Someone to Love (1987 film)
{{Short description|1987 film by Henry Jaglom}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Someone to Love
| image = Someone to Love (1987 film).jpg
| caption =
| director = Henry Jaglom
| writer = Henry Jaglom
| starring = Orson Welles
Henry Jaglom
Andrea Marcovicci
Michael Emil
| producer = Michael Jaglom
M.H. Simonson
Judith Wolinsky
| distributor = Castle Hill Productions Inc.
| released = {{Film date|1987}}
| runtime = 111 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
}}
Someone to Love is a 1987 comedy film directed by Henry Jaglom. It was Orson Welles' final live action film appearance, released two years after his death but produced before his voice-over in The Transformers: The Movie, his final film performance.
The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/461/year/1987.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Someone to Love |accessdate=2009-07-23|work=festival-cannes.com}}
Plot
The film is a pseudo-documentary about a filmmaker who throws a Valentine's Day party at an old theater that is about to be demolished. The filmmaker invites numerous single friends, including his brother, the real estate agent who sold the theater to a developer who is going to build a modern shopping mall, to the party and then quizzes them on camera about their lives, failed relationships, intimacy issues, and loneliness.
Cast
- Orson Welles as Himself
- Henry Jaglom as Danny Sapir
- Andrea Marcovicci as Helene Eugene
- Michael Emil as Mickey Sapir
- Sally Kellerman as Edith Helm
- Oja Kodar as Yolena
- Stephen Bishop as Blue
- David Frishberg as Harry
- Miles Kreuger as Theatre Manager
- Bjorke Andersun as Truck Driver
See also
- Your Name Here – a 2015 Canadian docufiction film directed by B. P. Paquette featuring dozens of amateur actors and that examines the art and craft of movie acting, and the desire for movie stardom.
- Hello Cinema – a 1995 Iranian docufiction film directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf that shows various everyday people being auditioned and explaining their reason for wanting to act in a film.
- Filming Othello – a 1978 documentary film directed by and starring Orson Welles about the making of his award-winning 1952 production Othello.
- F for Fake – the last major film completed by Orson Welles, who directed, co-wrote, and starred in the film, which is loosely a documentary that operates in several different genres and has been described as a kind of film essay.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0094007|title=Someone to Love}}
- {{rotten-tomatoes|someone_to_love}}
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Category:Films directed by Henry Jaglom
Category:American comedy films
Category:1980s English-language films
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