannah
Gillian Anderson ..... Meredith
Madeleine Stowe ..... Gracie
Ryan Phillippe ..... Keenan
Dennis Quaid ..... Hugh
Christian Mills ..... Phillip
Kellie Waymire ..... Jane
April Grace ..... Valery
Anthony Edwards ..... Roger
Ellen Burstyn ..... Mildred
Jay Mohr ..... Mark
Tim Halligan ..... Cook Show Director
Michael Emerson ..... Bosco

Synopsis:

Among the characters are a mature couple about to renew their vows (Sean Connery and Gena Rowlands); a woman (Gillian Anderson) who accepts a date offer from a stranger (Jon Stewart); a gay man dying of AIDS (Jay Mohr) and his mother (Ellen Burstyn) who has struggled to accept him; two clubbers who meet in a nightclub (Ryan Phillippe and Angelina Jolie); a couple having an affair (Anthony Edwards and Madeleine Stowe) and a man (Dennis Quaid) who tells his tragic life story to a woman he meets in a bar (Patricia Clarkson), but seems to have a strange connection to another mysterious woman. As the film continues and the stories evolve, the connections between the characters become evident. Kellie Waymire, Nastassja Kinski, Alec Mapa, Amanda Peet and Michael Emerson also have roles in the film.

Eleven articulate people work through affairs of the heart in L.A. Paul produces Hannah's TV cooking show, and they must move beyond gentle barbs when she wants to know about an affair of his years ago. Mark is dying of AIDS, and his mother comes to his bedside: they must talk truthfully. Men have scalded Meredith so she rebuffs Trent's charm, but he persists. The trendy, prolix Joan tries to pull the solitary Keenan into her orbit: why is he reluctant? An adulterous couple meet at hotels for evening sex, but she is unwilling for the relationship to grow. Hugh tells tall tales, usually tragic, to women in bars. By the week's end, their parallel stories converge.

The story centres on several different romantic entanglements in modern-day America.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 29 August, 2012.