One Night Stand Movie Review 1997

Max (Snipes) is a commercial director in New York on business. While visiting his friend Charlie (Downey), a choreographer dying of AIDS, he meets willowy beauty Karen (Kinski). This chance meeting leads to, you guessed it, a one night stand. When Max returns home to L.A., he realizes how empty and stale his life is. One year later, he and wife Mimi (Wen) return to visit the quickly fading Charlie. They meet Charlie's brother Vernon (McLachlan) and his wife. . .Karen. Good performances (especially by Downey) and characterization make this more than a morality play about the ramifications of a sexual fling. Although paid for his original material, Joe Eszterhas didn't take any writing credit after Figgis totally rewrote the script.

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 103 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Advertising, AIDS, Funerals, Romantic Triangles, Sex & Sexuality, Interracial Affairs

Screenplay

Mike Figgis

Cast

Mike Figgis, Wesley Snipes, Nastassja Kinski, Ming Na, Robert Downey, Kyle MacLachlan, Glenn Plummer, Amanda Donohoe, Thomas Haden Church, Julian Sands, John Ratzenberger, Annabelle Gurwitch, Donovan Leitch, Zoe Nathenson, Vincent Ward, Susan Barnes

Cinematography

Declan Quinn

Director

Mike Figgis

Music

Mike Figgis

Other

Ione Skye, Xander Berkeley