Love Affair (1994)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Glenn Gordon Caron

Writers (WGA):

Mildred Cram (1939 story) and
Leo McCarey (1939 story) ...

Release Date:

21 October 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | Comedy

Plot:

Ex-football star Mike Gambril meets Terry McKay on a flight to Sydney, which is forced to land on a small atoll...

Plot Keywords:

Ship | Married Couple | Box Office Flop | Remake | Airplane

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Warren Beatty	...	Mike Gambril
Annette Bening	...	Terry McKay
Katharine Hepburn	...	Ginny
Garry Shandling	...	Kip DeMay
Chloe Webb	...	Tina Wilson
Pierce Brosnan	...	Ken Allen
Kate Capshaw	...	Lynn Weaver
Paul Mazursky	...	Herb Stillman
Brenda Vaccaro	...	Nora Stillman
Glenn Shadix	...	Anthony Rotundo
Barry Miller	...	Robert Crosley
Harold Ramis	...	Sheldon Blumenthal
Linda Wallem	...	Lorraine
Meagen Fay	...	SSA Flight Attendant
Ray Girardin	...	Wally Tripp

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | Australia:M | Spain:T | USA:PG-13 | UK:12 | Singapore:PG | Canada:PG

Filming Locations:

5th Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Mulholland Productions

Trivia:

Carrie Fisher was an uncredited script doctor on the film.

Goofs:

Continuity: The aircraft exterior is that of a newest Boeing 747-400, however the interior shots show a spiral staircase only used on the older 747-100 and 200 models.

Quotes:

Terry McKay: I guess I'm happy when I don't want to be anywhere else but where I am.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "The Critic: Siskel & Ebert & Jay & Alice (#2.2)" (1995)

Soundtrack:

Barbara Ann

This version of a movie previously filmed twice was quite charming for this first time Love Affair viewer

Had my mom not rented this from Netflix, I probably wouldn't have bothered to see this third version of a romance previously filmed twice before by Leo McCarey. Real-life married couple Warren Beatty and Annette Bening play two people engaged to others (Kate Capshaw, Pierce Brosnan) who chance meet on a plane and then fall for each other on a cruise ship. At a pit stop, they visit Beatty's aunt (Katherine Hepburn in her last feature role) who provides some views about love. After that, they make a pact to meet at the Empire State Building after a few months and...well, if you've seen the other two (which I haven't) you know what happens. I wasn't sure what to think of this movie with many of the quick-cutting of some scenes and many of the somewhat benign nature of some of the dialogue at the beginning but by the time of Hepburn's appearance, I was charmed by the way Beatty and, especially, Bening interacted with the veteran 4-time Oscar winner especially with the way Ms. Hepburn used a certain word in asking about ducks. Also with her appearance as well as a later one with Ray Charles singing "The Christmas Song", I wondered about what great losses we've had the last five or so years. Many of the supporting cast like Garry Shandling and Harold Ramis (neither of whom I thought had any funny scenes) I recognized but I didn't realize Wendie Jo Sperber and Lisa Edelstein were here until I read the end credits. I did like also some of the musical selections like the "M'm! M'm! Good!" spot with Ed McMahon, the children's chorus of The Beatles' "I Will", and that duet with Louis Jordan and Louis Armstrong on "Life Is So Peculiar" that scored some of the cruise scenes. And the concluding scene was quite touching (if not tear-inducing) that I'm willing to give this version of Love Affair a pass. Bottom line, this was worth seeing for any romantics still out there.