Coins in the Fountain
| Coins in the Fountain | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Lindsay Harrison |
| Directed by | Tony Wharmby |
| Starring |
Loni Anderson Stepfanie Kramer Shanna Reed Carl Weintraub Stuart Wilson Anthony Newley |
| Theme music composer | Nan Schwartz |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Joseph B. Wallenstein |
| Editor(s) | J. Benjamin Chulay |
| Running time | 97 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original release | September 28, 1990 |
Coins in the Fountain is a television film which was released on September 28, 1990. The film is based on the novel Coins in the Fountain by John H. Secondari, which was previously filmed in 1954 as Three Coins in the Fountain. It was directed by Tony Wharmby and written by Lindsay Harrison. Filming took place in Rome and other parts of Italy during the summer of 1990.
The film opens during the summer of 1990 in Los Angeles where Leah (Loni Anderson) has just been named as the West Coast editor for a magazine owned by Nelson Publishing. Her new job will begin as soon as she returns from her annual vacation with her two best friends, Nikki (Stepfanie Kramer), a divorced woman who refuses to trust any man due to her ex-husband's cheating, and Bonnie (Shanna Reed), a married mother who loves her husband but hates the routine her life has settled into. As Leah is recently separated from Mac Chambers (John Sanderford), and it is her turn to plan the vacation, she chooses Rome. Leah had previously spent two months there during the summer of 1970 and been romantically involved with a young Italian artist named Marcello (Stuart Wilson). After learning of the trip, Mac, hoping for a reconciliation with Leah, encourages her to go see Marcello but wants time with her when she returns.
Upon arriving in Rome, the three women find that their hotel room shares a bathroom with another American. Joe (Carl Weintraub) is a recently retired New York City police detective who was recently left at the altar and is taking his supposed honeymoon alone, as the trip had been prepaid. The women, Nikki in particular, struggle with the sharing of the bathroom. The women then go sightseeing, ending up at Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers in the Piazza Navona. Nikki comments that "it doesn't look the same as in the movie" (A nod to the 1954 film). The ladies agree to throw their coins and make their wishes at this fountain since they do not want to walk all the way to the Trevi Fountain, which was used in the previous film.
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