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Sliding Doors (Original title)
Dates: 1997 (Copyright), 01 May 1998 (Release)

Countries: USA, United Kingdom

Director: Peter Howitt

Synopsis: Helen is fired from her job at a PR company. She makes her way to the London Underground intending to go home to her flat and boyfriend, Gerry. Two different, intercut stories are told depending for their outcome on whether Helen catches or misses her train.Synopsis: Romantic comedy set in London about a woman who is fired from her job at a PR company. She sets off for the Underground, intending to return to her flat and boyfriend. Two different, intercut stories are told whose outcomes depend on whether or not she catches the train.

Genres:
Comedy, Romance

Subjects:
London, London Underground
Releases
Date: 1998Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - Digital Stereo / DolbyRuntime: 99 mins Dialogue (original): English

Credits (86)
©: Mirage Enterprises, ©: InterMedia Film Equities, Production Company: Mirage, Made with the participation of: British Screen, Presents: InterMedia Films, Executive Producer: Guy East, Executive Producer: Nigel Sinclair, Producer: Sydney Pollack, Producer: Philippa Braithwaite, Producer: William Horberg, Co-producer: David Wisnievitz, Line Producer: Helen Booth, Associate Producer: Sandy Poustie, [for] Intermedia Films: Will Evans, [for] Intermedia Films: Tim Haslam, [for] Intermedia Films: Kathy Goodman, Paul Davis, Unit Manager: Andy Richards, Production Co-ordinator: Ros Davidson, Production Accountant: John Beharrell, Location Manager: Matt Steinmann, Post-production Supervisor: Stephen Barker, Assistant Director (1st): Richard Whelan, Assistant Director (2nd): Sara Desmond, Assistant Director (3rd): Emma Griffiths, Script Supervisor: Ceri Evans Cooper, Casting: Michelle Guish, Written by: Peter Howitt, Script Consultant: Douglas Mcferran, Director of Photography: Remi Adefarasin, Camera Operator: Jeremy Gee, Steadicam Operator: Alf Tramontin, Focus Puller: Julian Bucknall, 2nd Focus Puller: Jay Jay Odedra, Clapper/Loader: James Bloom, 2nd Clapper/Loader: Camille Griffin, Key Grip: John Arnold, Digital Visual Effects: Cinesite (Europe) Ltd, Special Effects Supervisor: Bob Hollow, Film Editor: John Smith, Production Designer: Maria Djurkovic, Art Director: Martyn John, Storyboard Artist: Douglas Ingram, Costume Designer: Jill Taylor, Costumer: Charlotte Sewell, Gwneth Paltrow's Wardrobe: Calvin Klein, Key Make-up Designer: Tina Earnshaw, Make-up Artist: Rebecca Lafford, Lisa Mcdevitt, Key Hair Dresser: Simon Thompson, Hairstylist: Graham Pownall, Zoe Tahir, Opticals/Titles: Cine Image Film Opticals, Music: David Hirschfelder, Orchestra - Australia: Film Harmonix, Orchestrations: David Hirschfelder, Orchestrations: Ricky Edwards, Music Notation: Sam Schwarz, Music Co-ordinator: Kaylin Frank, Music Editor: John Finklea, Scoring Mixer/Recording Engineer: Chris Scallan, Original Music Recorded @: Adelphia Studios (Melbourne), Sound Mixer: John Midgley, Boom Operator: June Prinz, Re-recording Mixer: Chris Jenkins, Re-recording @: Todd AO Hollywood, Digital Sound Editing/Foley Facilities: Paramount Pictures, Sound Editor: David B. Cohen, Sound Editor: Beth Sterner, Dialogue Editor: Laura Lovejoy, ADR Editor: Laura Lovejoy, Foley Artist: Sarah Monat, Foley Artist: Robin Harlan, Foley Recordist: Carolyn Sauer, Foley Mixer: Randy K. Singer, Supervising Foley Editor: Thomas Small, Foley Editor: Tammy Fearing, Stunt Co-ordinator: Helen Caldwell, Stunts: Helen Caldwell, Stunts: Séon Rogers, Stunts: Roy Alon, Stunts: Adrian O'Neil, Dialogue Coach: Barbara Berkery, Production Processing: Technicolor Laboratories, Studio: Shepperton Studios
Cast (28)
Gwyneth Paltrow (Helen), John Hannah (James), John Lynch (Gerry), Jeanne Tripplehorn (Lydia), Zara Turner (Anna), Douglas Mcferran (Russell), Paul Brightwell (Clive), Nina Young (Claudia), Virginia McKenna (James's mother), Kevin McNally (Paul), Terry English (kind cabbie), Paul Stacey (man on tube), Peter Howitt (cheeky bloke), Joanna Roth (suspicious girl), Neil Stuke (defensive bloke), Theresa Kartell (Rachael), Evelyn Duah (receptionist), Linda Broughton (theatre nurse), Charlotte Fryer (doctor), Pip Miller (consultant), Christopher Villiers (Steve), Merryn Jones (mother), Ella Jones (child), Julie Mcdowell (concerned diner), Barbara Berkery ([Frau Goebbels]), William Horberg ([passer-by, Lydia leaves Gerry's flat]), Vivienne Soan ([nurse]), Phyllida Law ([originally cast])