White Palace (1990)

White Palace (1990) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Golden Globes
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
98 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1990 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Luis Mandoki

Written By:
Glenn Savan
Ted Tally

Actors:
Susan Sarandon ..... Nora Baker
James Spader ..... Max Baron
Jason Alexander ..... Neil
Kathy Bates ..... Rosemary
Eileen Brennan ..... Judy
Steven Hill ..... Sol Horowitz
Rachel Chagall ..... Rachel (as Rachel Levin)
Corey Parker ..... Larry Klugman
Renée Taylor ..... Edith Baron
Jonathan Penner ..... Marv Miller
Barbara Howard ..... Sherri Klugman
Kim Myers ..... Heidi Solomon (as Kim Meyers)
Hildy Brooks ..... Ella Horowitz
Mitzi McCall ..... Sophie Rosen
K.C. Carr ..... Stripper

Synopsis:

Screenwriters Ted Tally and Alvin Sargent adapted the novel by Glenn Savan into this intelligent comedy-drama about a May-December romance where the woman is the senior partner. James Spader is Max Baron, a 27-year-old St. Louis advertising executive who has completely shut himself off from the world in the two years since the auto accident death of his wife. When he meets free-spirited, 43-year-old burger joint waitress Nora Baker (Susan Sarandon), his attraction to the earthy, outspoken woman is immediate and overpowering. The difference in age isn't their only obstacle happiness: Nora's into Marilyn Monroe, drinking beer, and lives in Dogtown, the city's low-rent district, while Max is cultured, sophisticated, and wealthy. Despite their differences, Max and Nora are alike in their suffering and in their deep need for connection, but their charged relationship is put to the emotional test when it becomes clear that Max is hiding his affair with Nora from his upper middle-class, Jewish social circle. White Palace co-stars Renée Taylor, Eileen Brennan, Kathy Bates, Jason Alexander, and Corey Parker.

Max Baron (James Spader) is a 27-year-old high flying advertising executive still recovering from the death of his wife. One night he is in a bar when he meets Nora Baker (Susan Sarandon) a 43-year-old waitress with a fixation on Marilyn Monroe. The couple gradually fall in love, though age and social differences mean that the path of true love is strewn with problems.

A waitress in a White Palace fast-food restaurant meets a young, recently widowed, Jewish advertising executive at a bar. They "tentatively" and "uncertainly" start an affair which turns torrid very rapidly and eventually leads to her leaving town and him quitting his job, abandoning his old life and following her...

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 30 March, 2021.