Women & Men: Stories of Seduction
Brief Synopsis
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A trilogy of short story adaptations broadcast as a television movie presentation of "HBO Showcase." "Dusk Before Fireworks" is about the relationship between a woman and a gigolo who is continually interrupted by phone calls from other women. "The Man in the Brooks Brothers Shirt" is about a woman
Cast & Crew
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Ken Russell
Director ("Dusk Before Fireworks")
Molly Ringwald
Kit ("Dusk Before Fireworks")
Peter Weller
Hobie ("Dusk Before Fireworks")
Beau Bridges
Breen ("Man In The Brooks Brothers Shirt")
Elizabeth Mcgovern
Vicki ("Man In The Brooks Brothers Shirt")
Melanie Griffith
Hadley ("Hills Like White Elephants")
Film Details
Also Known As
Dusk Before Fireworks, HBO Showcase (08/19/90), Hills Like White Elephants, Man in the Brooks Brothers Shirt, The, Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Anthology
Drama
Release Date
1990
Production Company
HBO Films; HBO Network- Home Box Office; Hbo Entertainment
Distribution Company
HBO Home Video
Location
Spain; Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 30m
Synopsis
A trilogy of short story adaptations broadcast as a television movie presentation of "HBO Showcase." "Dusk Before Fireworks" is about the relationship between a woman and a gigolo who is continually interrupted by phone calls from other women. "The Man in the Brooks Brothers Shirt" is about a woman who has an unexpected passionate one-night stand with an wealthy businessman. In "Hills Like White Elephants," a man tries to get his lover to have an abortion to avoid complicating his life and career.
Directors
Ken Russell
Director ("Dusk Before Fireworks")
Frederic Raphael
Director ("Man In The Brooks Brothers Shirt")
Tony Richardson
Director ("Hills Like White Elephants")
Cast
Molly Ringwald
Kit ("Dusk Before Fireworks")
Peter Weller
Hobie ("Dusk Before Fireworks")
Beau Bridges
Breen ("Man In The Brooks Brothers Shirt")
Elizabeth Mcgovern
Vicki ("Man In The Brooks Brothers Shirt")
Melanie Griffith
Hadley ("Hills Like White Elephants")
James Woods
Robert ("Hills Like White Elephants")
Crew
Timian Alsaker
Production Designer
David Brown
Producer
Colin Callender
Executive Producer ("Hbo Showcase")
Valerie Curtin
Screenplay ("Dusk Before Fireworks")
Ernest Day
Director Of Photography ("The Man In The Brooks Brothers Shirt")
Ernest Day
Other
Joan Didion
Screenplay ("Hills Like White Elephants")
John Gregory Dunne
Screenplay ("Hills Like White Elephants")
William S. Gilmore Jr.
Producer
John Graysmark
Production Designer
Marvin Hamlisch
Music
Ernest Hemingway
Story By
Ernest Hemingway
From Short Story ("Hills Like White Elephants")
John Jympson
Editor ("Man In The Brooks Brothers Shirt") ("Dusk Before Fireworks")
Robert K. Lambert
Editor ("Hills Like White Elephants")
Mary Mccarthy
From Short Story ("The Man In The Brooks Brothers Shirt")
Mary Mccarthy
From Story
Mary Mccarthy
Story By
Dorothy Parker
From Short Story ("Dusk Before Fireworks")
Dorothy Parker
Story By
Frederic Raphael
Screenplay ("Man In The Brooks Brothers Shirt")
Peter Sutton
Sound Mixer
Bruce White
Sound Mixer
Billy Williams
Other
Billy Williams
Director Of Photography ("Dusk Before Fireworks")
Steve Yaconelli
Director Of Photography ("Hills Like White Elephants")
Steve Yaconelli
Other
Film Details
Also Known As
Dusk Before Fireworks, HBO Showcase (08/19/90), Hills Like White Elephants, Man in the Brooks Brothers Shirt, The, Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Anthology
Drama
Release Date
1990
Production Company
HBO Films; HBO Network- Home Box Office; Hbo Entertainment
Distribution Company
HBO Home Video
Location
Spain; Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 30m
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States August 19, 1990
Released in United States on Video December 19, 1990
