January 22, by wondersinthedark. For an actress so talented, she appears in a lot of dreck. Yet, she gamely plugs along, turning in consistently good performances in even the most routine films Murder at With Unfaithful , she finally found material that could challenge her by portraying a fascinatingly flawed character in a provocative film. With Unfaithful , he proposed a simple yet intriguing premise: why would a woman with a successful, loving husband and nice child threaten this security with an illicit affair with another man? They live in a beautiful house on a lake outside of the city.
Director: Adrian Lyne. Running Time: Buy Related Products. Buy the DVD. Buy the Soundtrack. At some point during Unfaithful , the screenplay stops relying on its characters and begins to build more and more upon script machinations to propel the story.
It tells about a couple living in suburban New York City whose marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous affair with a stranger she encounters by chance. According to actor Gere, an early draft of the screenplay, which he read several years ago, presented the Sumners as suffering from a dysfunctional sexual relationship. It gave Connie some justification for having an affair. According to the actor and to director Lyne, the studio wanted to change the storyline so that the Sumners had a bad marriage with no sex, to create greater sympathy for Connie. Both men opposed the change; Lyne in particular felt that the studio's suggestions would have robbed the film of any drama: "I wanted two people who were perfectly happy.
I f you've ever wondered whether movie stars enjoy shooting sex scenes, think of Diane Lane, star of Unfaithful, whose wild clandestine romps with co-star Olivier Martinez take place in a bed, on a landing and up against the loo wall in a New York cafe. Adrian Lyne, the acclaimed British director, is an old master at making celluloid sizzle, having already directed 9? Weeks and Fatal Attraction.