Key Exchange
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{{Infobox film
| name = Key Exchange
| image = Key Exchange poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Barnet Kellman
| writer =
| screenplay = Paul Kurta
Kevin Scott
| based_on = {{based on|Key Exchange|Kevin Wade}}
| producer = Paul Kurta
Mitchell Maxwell
| starring = Brooke Adams
Ben Masters
Danny Aiello
Seth Allen
| cinematography = Fred Murphy
| editing = Jill Savitt
| music = Mason Daring
| studio = 20th Century Fox
M-Square Entertainment, Inc.
| distributor = 20th Century Fox
| released = {{Film date|1985|8|14}}
| runtime = 97 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $3.5 million{{cite web |title=Key Exchange (1985)|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/57740-KEY-EXCHANGE|website=AFI |access-date=March 19, 2025}}
| gross =
}}
Key Exchange is a 1985 American romantic comedy film directed by Barnet Kellman and starring Brooke Adams as Lisa.{{cite web|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B0CE5D71E38F937A2575BC0A963948260|title=Key Exchange (1985) SCREEN: 'KEY EXCHANGE,' A COMEDY|author=Canby, Vincent|authorlink=Vincent Canby|date=August 14, 1985}} The film is based on a play by Kevin Wade. The film was released by 20th Century Fox on August 14, 1985.{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members//catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=57740|title=Key Exchange|work=afi.com|accessdate=14 April 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/key-exchange-v27129|title=Key Exchange|work=AllMovie|accessdate=14 April 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/80160/key-exchange|title=Key Exchange|work=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=14 April 2018}}
Plot
A young woman wishes to get her boyfriend to commit to her, yet the most she can manage to do is get him to exchange apartment keys.
Cast
- Brooke Adams as Lisa
- Ben Masters as Philip
- Danny Aiello as Carabello
- Daniel Stern as Michael
- Seth Allen as Frank
- Kerry Armstrong as The Beauty
- Sandra Beall as Marcy
- Annie Golden as Val
- Peter Brinkerhoff as Willie, The Stage Manager
- Ian Calderon as Lighting Technician
- John Spencer as Record Executive
- Keith Charles as Mr. Simon
- Roger Christiansen as A.D. Switcher
- John Cunningham as Sloane
- Ned Eisenberg as Piero
Production
The rights to the play were first purchased in November 1981. After negotiations with Mel Damski and Jamie Lee Curtis to direct and star respectively fell through, Barnet Kellman, who had directed the stage production was hired as director while Brooke Adams and Ben Masters who had acted in the stage production reprised their roles. Although Daniel Stern had never starred in Key Exchange, he was familiar with the work as he was slated to appear in the original stage production prior to dropping out in favor of Diner. The film was adapted by producer Paul Kurta and his production assistant, Kevin Scott, after attempts to find a screenwriter proved unsuccessful.
Reception
In a review for The New York Times, Vincent Canby was positive in his assessment "What sustains Key Exchange is not surprise, but the intelligence of its characters and of the people who made it."{{cite news|first=Vincent |last=Canby|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/14/movies/screen-key-exchange-a-comedy.html|title=SCREEN: 'KEY EXCHANGE,' A COMEDY|newspaper=The New York Times|location=New York City|date=August 14, 1985|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171125014253/https://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/14/movies/screen-key-exchange-a-comedy.html |archive-date=25 November 2017 }}
In a negative review for the Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert wrote, "“Key Exchange” is about two people who have a relationship but should not, two people who are married but should not be and the ways in which they all arrive at a singularly unconvincing happy ending. ".{{Cite news |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/key-exchange-1985|title=Key Exchange |last=Ebert |first=Roger |date=September 13, 1985 |work=Chicago Sun-Times |access-date=March 19, 2025 }}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0089411}}
- {{Mojo title|keyexchange}}
- {{rotten tomatoes|key_exchange}}
{{Barnet Kellman}}
Category:1985 romantic comedy films
Category:American romantic comedy films
Category:20th Century Fox films
Category:Films scored by Mason Daring
Category:Films with screenplays by Kevin Wade
Category:1985 directorial debut films
Category:1980s English-language films
Category:Films directed by Barnet Kellman
Category:English-language romantic comedy films
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