Curtain Call
1997
94 Min
Synopsis
Stevenson Lowe (James Spader) is a book publisher with commitment issues in this romantic comedy. While Lowe’s girlfriend (Polly Walker) wants to get married, he wants to buy a house — without her! His new house, however, already has residents: the bickering ghosts of socialites Max Gale (Michael Caine) and Lily Marlowe (Maggie Smith). The couple offers Lowe all sorts of romantic advice, but why should he listen to them?
Director
Peter Yates
Yates began staging plays in the British provinces at the age of 19 and worked as an assistant to J. Lee Thompson and Tony Richardson in the early 1960s. He then alternated between film and TV work and made his feature debut with “Summer Holiday” (1963). Yates’ early work exhibited a talent for fast-paced action, reflected in such films as “Bullitt” (1968), which included one of the most harrowing car chases ever filmed, and “The Friends of Eddie Coyle” (1973). In a change of pace, he directed the coming-of-age comedy-drama “Breaking Away” (1979). During the 1980s Yates crafted a number of fine, character-driven studies such as “The Dresser” (1983) with Tom Courtenay and Albert Finney, “Eleni” (1985) and “Suspect” (1987). In the 90s, he worked sporadically, helming “Roommates” with Peter Falk, and reuniting with Finney for the Irish drama “The Run of the Country” (both 1995). —TCM.com
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