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'One Night Stand' is a Canadian thriller television film, directed by Allan King and released in 1978.["One Night Stand". 'The Globe and Mail', March 8, 1978.] An adaptation of Carol Bolt's theatrical play,["One Night Stand: better and better". 'The Globe and Mail', April 11, 1977.] the film stars Chapelle Jaffe as Daisy, a woman who goes out looking for a one-night stand after being dumped by her boyfriend on her birthday, and connects with Rafe (Brent Carver), a mentally unstable street musician.[
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The film's cast also includes Dinah Christie, Susan Hogan and Robert A. Silverman.
Writing for 'The Globe and Mail', Stephen Godfrey called the film essentially a Canadian version of 'Looking for Mr. Goodbar'.[ The film also received limited theatrical distribution in the United States.][Janet Maslin, [https://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/29/movies/film-one-night-stand-romance-cum-thriller.html "FILM: 'ONE NIGHT STAND,' ROMANCE-CUM-THRILLER"]. 'The New York Times', April 29, 1982.]
The film won four Canadian Film Awards at the 29th Canadian Film Awards in 1978, for Best TV Drama, Best Actor in a Non-Feature (Carver), Best Actress in a Non-Feature (Jaffe) and Best Musical Score in a Non-Feature.[Maria Topalovich, 'And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards'. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. .]
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