AFTERGLOW
(U.S., 1997 113 min.)

Thursday October 30	U.S. Premiere and Reception 8:00pm
ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS & SCIENCES Samuel Goldwyn Theater

Set in the city of Montreal, Alan Rudolph's AFTERGLOW is a romantic comedy-drama that paints a wry comic portrait of two modern marriages drifting toward the rocks. Lucky (Nick Nolte) is a contractor whose business owes its success to his skill at repair and to his amorous attentions to the lonely women who hire him. His marriage however has fallen on hard times - his wife Phyllis (Julie Christie), a former B-movie actress, passes her time in a nostalgic haze, watching her old films and turning a blind eye to his infidelities, but resists his attempts to bring romance back into their life together. Across town, a young married couple Marianne (Lara Flynn Boyle) & Jeffrey (Jonny Lee Miller) are going through problems of their own. Marianne wants desperately to have a baby, but her self-centered, corporate climber husband has no plans for anything but his career. Frustrated by this stalemate, she goes about tracking her fertility cycles, while Jeffrey tracks the stock market. When Marianne hires Lucky to fix up her apartment and build a nursery for her hoped for baby, the attention he pays to her churns up long neglected emotions, drawing them together to begin an affair. Their suspicious jealous spouses separately try to trail the unfaithful pair, and discover each other instead. AFTERGLOW poignantly captures both the sadness and revitalization of love. Rudolph gracefully etches the seductiveness of romance, as his two lonely couples change partners. Julie Christie and Nick Nolte give two of the best performances of their careers. Join the stars at this special Gala Premiere. The film will be followed by a sumptuous dessert reception. Tickets are $15 and must be purchased in advance. CAST Nick Nolte, Julie Christie, Lara Flynn Boyle & Jonny Lee Miller DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER Alan Rudolph PRODUCER Robert Altman DISTRIBUTOR Sony Pictures Classics DIRECTOR'S BIO Son of director Oscar Rudolph, Alan Rudolph grew up in the film industry and has been an influential pioneer of American independent filmmaking since the 1970's. Early in his career he began collaborating with Robert Altman as assistant director on Altman's THE LONG GOODBYE, CALIFORNIA SPLIT and NASHVILLE. Besides being an accomplished director, Mr. Rudolph also wrote or co-wrote 9 of his 15 feature films including AFTERGLOW. His films have been presented at every major international film festival including Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Toronto and Telluride. ALAN RUDOLPH'S FILMOGRAPHY: MRS. PARKER AND THE VICIOUS CIRCLE (1994, dir/co-writer) EQUINOX (1992, dir/screenwriter) MORTAL THOUGHTS (1991) LOVE AT LARGE (1989, dir/screenwriter) THE MODERNS (1988, dir/co-writer) MADE IN HEAVEN (1986) TROUBLE IN MIND (1985, dir/screenwriter) SONGWRITER (1984) CHOOSE ME (1984, dir/screenwriter) RETURN ENGAGEMENT (1983) ENDANGERED SPECIES (1981) ROADIE (1979) REMEMBER MY NAME (1978, dir/screenwriter), WELCOME TO L.A. (1976, dir/screenwriter)

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