Who Am I This Time? (film)
| Who Am I This Time? | |
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| Directed by | Jonathan Demme |
| Written by | Story: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Screenplay: Neal Miller |
| Produced by | Neal Miller |
| Starring | Christopher Walken Susan Sarandon |
| Cinematography | Paul Vombrack |
| Edited by | Marc Leif |
| Music by | John Cale |
Release date | February 2, 1983 |
Running time | 53 minutes |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
Who Am I This Time? is a 1982 film directed by Jonathan Demme and based on a short story of the same name by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr..
Synopsis
Christopher Walken portrays Harry Nash, a hardware store clerk who has achieved a degree of local celebrity due to his powerful performances in community theater. Yet when not on the stage or in a rehearsal, Harry retreats into an insecure and painfully shy personality. The story is set in motion when Helene Walsh (Susan Sarandon), a woman intending to stay in town for only a few weeks, is talked into auditioning for the role of Stella, opposite Harry's Stanley Kowalski in a production of A Streetcar Named Desire. Ignoring warnings of Harry's introverted personality, Helene falls in love with Harry's "Stanley" persona, and mistakes his cluelessness and shyness for rejection. This results in a clumsy and uneven performance on the second night of the play, but Helene bounces back in time for closing night, due to an inspiration; her closing-night gift to Harry is a copy of Romeo and Juliet. Harry and Helene find that they can pursue a relationship by reciting stage romances to each other, and the story ends with him proposing in character, from a scene in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest.
Production
The film's score was composed by John Cale of The Velvet Underground. Hinckley, Illinois served as stand-in for fictional North Crawford.
External links
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