The Business of Strangers
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Patrick Stettner
Stockard Channing
Julia Stiles
Frederick Weller
Mary Testa
Jack Hallett
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
On her way from the airport to a high stakes presentation, corporate climber Julie Styron gets a call on her mobile phone that the C.E.O. is flying in for an unexpected meeting with her. Anticipating the worst, she immediately sets up a preemptive meeting with headhunter Nick Harris to line up her next position. After steamrolling through the presentation, Julie abruptly dismisses her new assistant, young company underling Paula Murphy. When Julie returns to the airport hotel to unwind, she runs into Paula at the hotel bar and buys her a conciliatory drink. As the night progresses, the two women get to know each other, in the spa, on the dance floor at the hotel's club, over drinks from the well-stocked bar in Julie's executive suite. When Nick shows up at Julie's room for a friendly nightcap, their game takes a dark turn and he becomes the unsuspecting pawn in their complex battle of power, authority and wit.
Director
Patrick Stettner
Cast
Stockard Channing
Julia Stiles
Frederick Weller
Mary Testa
Jack Hallett
Marcus Giamatti
Buddy Fitzpatrick
Salem Ludwig
Shelagh Ratner
Crew
Larry Alexander
Nicole Arbusto
William Arnot
Brooke Bramley
Richard Burgess
Linda Cohen
Jennifer Cossetto
Marko Costanzo
Sasha Cummins
Sylvain D'hautcourt
Hoge Day
Keiko Deguchi
Janna Delury
Joy Dickson
Jesse Ehredt
Ramsey Fong
Ramsey Fong
Eugene Gearty
Dina Goldman
A G Guindo
Marlus C Harding
Jason Kaplan
Cecily Kaston
Frank Kern
Michelle King
Danita Knight
George Lara
Mark Lariviere
Alexander Lasarenko
Scott E Levy
Skip Lievsay
Sophia Lin
Melody M
Kasia Walicka Maimone
Teodoro Maniaci
Scott Mcgehee
Brian Mckee
Michael Moffa
Robert Nathan
Eric Perlmutter
Tora Peterson
Edward Read
Demian Resnick
Jac Rubenstein
Jac Rubenstein
Jac Rubenstein
Lisa Schilling
David Siegel
Manny Siverio
Andy Solomon
Patrick Stettner
Alex Steyermark
Susan Stover
The Effects House
Mia Thoen
Peter Thorell
Noah Vivekanand Timan
Derrick Tseng
J Dwight Tudor
Christopher Walsh
Dawn Weisberg
Jojo Whilden
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner or the 2002 award for Best Actress (Stockard Channing) by the London Film Critics Circle.
Nominated for the award for Actor of the Year - Female (Stockard Channing) at the 2001 American Film Institute (AFI) Awards.
Winner of the Skyy Prize for Best First Feature at the 2001 San Francisco International Film Festival.
Released in United States Winter December 7, 2001
Expanded Release in United States December 21, 2001
Released in United States 2001
Released in United States January 2001
Released in United States November 2001
Shown at Deauville Festival of American Film (in competition) August 31 - September 9, 2001.
Shown at Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival October 19 - November 11, 2001.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 19 - May 3, 2001.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (New American Cinema) May 24 - June 17, 2001.
Shown at London Film Festival (Evening Standard Film on the Square) November 7-22, 2001.
Feature directorial debut for Patrick Stettner, a graduate of the MFA program in directing and screenwriting at Columbia University.
Completed shooting June 10, 2000.
Began shooting May 5, 2000.
Released in United States Winter December 7, 2001
Expanded Release in United States December 21, 2001
Released in United States 2001 (Shown at Deauville Festival of American Film (in competition) August 31 - September 9, 2001.)
Released in United States 2001 (Shown at Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival October 19 - November 11, 2001.)
Released in United States January 2001 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Dramatic Competition) in Park City, Utah January 18-28, 2001.)
Released in United States November 2001 (Shown at London Film Festival (Evening Standard Film on the Square) November 7-22, 2001.)
Released in United States 2001 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 19 - May 3, 2001.)
Released in United States 2001 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (New American Cinema) May 24 - June 17, 2001.)
