Bounce (2000) on Netflix
Snowed in at O'Hare, ad man Buddy Amaral gives his plane seat to writer Greg Janello. The flight crashes, and guilt over the swap pulls Buddy toward Greg's widow, Abby.
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Plot summary
Advertising executive Buddy Amaral is stuck at Chicago's O'Hare when a snowstorm delays his flight home to Los Angeles. In the terminal he meets Greg Janello, a writer eager to reach his wife Abby and their two sons, and Buddy hands over his seat. The plane goes down. Buddy, who had stayed behind with Mimi, another stranded passenger, carries the weight of the swap, and his drinking takes over. Through therapy he looks for a way to make amends and introduces himself to Abby, now a real estate agent raising Scott and Joey, without saying how he knew her husband. He begins to help her and to spend time with her, keeping the truth about the ticket to himself.
Cast
- Lisa Carpenter-Prewittas Carol Wilson
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Bounce (2000)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Bounce became the first film to be delivered via satellite, with AMC Empire playing it exclusively in its digital format, and it premiered at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York.
- Paltrow and Affleck had both previously starred in Shakespeare in Love and had dated on and off; Affleck thought he was too young for the part, but Paltrow convinced him to take it as an opportunity to do something different from his earlier screen roles.
- The film was scheduled for release on July 7, 2000, but after public complaints from Affleck the release date was pushed back to November.
