Play Constellations And Movie Sliding Doors
Constellations nick payne s gorgeous two character drama starring a perfectly matched jake gyllenhaal and ruth wilson may be the most sophisticated date play broadway has seen as staged by.
Play constellations and movie sliding doors. Arriving at work one morning helen discovers that she had been unjustifiably sacked from her pr job. Gwyneth paltrow plays london publicist helen effortlessly sliding between parallel storylines that show what happens if she does or does not catch a morning train back to her apartment. Summaries 4 synopsis 1 summaries. Nick payne s play constellations which premiered in.
The next generation to frasier have dived into multiple reality narratives. A london woman s love life and career both hinge unknown to her on whether or not she catches a train. Variations on a theme of variations on a theme. Movies from sliding doors to groundhog day and tv series from star trek.
Constellations isn t the first drama to play around with the notion of narrative spinning. With gwyneth paltrow john hannah john lynch jeanne tripplehorn. It s basically a version of the nineties movie sliding doors but with more storylines. For originality the play struggles.
Directed by peter howitt. From groundhog day to sliding doors and run lola run. Short and sweet and strangely haunting. In one reality helen catches the tube train meets james and arrives home to find her loathsome lothario lover gerry cheating on her with his ex girlfriend.
Showing all 5 items jump to. We see it both ways in parallel. Given the mode of storytelling it also lacks the kind of inevitability. She is returning home when an amazing thing happens time reverses itself for a few seconds and a second version of herself is created.
Before the doors close james tells helen to cheer up and repeats his line you know what the monty python boys say helen who in the. Sliding doors 1998 plot.