Playing by Heart (1998) on Netflix
In Los Angeles, several love stories unfold. Hannah presses Paul about another woman, Gracie meets Roger in hotels, Joan pursues the wary Keenan, and Mildred comes to her dying son Mark.
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Plot summary
In Los Angeles, a set of love stories unfolds in parallel. Paul produces the television cooking show of his wife Hannah, and the two are preparing to renew their vows at a party for their fortieth anniversary, though Hannah wants him to speak plainly about a woman whose photograph sits on his desk. Meredith, a theater director who has been hurt before, keeps the architect Trent at a distance. At a club, Joan, fresh from a loud breakup, flirts with Keenan, who tells her he does not date. Gracie meets her lover Roger in hotel rooms but refuses to let the affair become more than that, while Hugh, in a marriage that has gone stale, approaches women in bars with invented tragedies. Mark, gravely ill with AIDS, is joined by his mother Mildred, from whom he had grown apart.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Playing by Heart (1998)
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- According to director Willard Carroll, the film was made on a budget of $14 million because the cast led by Sean Connery agreed to work for $50,000 each; Carroll said Connery "was the most generous actor, although he's a larger-than-life star" and "set the example" the others followed.
- The film's original working title was Dancing About Architecture, a reference to a line in the film, based on a quote regarding "writing about music", that the idea of "talking about love" is equivalent to "dancing about architecture".
