GOODBYE, LOVER
CAST & CREW BIOGRAPHIESPATRICIA ARQUETTE (Sandra Dunmore) is currently filming
"Bringing Out the Dead," starring opposite her husband,
Nicolas Cage, and Ving Rhames for Martin Scorsese. She
can currently be seen in Stephen Frears' "The Hi-Lo
Country," opposite Woody Harrelson and Billy Crudup.
Her additional upcoming projects include Rupert
Wainwright's "Stigmata," opposite Gabriel Byrne.
Arquette's other film credits include "The Indian
Runner," "Trouble Bound," "Ethan Frome," "True
Romance," "Ed Wood," "Flirting With Disaster," "Beyond
Rangoon," "Infinity," "The Secret Agent," "Lost
Highway" (in a dual role for David Lynch) and
"Nightwatch." Her telefilm credits include Lifetime's
"Wildflower," directed by Diane Keaton and for which
Arquette earned a CableACE Award as Best Lead Actress.
Born in Chicago and raised in Los Angeles, Arquette
counts in her family of several actors: her
grandfather, Cliff Arquette, a comedian best known as
television personality Charlie Weaver; her siblings
Rosanna, Alexis and David, all fellow actors; and her
father, Lewis Arquette, character actor.
DERMOT MULRONEY (Jake Dunmore) staffed in the hit
romantic comedy "My Best Friend's Wedding" opposite
Julia Roberts. His other recent credits include
"Bastard Out of Carolina," "The Trigger Effect," Robert
Altman's "Kansas City," "How to Make an American
Quilt," "Copycat," "Living in Oblivion" (which he also
produced), "Bad Girls," "The Thing Called Love,"
"Silent Tongue" and "Point of No Return." He received
particular acclaim for his work in "Longtime Companion"
and "Where the Day Takes You," for which he received
the Seattle Film Festival's Best Actor Award.
His additional film credits include "Young Guns,"
"Samantha," "Career Opportunities," "Bright Angel,"
"There Goes My Baby," "Staying Together," "Sunset" and
"Survival Quest." He is next set to start alongside
Linda Fiorentino and Paul Newman in "Where the Money
Is."
On television, Mulroney has starred in such cable films
as "The Last Outlaw" with Mickey Rourke, "Long Gone"
(for which he received a CableACE nomination as Best
Supporting Actor), and made-for-television movies
including "Family Pictures," "Sin of Innocence," "The
Heart of Justice," "Unconquered" and "Daddy," opposite
his "Goodbye Lover" co-star, Patricia Arquette.
Mulroney's band, The Low and Sweet Orchestra, last year
released their first album through Interscope Records.
ELLEN DEGENERES (Rita Pompano) starred in, produced and
created her own groundbreaking television series,
"Ellen," which ran for five seasons on ABC. The comic
actress made history in April 1997 when her on-screen
personification, Ellen Morgan, became the first gay
leading character on television. The show's artful
balance of humor and sensitivity garnered record
ratings for the network, earned DeGeneres an Emmy Award
for the show's writing and landed the performer on the
cover of Time magazine.
DeGeneres began her career as an emcee at a local
comedy club in her hometown of New Orleans which led to
national recognition in 1982, when her videotaped club
performances won Showtime's "Funniest Person in
America."
Four years later, she made her network stand-up debut
on "The Tonight Show" and followed with a CableACE
nomination in 1989 for her HBO "Command Performance:
One Night Stand." Her other stand-up comedy special
appearances include "Women of the Night," "One Night
Stand" and "Young Comedian's Reunion." She was named
Best Female Comedy Club Stand-up at the 1991 American
Comedy Awards.
Her television series debut came as Margo on FOX-TV's
"Open House," which she followed with her portrayal of
nurse Nancy McIntire in ABC's critically acclaimed
series, "Laurie Hill." Her own series debuted on ABC as
"These Friends of Mine," then changed to "Ellen."
During the series' first four years, DeGeneres won Emmy
nominations each season as Best Actress in a Comedy
Series, a People's Choice Award in 1995, two Golden
Globe nominations and two Screen Actors Guild
nominations for her leading role in the sitcom.
Her other industry honors include an Emmy nomination
for her guest role on HBO's "The Larry Sanders Show" in
1997, another Emmy nomination for hosting the "38th
Annual Grammy Awards" in 1996, an American Comedy Award
for co-hosting the "46th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards"
in 1995, a CableACE Award for hosting "VH-1 Honors" in
1995 and a Golden Apple Award as Female Discovery of
the Year from the Hollywood Women's Press Club.
HHHer upcoming feature projects include Ron Howard's
"EDtv," opposite Matthew McConaughey, and "The Love
Letter." Her other feature film credits include
"Coneheads" and "Mr. Wrong," starring opposite Bill
Pullman. DeGeneres broke into the literary field with
the 1995 publication of her first book, My Point ...
And I Do Have One, which landed atop the New York Times
list of best sellers. She released her first comedy CD,
"Taste This," in 1997.
MARY-LOUISE PARKER (Peggy Blaine) has crafted a
distinguished career in film, television and theatre,
coming to national attention with back-to-back
performances in two acclaimed films: as Ruth in "Fried
Green Tomatoes," also starring Mary Stuart Masterson,
Jessica Tandy and Kathy Bates; and as Dee in Lawrence
Kasdan's comedy/drama "Grand Canyon," alongside Steve
Martin, Kevin Kline, Mary McDonnell, Alfre Woodard and
Danny Glover. More recently, she appeared in Jane
Campion's adaptation of Henry James' "The Portrait of a
Lady," opposite Nicole Kidman, and had starring roles
in "The Maker," "Reckless" and "Boys on the Side" (with
Whoopi Goldberg and Drew Barrymore for director Herbert
Ross). Her upcoming feature projects include Jeremy
Podeswa's "The Five Senses."
Her other films include "Naked in New York"; "Mr.
Wonderful"; "The Client" with Susan Sarandon and Tommy
Lee Jones; Woody Allen's "Bullets Over Broadway";
Norman Rene's highly acclaimed "Longtime Companion";
and "Signs of Life," directed by John David Coles. On
television, she starred for HBO in John Smith's
"Sugartime," the biography of singer Phyllis McGuire,
and in the Hallmark Hall of Fame telefilms "A Place for
Annie" and the recent "Saint Maybe."
On stage, she received a Tony nomination for her role
as Rita in the Craig Lucas/Norman Rene Broadway
production of "Prelude to a Kiss." Most recently on
stage she starred in the Pulitzer Prize-winning "How I
Learned to Drive" alongside David Morse and received an
Obie Award, a Lucille Lortell Award for Best Actress
and a best actress nomination from the Outer Critics
Circle for her work. She also starred as Brenda in the
acclaimed Manhattan Theatre Club production of "Four
Dogs and a Bone." Her other stage credits include
"Throwing Your Voice" at the Ensemble Studio Theatre,
"Babylon Gardens" opposite Timothy Hutton at the Circle
Repertory Company, "Prelude to a Kiss" at the Berkeley
Repertory, "The Importance of Being Earnest" at the
Hartford Stage, "Up in Saratoga" at the Old Globe, "The
Miser" at the Syracuse Stage, "Hayfever" at the Saudi
Arena, "The Night of the Iguana" at the Hartman and
"The Age of Pie" and "The Girl in Pink," both at the
Edge Theatre.
Parker last appeared on Broadway in William Inge's "Bus
Stop" for Circle in the Square Theatre opposite Billy
Crudup.
DON JOHNSON (Ben Dunmore) gained fame on television's
"Miami Vice" as detective Sonny Crockett after
establishing himself as a leading man in feature films.
Recently Johnson has appeared in the features "Tin
Cup," "Born Yesterday," "Paradise" and "Guilty as Sin."
Among his other film credits are starring roles in "The
Hot Spot," "Dead-Bang," "Harley Davidson and the
Marlboro Man" and "Sweet Hearts Dance."
Born in Flatt Creek, Missouri, and educated at the
University of Kansas, Johnson studied acting at the
renowned American Conservatory Theatre in San
Francisco. In 1970, he landed his first role in a major
film, playing the title character in "The Magic Garden
of Stanley Sweetheart."
Throughout the 1970s, Johnson played starring roles in
such features as the rock western "Zachariah," the
college cult classic "The Harrad Experiment," "Return
to Macon County" with Nick Nolte and the futuristic
fable "A Boy and His Dog." In the latter part of that
decade and through the early years of the next, Johnson
divided his efforts among film, television and
theatrical productions, including the Sal
Mineo-directed Los Angeles staging of "Fortune and
Men's Eyes"; telefeatures "Elvis and Me," "First You
Cry" and "Centerfold"; and the television projects "The
Rebels," "Beulah Land" and "From Here to Eternity." In
1984, he re-entered the media spotlight as star of
"Miami Vice."
Johnson has recently turned his talents toward
television production, serving as executive producer of
the series "The Marshal." He is also producing and
starring in the CBS detective series "Nash Bridges."
About the filmmakers...
Director ROLAND JOFFÉ made his motion picture directing
debut in 1984 with "The Killing Fields," which won
three Academy Awards, seven British Academy Awards
(including Best Picture), Italy's Michelangelo Prize
and a Cesar nomination in France. His next film, "The
Mission," starring Robert DeNiro and Jeremy Irons, won
two Academy Awards, the Palme d'Or at Cannes, a British
Academy Award, a Cesar nomination and an award for Best
Foreign Film in Poland.
In 1989, he wrote and directed "Fat Man and Little
Boy," starring Paul Newman and John Cusack. He went on
to produce and direct "City of Joy," shot on location
in Calcutta, India, and starring Patrick Swayze, and to
bring his unique vision to "The Scarlet Letter,"
starring Demi Moore, Gary Oldman and Robert Duvall.
The London native graduated in English and Drama from
Manchester University. With Frank Dunlop, he became one
of the founding directors of the Young Vic Theatre, a
springboard for some of Britain's best young actors. He
next joined Britain's National Theatre, then under the
direction of Sir Laurence Olivier, and founded that
company's first touring group, the Mobile, before
directing a production of "The Bacchae" at the Old Vic.
He next segued into television, eventually directing
the critically acclaimed series "Bill Brand" and "The
Spongers," a BBC Play for Today, which earned him the
Prix Italia, the New York Film Festival Blue Ribbon,
the Prague Film Festival's top award and the British
Press Guild Award. Additional British television
credits include "No, Mama, No" for the BBC and "United
Kingdom" (nominated by BAFTA and the Press Guild as the
best film of the year).
In 1987, Joffé formed the Los Angeles-based film
production company Lightmotive.
Screenwriter RON PEER makes his film script debut with
"Goodbye Lover," after first establishing himself as a
playwright. A native of Phoenix, Peer began writing plays while
earning Bachelor's degrees in Business and in English
at Arizona State University. He soon joined two theatre
groups, Playwright's Workshop Theatre and Planet Earth.
To date, 30 of his plays and one-acts have been
performed, the most prominent being "Filling the
Cavity" and "Love Juices." "Goodbye Lover" is his fifth
completed screenplay. Peer is a founding member of the Phoenix-based film
development company Fade-In Productions.
Screenwriter JOEL COHEN received an Academy Award
nomination and an Annie Award for the script for "Toy
Story." His other screenwriting credits include "Money
Talks," "Pass the Ammo" and "Sister, Sister."
Screenwriter ALEC SOKOLOW also received an Academy
Award nomination and an Annie Award for the script for
"Toy Story." His other screenwriting credits include
"Money Talks."
Since graduating from Emerson College in 1993 with a
degree in communications, producer ALEXANDRA MILCHAN
has worked as an intern at Columbia TriStar in Paris
and as an intern for Warner Bros. in London. Over the
last three years she has worked for New Regency, rising
through the ranks from production assistant on films
such as Michael Mann's "Heat," to working in the story
department, to her current position as Vice President
of Production at New Regency. "Goodbye Lover" is her
first feature-film credit as a producer.
Producer PATRICK McDARRAH was a partner in the New
York-based production and distribution company Gotham
Entertainment Group. In 1991, McDarrah became Director
of Miramax International, working on such films as
"Pulp Fiction," "Clerks" and "Bullets Over Broadway."
At Gotham, which he co-founded in 1995, he was involved
in the distribution of such films as "Kids," "Girls
Town" and "Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin
Hood Hills." McDarrah also served as an executive
producer on Philip Haas' upcoming "The Blood Oranges."
In the Fall of 1997 be joined Good Machine
International as a founding executive. As GMI's Vice
President and Head of Sales he is currently presenting
such films as Ang Lee's "Ride with the Devil" and
Albert Brooks' "The Muse" to international
distributors.
Producer JOEL ROODMAN was a partner in Gotham
Entertainment Group. After establishing a successful
entertainment industry career in Canada, he Joined
Miramax Films, where he served as Vice President of
Market Development for four years, working in the
marketing and distribution of such films as "Pulp
Fiction," "The Crying Game," "The Piano," "The Crow,"
"Clerks," "Like Water for Chocolate," "My Left Foot"
and "The Grifters." Gotham was involved in the
distribution of such films as "Kids," "Unzipped," "Blue
in the Face," "Girls Town" and "Paradise Lost: The
Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills" and was a producing
partner of "The Blood Oranges," directed by Phillip
Haas and being distributed by Trimark Pictures. Roodman
returned to Miramax in 1997, where he is presently Vice
President, Miramax Enterprises; he was involved in the
release of "Scream 2", "Good Will Hunting,"
"Shakespeare in Love," "Life Is Beautiful" and "Little
Voice," among others.
Producer CHRIS DANIEL is owner of Daniel
Communications, a film and television distribution
company. Daniel is executive producer of "The Blood
Oranges," directed by Philip Haas ("Angels and
Insects") and is currently producing Eric Remarque's
"The Night in Lisbon."
Executive Producer ARNON MILCHAN is the founder of
Regency Enterprises and one of the pre-eminent
independent film producers in the world. Milchan was
named Producer of the Year at the 1997 National
Association of Theater Owners' ShoWest convention. With
domestic box office revenue from New Regency's 31 films
over the past 5 years approaching $1 billion, Milchan's
organization stands as one of the most successful
independent production companies in the industry.
His recent film productions include the thriller "The
Negotiator," starting Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin
Spacey; the Meg Ryan-Nicolas Cage starrer "City of
Angels"; the critically acclaimed, Oscar-winner "L.A.
Confidential" (which received two Academy Awards and
nine nominations) with Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy
Pearce, Kim Basinger and Danny DeVito; Bill Murray's
"The Man Who Knew Too Little"; "The Devil's Advocate,"
with Keanu Reeves and A] Pacino; "Murder at 1600"; "A
Time to Kill"; "Tin Cup"; and "Heat."
In 1998, New Regency Productions entered into a 15-year
deal with Fox Filmed Entertainment, relocating to the
studio. Upcoming projects at Fox include "Entrapment"
(starring Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones),
"Fight Club" (Brad Pitt, Edward Norton and Helena
Bonham Carter in David Fincher's drama) and "A
Midsummer Night's Dream" (an all-star cast including
Michelle Pfeiffer, Kevin Kline, Rupert Everett, Stanley
Tucci and Calista Flockhart).
In a groundbreaking business agreement, New Regency
also announced a deal with Home Box Office to provide
HBO with exclusive pay-television rights to New Regency
films for the HBO and Cinemax services.
Milchan's production credits include Garry Marshall's
"Pretty Woman," Terry Gilliam's "Brazil," Sergio
Leone's "Once Upon A Time in America," Danny DeVito's
"The War of the Roses," Martin Scorsese's "The King of
Comedy," Oliver Stone's "Natural Born Killers" and
"JFK" (which was nominated for eight Academy Awards),
as well as "The Client," "Under Siege" and "Free
Willy." His other producing credits include "The Power of One,"
Oliver Stone's "Heaven and Earth," "Made in America,"
Joel Schumacher's "Falling Down," "Sommersby," "The
Mambo Kings," "Under Siege 2: Dark Territory," "Free
Willy 2: The Adventure Home" and "Copycat."
Executive Producer MICHAEL G. NATHANSON is currently
President and COO of MGM Studios, where he is in charge
of all film operations. This is a position he assumed
in March of 1997, after serving as chairman and CEO of
New Regency Productions. At New Regency, he either
supervised or produced such motion pictures as
"Dangerous Beauty," "The Man Who Knew Too Little,"
"L.A. Confidential," "The Client," "Free Willy 2: The
Adventure Home," "Copycat," "Heat," "A Time to Kill,"
"Tin Cup," "Bogus," "Sunchaser" and "Carpool."
Prior to 1994, he was president of worldwide production
for Columbia Pictures, a position to which he was named
in 1989 after serving as executive vice president of
production. During his tenure at Columbia, he was
responsible for bringing to the screen such critical
and commercial successes as "Brain Stoker's Dracula,"
"Groundhog Day," "In the Line of Fire," "A River Runs
Through It," "Boyz N the Hood," "The Prince of Tides,"
"A League of Their Own" and "Awakenings," among others.
Prior to joining Columbia, Nathanson was president of
the motion picture division of Gladden Entertainment
Corporation and, earlier, vice president of production
at MGM, United Artists and Warner Bros. He began his
entertainment career at NBC Sports New York before
moving to California in 1976, where he started his
motion-picture career with such features as "The Deep."
Director of Photography DANTE SPINOTTI, A.I.C.'s
credits include three acclaimed films for director
Michael Mann: "Manhunter," "The Last of the Mohicans"
and "Heat"; Spinotti is currently at work on Mann's
next film, "Man of the People." His work on "The Last
of the Mohicans" earned him a British Academy Award.
His other credits include "The Mirror Has Two Faces,"
"Crimes of the Heart," "Beaches," "True Colors,"
"Hudson Hawk," "Frankie and Johnny," "The Quick and the
Dead," "Nell" and the acclaimed recent Regency release
"L.A. Confidential," for which he received an Academy
Award nomination for Best Achievement in
Cinematography. Spinotti has garnered several awards and nominations in
his native Italy, including a Donatello (Italian
Academy) Award nomination for "Hearts and Armour," a
Golden Slate Award and Donatello Award nomination for
"The Berlin Affair," a Golden Slate Award and Donatello
Award for "Legend of the Holy Drinker" and a Donatello
Award and Golden Slate Award for "Secrets of the Old
Forest."
Production Designer STEWART STARKIN became a member of
the Royal Institute of British Architects after
studying architecture in his home town of London. As an
architect, he has designed modernist housing and the
development of 18th century warehouses into apartments
in London's docklands and has designed a futuristic
lycée outside of Paris. After moving to the United States, Stewart began
applying his art to film projects. Soon he had designed
40 commercials, mostly for Europe, before production
designing an interactive feature film. "Goodbye Lover"
is his first motion picture credit.
Editor WILLIAM STEINKAMP, A.C.E. received both Academy
Award and A.C.E. nominations for Sydney Pollack's
"Tootsie" and "Out of Africa" and Steve Klovers' "The
Fabulous Baker Boys." His other credits include
"Against All Odds," "White Nights," "Burglar,"
"Adventures in Babysitting," "Scrooged," "Havana," "Man
Trouble," "Scent of a Woman" (for which he was
nominated for an A.C.E. Award), "The Finn" and
"Heaven's Prisoners." Recent credits include the hits
"A Time to Kill" and "Kiss the Girls."
Line Producer GERALD T. OLSON executive produced the
hit comedy "Dumb and Dumber" and the genre hit "House
Party." His producing credits include "Rapid Fire,"
"The Hidden," "Big Girls Don't Cry ... They Get Even,"
"Lucky Stiff," HBO's "Prison Stories: Women on the
Inside" and the television miniseries "Danielle Steel's
The Ring." Olson served as executive in charge of
production on "A Nightmare on Elm Street Part Three:
Dream Warriors" and as associate producer on "The Sword
and the Sorcerer" and the cult classic "Repo Man."
Composer JOHN OTTMAN scored Bryan Singer's thriller,
"Apt Pupil," also serving as editor and associate
producer. His other recent scoring credits include the
hit "Halloween H20," "Incognito," "Snow White: A Tale
of Terror," "The Cable Guy" and "Night Train." He
previously scored Bryan Singer's Oscar-winning crime
drama, "The Usual Suspects," on which he also served as
editor. His upcoming projects include Singer's "X-Men"
and the Sarah Michelle Gellar/Ryan Phillippe drama,
"Cruel Intentions."
Costume Designer THEADORA VAN RUNKLE has received three
Academy Award nominations for her designs: "Bonnie and
Clyde," "The Godfather: Part 11" and "Peggy Sue Got
Married." Her career has spanned more than three
decades and includes designing credits in both film and
television. Her feature credits include "I'm Losing
You," "Kiss of Death," "The Butcher's Wife," "Stella,"
"Troop Beverly Hills," "The Best Little Whorehouse in
Texas," "Heaven Can Wait," "New York, New York,"
"Nickelodeon," "Maine" and "The Thomas Crown Affair,"
among others. Her work in television includes costuming
"Mario Puzo's The Last Don," "The White Dwarf" and
"Wizards and Warriors."