Love Walked In (1997 film)
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| Directed by | Juan José Campanella |
| Produced by | Ricardo Freixa Denis Leary |
| Screenplay by | Juan José Campanella Lynn Geller Larry Golin |
| Based on |
Ni el tiro del final by José Pablo Feinmann |
| Starring | Denis Leary Terence Stamp Aitana Sánchez-Gijón Michael Badalucco Danny Nucci J.K. Simmons Moira Kelly |
| Music by | Wendy Blackstone |
| Cinematography | Daniel Shulman |
| Edited by | Darren Kloomok |
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| Distributed by |
Tri-Star Pictures Líder Films (1999, Argentina) |
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Release date
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January 18, 1997 (Sundance Film Festival) |
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Running time
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95 minutes |
| Country | Argentina United States |
| Language | English |
Love Walked In is a 1997 Argentine-American neo-noir drama/thriller film co-written and directed by Juan José Campanella and starring Denis Leary, Terence Stamp and Aitana Sánchez-Gijón. It was based on the novel Ni el tiro del final ("Not Even The Final Shot") by Argentine writer José Pablo Feinmann. The film takes its title from George Gershwin's song "Love Walked In".
Jack (Denis Leary) is a world-weary pianist and writer in a lounge named the Blue Cat. His wife, Vicki (Aitana Sánchez-Gijón), is a songstress who has a way with the "pseudo-Gershwin" tunes her husband writes. The couple is desperately poor after 10 years of touring crummy clubs.
Meanwhile, Fred Moore (Terence Stamp), the club owner, is captivated by the beauty of Vicki. Moore is married to a wealthy woman, known only as Mrs. Moore (Marj Dusay), whom he admits to having married for her money. Although Fred is a faithful husband, the jealous Mrs. Moore has hired Eddie (Michael Badalucco), a private detective who happens to be an old friend of Jack's, to gather evidence of Fred's infidelity. Having come up with nothing, the sleazy detective begs Jack to help by arranging for Vicki to seduce Fred in front of a hidden camera. Together Jack, Vicky and Eddie plan to blackmail Moore.
At the same time Jack is also writing a crime short story set in the 1930s, a noiresque crime thriller, which the viewer sees inter cut in imaginary scenes as Jack narrates. This secondary narration is also a telling of what happens with Jack and Vicki in a different and subtle way.
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