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Playing by Heart (1998)
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Sophomore writer/director Willard Carroll weaves together an all-star cast in interlocking stories about finding love in Los Angeles. The film's theme is spoken by young club-hopper Joan (
Angelina Jolie
). Taken by the mysterious Keenan (
Ryan Phillippe
), she tells him that "talking about love" is like "dancing about architecture" (the original title until the studio thought it would be confused with
Dancing at Lughnasa
), meaning speech is not the medium to adequately express the details of love. They all try, anyway. Others up for the dance include a TV cooking-show hostess (
Gena Rowlands
) and her husband (
Sean Connery
) who still fight over his one brief infidelity 25 years earlier; two lovers (Madeline Stowe,
Anthony Edwards
) who discuss their unhappy marriages; and a theater director (
Gillian Anderson
) and her architect, Mr. Right (
Jon Stewart
). Also searching are
Dennis Quaid
,
Nastassja Kinski
and
Patricia Clarkson
. For a familial sort of love, there's
Ellen Burstyn
as the estranged mother to her son (
Jay Mohr
) dying of AIDS. ~ Ron Wells, All Movie Guide
Cast
Angelina Jolie
Joan
Madeleine Stowe
Gracie
Gillian Anderson
Meredith
Production Crew
Willard Carroll
Director
Timothy R. Sexton
Musical Direction/Supervision
Willard Carroll
Screenwriter
Year: 1998
Runtime: 120
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: R
for language
Category: Feature
Genre
Drama
Release
December 30, 1998 (USA)
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