One Night Stand (1997 film)
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| Directed by | Mike Figgis |
| Produced by | Mike Figgis Bob Engelman Michael De Luca Richard Saperstein |
| Written by | Mike Figgis Joe Eszterhas (uncredited) |
| Starring | Wesley Snipes Nastassja Kinski Kyle MacLachlan Ming-Na Wen Robert Downey Jr. |
| Music by | Mike Figgis |
| Cinematography | Declan Quinn |
| Editing by | Mathew Knights John S. Smith Julian Slater |
| Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
| Release date(s) | November 14, 1997 (USA) |
| Running time | 102 min. |
| Language | English |
One Night Stand is a movie directed by British Mike Figgis in 1997. The first draft of the screenplay was written by Joe Eszterhas, who had his name removed from the project following Figgis' rewrite.
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[edit] Plot summary
Max Carlyle (Wesley Snipes) lives in California, where he has a successful career directing television commercials and is happily married to Mimi (Ming-Na Wen), with whom he has two children. While visiting New York City, Max meets Karen (Nastassja Kinski) by chance after missing a flight; circumstances keep bringing them together over the course of the evening, and they end up spending the night making love. When he returns home, Max seems distant and unhappy, though Mimi can't tell why and Max won't say. Even after a brief period of anal sex with Mimi, Max still doesn't feel satisfied. A year later, Max and Mimi fly to New York to visit his close friend Charlie (Robert Downey, Jr.), who is in the last stages of an AIDS-related illness. Max meets Charlie's brother Vernon (Kyle MacLachlan) and is introduced to his new wife — Karen. Facing Karen sends Max into an emotional tailspin, and he realizes that he must tell Mimi the truth about his indiscretion.
[edit] Cast
| Movie | Role |
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| Wesley Snipes | Max Carlyle |
| Nastassja Kinski | Karen |
| Kyle MacLachlan | Vernon |
| Ming-Na Wen | Mimi Carlyle |
| Robert Downey Jr. | Charlie |
| Glenn Plummer | George |
| Amanda Donohoe | Margaux |
| Thomas Haden Church | Don |
| Julian Sands | Charlie's Nurse |
[edit] Trivia
- Eszterhas was paid $4 million for his script. In his memoir Hollywood Animal, he states that at first he could not understand why New Line, the company who produced the film, would risk alienating a screenwriter whom they had paid a record amount of money to by allowing the director to rewrite the screenplay. He said that years later a New Line executive stated that Figgis was allowed to alter the script because the director had just scored a major success with his film Leaving Las Vegas, while Eszterhas' notorious Showgirls had flopped at the box office.
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