One Night Stand (1997 film)

One Night Stand
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Mike Figgis
Produced by	Mike Figgis Bob Engelman Michael De Luca Richard Saperstein
Written by	Mike Figgis Joe Eszterhas (uncredited)
Starring	Wesley Snipes Nastassja Kinski Kyle MacLachlan Ming-Na Wen Robert Downey Jr.
Music by	Mike Figgis
Cinematography	Declan Quinn
Editing by	Mathew Knights John S. Smith Julian Slater
Distributed by	New Line Cinema
Release date(s)	November 14, 1997 (USA)
Running time	102 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$2,642,983 (US)[1]

One Night Stand is a 1997 drama film by British director Mike Figgis. The first draft of the screenplay was written by Joe Eszterhas, who had his name removed from the project following Figgis' rewrite.

Plot summary

The film is narrated by Max Carlyle (Wesley Snipes). Max lives in California, where he has a successful career directing television commercials and is happily married to Mimi (Ming-Na Wen), with whom he has two children. While visiting New York City, Max meets Karen (Nastassja Kinski) by chance after missing a flight; circumstances keep bringing them together over the course of the evening, and they end up spending the night together. When he returns home, Max seems distant and unhappy, though Mimi can't tell why and Max won't say. A year later, Max and Mimi fly to New York to visit his close friend Charlie (Robert Downey, Jr.), who is near death from AIDS. Max meets Charlie's brother Vernon (Kyle MacLachlan) and is introduced to his new wife—Karen. Facing Karen sends Max into an emotional tailspin, and he realizes that he must tell Mimi the truth about his indiscretion.

Background

Joe Eszterhas was paid a record $4 million for his script, which was later rewritten by director Mike Figgis. In his memoir Hollywood Animal, Eszterhas stated that at first he could not understand why New Line, the company who produced the film, would risk alienating a screenwriter whom they had paid a record amount of money to, by allowing the director to rewrite the screenplay. He said that years later a New Line executive stated that Figgis was allowed to alter the script because the director had just scored a major success with his film Leaving Las Vegas, while Eszterhas' notorious Showgirls had flopped at the box office.

Cast

Actor	Role
Wesley Snipes	Max Carlyle
Nastassja Kinski	Karen
Kyle MacLachlan	Vernon
Ming-Na Wen	Mimi Carlyle
Robert Downey Jr.	Charlie
Glenn Plummer	George
Amanda Donohoe	Margaux
Thomas Haden Church	Don
Julian Sands	Charlie's Nurse

References

1. ^ "One Night Stand (1997)". Box Office Mojo. http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=onenightstand.htm. Retrieved 27 July 2011. 

External links

• One Night Stand at the Internet Movie Database