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Wikipedia article
'Sleep with Me' is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Rory Kelly and starring Meg Tilly, Eric Stoltz and Craig Sheffer, who play good friends that become involved in a love triangle, a relationship complicated by the marriage of Tilly's and Stoltz's characters.
It also features Parker Posey, Joey Lauren Adams, and a cameo by Quentin Tarantino, in which he expounds on the homoerotic subtext of 'Top Gun' to Todd Field. Six different writers wrote a scene each about the arc and development of the relation between the protagonists, including Kelly.
The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.
Cast
* Meg Tilly as Sarah
* Eric Stoltz as Joseph
* Craig Sheffer as Frank
* Lewis Arquette as Minister
* Todd Field as Duane
* Susan Traylor as Deborah
* Tegan West as Rory
* Dean Cameron as Leo
* Amaryllis Borrego as Amy
* Thomas Gibson as Nigel
* Parker Posey as Athena
* Joey Lauren Adams as Lauren
* Alida P. Field as Gina
* Vanessa Angel as Marianne
* June Lockhart as Caroline
* Quentin Tarantino as Sid
* Alexandra Hedison as Brunette Actress
Reception
The film received mostly negative reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes it has a 21% rating, based on 14 reviews.
Despite playing to standing ovations at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival and being surrounded by a great deal of early buzz, the film suffered from distribution issuesnamely, that it was acquired by a reorganized MGM and not a specialty division. Consequently it made no more festival appearances, was marketed by MGM as a mainstream romp, and was ignored by most top critics. One of the exceptions was Roger Ebert for the 'Chicago Sun-Times'. who wrote
Year-end lists
* Honorable mention David Elliott, 'The San Diego Union-Tribune'
Soundtrack
*"Wasted" (Pere Ubu)
*"Howl" (Syd Straw)
*"E Rockin 'It" (Chucklehead)
*"Funk Is on the Loose" (Chucklehead)
*"Ab Traffic Jam" (Chucklehead)
*"I Live in a Nice House" (Thelonious Monster)
*"Big Dumb Song" (Chucklehead)
*"Shaken" (Crossed Wire)
*"I'm Yours" (Crossed Wire)
*"Retrosexy" (Chucklehead)
*"Maybe You Should Change Your Name" (El Caminos)
*"Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out" (El Caminos)
*"I Miss You" (Joey Lauren Adams)
*"Daddy's Dead in Momma's Head" (Joey Lauren Adams & Parker Posey)
*"Nocturne No. 2, Op. 9, in E-Flat Major" (Peter Schmalfuss)
(Sourced from IMDb[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111218/soundtrack Soundtrack for Sleep with Me])
References
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