Just a Kiss | |
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Directed by | Fisher Stevens |
Produced by |
John M. Penotti Dolly Hall Tim Williams |
Written by | Patrick Breen |
Starring |
Ron Eldard Kyra Sedgwick Marisa Tomei Marley Shelton Taye Diggs |
Music by | Sean Dinsmore |
Cinematography | Terry Stacey |
Edited by | Gary Levy |
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Distributed by | Paramount Classics |
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89 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $64,389 |
Just a Kiss (2002) is a dark comedy and the first feature film directed by actor-turned-filmmaker Fisher Stevens. Fisher also is credited with playing the harmonica (credited as Fisher 'Super Harp' Stevens). Patrick Breen wrote the screenplay adapted from his own off-Broadway play and starred in the film. It was filmed in New York, N.Y.
Dag (Ron Eldard) is a successful director of television commercials who shares his home with his beautiful girlfriend, Halley (Kyra Sedgwick). Dag, however, has a serious case of roving eye and is given to frequent flings with other women. Halley tries to turn a blind eye to Dag's infidelity, but when she discovers he had a one-night stand with Rebecca (Marley Shelton), a beautiful but troubled modern dancer who is dating Dag's close friend Peter (Patrick Breen), she decides things have gone too far. Halley gives Dag his walking papers and she soon makes the acquaintance of Andre (Taye Diggs), a very handsome and well-mannered classical musician. Andre, however, is married to Colleen (Sarita Choudhury), a woman with exotic sexual tastes who meets up with Peter, now suddenly without a girlfriend, on an airline flight. Meanwhile, Peter's very angry confrontation with Dag attracts the attention of Paula (Marisa Tomei), a mysterious but very sexy woman who has taken a decidedly carnal interest in Peter. However, as Paula makes her way through Peter's daisy-chained circle of friends, events begin taking a strange turn as her new acquaintances begin to die in great numbers.