Playing by Heart

Playing by Heart (1998)

Timing: 2:1 (121 min)

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Release date

1998-12-30

Country

United States, United Kingdom

Production

Miramax, Intermedia, Hyperion Pictures, Morpheus

Genre

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Budget

$20 000 000

Revenue

$3 970 078

Website

https://www.miramax.com/movie/playing-by-heart/

Director

Willard Carroll

Actors

Gillian Anderson, Ellen Burstyn, Sean Connery, Anthony Edwards, Angelina Jolie, Jay Mohr, Ryan Phillippe, Dennis Quaid, Gena Rowlands, Jon Stewart
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Scenario

Willard Carroll

Producer

Willard Carroll, Meg Liberman, Thomas L. Wilhite, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Guy East, Paul Feldsher, Nigel Sinclair

Operator

Vilmos Zsigmond

Composer

John Barry

Artist

Elizabeth Lapp

Audition

Irene Cagen, Meg Liberman, Marc Hirschfeld

Editing

Pietro Scalia, Jeffrey Berk
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• The film was originally titled "Dancing About Architecture," as it includes a scene where Angelina Jolie's character says: "Talking about music is like dancing about architecture."
• American jazz trumpeter Chris Botti was invited to play several compositions for the film.
• The house where John Stewart's character lives was later used in the film "Galaxy Quest" (1999), where it was inhabited by Tim Allen's character, and in the film "Hideaway" (2005), where the house was at the disposal of Colin Firth's character. This house is known as "Case Study House #22" or "Stahl House," and is located in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles.
• Much of John Barry's soundtrack was replaced with tracks by another composer – Christopher Young. Some of Barry's recordings were retained in the film, and a soundtrack CD was released, including his compositions not used in the film.
• At the 51st minute, Joan and Keenan visit the "Sunset 5" cinema, on the walls of which are posters, among which it was possible to identify the films "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" (1974), "Swingers" (1996), and "Chasing Amy" (1996).
• At the 23rd minute, a waiter brings Joan a glass of martini with a skewer on which olives are strung. Joan takes the glass in her hand, brings it to her lips, the scene changes to Keenan, and we hear Joan put the glass on the table, the scene changes again and we see Joan pull the last olive off the skewer, although the skewer with olives remained in the glass.
• The film was originally titled 'Dancing About Architecture' because it includes a scene where Angelina Jolie's character says: 'Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.'
• The house where John Stewart's character lives was later used in the film 'Galaxy Quest' (1999), where Tim Allen's character resided, and in 'Prime Suspect' (2005), where the house was occupied by Colin Firth's character. This house is known as 'Case Study House #22' or 'Stahl House,' and is located in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles.
• In the 51st minute, Joan and Keenan visit the "Sunset 5" cinema. Posters on its walls include "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" (1974), "Party Animals" (1996), and "Chasing Amy" (1996).