Town & Country (2001)

Director:

Peter Chelsom

Writers (WGA):

Michael Laughlin (written by) and
Buck Henry (written by)

Release Date:

27 April 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Porter Stoddard is a well-known New York architect who is at a crossroads... a nexus where twists and...

Plot Keywords:

New York | Marriage | Small Town | Traffic Jam | Fishing

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Warren Beatty	...	Porter
Nastassja Kinski	...	Alex
Diane Keaton	...	Ellie
Goldie Hawn	...	Mona
Garry Shandling	...	Griffin
Vincent Lascoumes	...	Waiter
William Hootkins	...	Barney (as Bill Hootkins)
Terry Hoyos	...	Yolanda (as Terri Hoyos)
Josh Hartnett	...	Tom (as Joshua Hartnett)
Tricia Vessey	...	Alice
Marc Casabani	...	Omar
Del Zamora	...	Alejandro
Katharine Towne	...	Holly
Tony Abatemarco	...	McKlellen
Eve Crawford	...	Margaret

MPAA:

Rated R for sexuality and language.

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | USA:TV-MA (TV rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:12 | France:U | Germany:12 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:13 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R (PCA #36841) | South Korea:18

Filming Locations:

Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

New Line Cinema

Trivia:

The film was released (2001) three years after filming initially began (1998).

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Porter and Griffin are having lunch in the hotel the girl (who becomes Porter's first affair) is playing a double bass in the lobby. The soundtrack music, apart from being very obviously not synchronised with what she is playing, is a viola or possibly violin - definitely not a bass.

Quotes:

Porter: I understand that you were an intimate of Hemingway's.
Eugenie's Father: Intimate? Is that some kind of homo thing?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Choses secrètes (2002)

Soundtrack:

The Peanut Vendor

Warren Got Fingered

This is as bad as you've heard. Insultingly stupid. I really only watched it to see Josh Hartnett, who mercifully was spared a lot of the embarrassment.

Then again, there is so much to be embarrassed about, so much to go around, he could have taken some on to ease the burden for all the 'adults' who are on display dishonoring their craft.

Diane Keaton should have the most explaining to do, as she sleep-walks through her part. She also has some difficult-to-hear dialogue, some of it involving husband Warren's endowment.

No, scratch that...Charlton Heston, as a character who has no business in the movie in the first place, has the most to explain. The scene where he threatens a party with a gun made the NRA also require an explanation.

No, wait... the trio of Jenna Elfman, Andie McDowell and Nastassia Kinski, as the women in Warren's life..they appear at will or when the situation calls for something illogical to happen.

I guess I should settle this by giving the award to Warren, who still has 'Ishtar' to apologize for. Its obvious in some ways its his movie, as the majority of the cast has worked with or for him before. What a great friend you are, Warren! Good thing for us you're not an agent, then good actors would do garbage like this more often.

1/10, needless to say. Avoid the pain.