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Curtain Call (1998 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Curtain Call' is a 1998 romantic comedy directed by Peter Yates, photographed by Sven Nykvist and edited by Hughes Winborne. It stars James Spader, Polly Walker, Michael Caine and Maggie Smith.[http://allmovie.com/work/curtain-call-173911 Allmovie: 'Curtain Call'] Linked 2013-06-06 The film was later re-released under the title 'It All Came True'. It was to be Peter Yates' last film made for cinema, although in most markets it went directly to TV or home video.Nat Segaloff, 'Final Cuts: The Last Films of 50 Great Directors', Bear Manor Media 2013 p 340-342
Plot
Stevenson Lowe (James Spader) has a publishing business that's in trouble and a girlfriend (Polly Walker), who is also being pursued by a U.S. Senator (Sam Shepard). Stevenson buys a townhouse, for himself, which disappoints her. A pair of quarrelsome ghosts, Max Gale (Michael Caine) and Lily Marlowe (Maggie Smith), who once worked in the theatre, now quarrel with each other while advising Stevenson why marriage is a bad idea.
Cast
*James Spader as Stevenson Lowe
*Polly Walker as Julia
*Michael Caine as Max Gale
*Maggie Smith as Lily Marlowe
*Buck Henry as Charles Van Allsburg
*Sam Shepard as Will Dodge
*Frank Whaley as Brett Conway
*Marcia Gay Harden as Michelle Tippet
*Frances Sternhagen as Amy
*Phyllis Somerville as Gladys
*Julianne Nicholson as Sandra Hewson
*Susan Berman as Miriam
References
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