What was the title? Was she in the Vonnegut adaptation? Anyway, to find the answers to these questions and more, I went to the trusty Internet Movie Database, and what I discovered shocked me: Rudolph hasn’t made a movie since 2002’s The Secret Lives of Dentists. I also remembered that Emily Watson had starred in a Rudolph movie that I skipped. Did he really? Did I just imagine it? I know we didn’t see it. I seemed to recall that he had actually directed a big screen version of Kurt Vonnegut’s Breakfast at Champions. We were trying to pinpoint the last time we saw an Alan Rudolph movie in a theater. Usually, I resist such pitches, but this time I chose not to ignore the advisory because I really enjoy the movie, it’s hard to locate as a rental, and, heck, I actually had a few extra dollars at my disposal.Īnyway, this sudden re-entry of Rudolph into my life prompted a conversation between Michael and me. Love at Large has actually been on my Amazon wish list for quite some time, years maybe, and every now and then I get an email alert that there are only “X” number of copies still in stock (for the time being), or the price has dropped, or whatever. More recently, I finally splurged and bought a copy of 1990’s Love at Large, starring Tom Berenger, Elizabeth Perkins, Anne Archer, and, oh yes, Neil Young. The other night, I turned on my TV just as one of the retro movie channels began running 1984’s Songwriter, starring Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Rip Torn, Melinda Dillon, and Golden Globe nominee Lesley Anne Warren. I’ve recently become reacquainted with two of my favorite Alan Rudolph movies. I think Someone to Watch Over Me and Love at Large would work well as an excellent double feature. Unfortunately, the movie was released too close on the heels of the only slightly similar Fatal Attraction (featuring Oscar nominee Anne Archer) and could not match that film’s powerful hold on audiences. Berenger played a married detective who becomes intimate with an eyewitness (Rogers) in a murder investigation. Interestingly, a year after Platoon, Berenger appeared with beautiful Mimi Rogers and Lorraine Bracco in Ridley Scott’s exquisitely packaged romantic thriller Someone to Watch Over Me. At the time of Love at Large‘s release, Berenger was still basking in the goodwill generated by his Best Supporting Actor nod for 1986’s Platoon. The pairs were selected because of their empowering stories of dedication and support, with Amanda and Anne giving back to their community by spearheading support groups for youth living with diabetes, and Eugenio and Naiomi guiding one another through their daily diabetes management.The three Love at Large leads (l-r): Elizabeth Perkins, Tom Berenger, and Anne Archer. The film, produced by Elizabeth and her ‘co-star’ and husband Julio Macat, features her diabetes story as well as two other inspirational stories from the 2012 Diabetes Co-Stars casting call contest – best friends Amanda Bauer and Anne Casey from New York, and father-daughter duo Eugenio and Naiomi Rivera from Texas. Healthcare company, Sanofi US and Golden Globe and Emmy nominated actress Elizabeth Perkins premiered the Diabetes Co-Stars documentary, “Strength in Numbers,” at the American Diabetes Association Expo in Los Angeles, CA this past weekend.
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