White Palace
White Palace is a 1990 American erotic romantic drama film directed by Luis Mandoki. It stars Susan Sarandon, James Spader, Jason Alexander, Kathy Bates, Steven Hill, Jeremy Piven, and Renee Taylor. It was written by Ted Tally and Alvin Sargent, based on the novel of the same name by Glenn Savan (who appears in the film as an extra with a small speaking part).
Plot
Twenty-seven-year-old St. Louis advertising executive Max Baron has completely shut himself off from the world in the two years since the auto accident that killed his wife Janey. On the way to his friend Neil's bachelor party, Max picks up fifty burgers from a diner called White Palace. At the party, he discovers that the order is six burgers short and, to the ridicule of his friends, returns to the restaurant to complain. In a moment that defines his initial character, Max declares, "It's the principle." He is roundly mocked by his friends.
More details
| author | Alvin Sargent |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | St. Louis |
| director | Luis Mandoki |
| editor | Carol Fisher Carol Littleton |
| genre | drama romance |
| keywords | abandon advertising executive answering machine bachelor party car crash climb drown extended family fellatio kill kiss late wife laugh leukemia mystery woman obsess thanksgiving think wed |
| musicBy | George Fenton |
| producer | Amy Robinson Griffin Dunne Mark Rosenberg |
| productionCompany | Mirage Enterprises |
| publisher | Universal Pictures |
| theme | romantic drama |