Random Hearts

Random Hearts is a 1999 American romantic drama film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Harrison Ford and Kristin Scott Thomas. Based on the 1984 novel of the same name by Warren Adler, the film is about a police officer and a congresswoman who discover that their spouses were having an affair prior to being killed in a air disaster.

The film was stuck in development hell for fifteen years before finally being made. In the 1980s, actor Dustin Hoffman met with the books author with a view to making the film. Although Hoffman prompted CBS Theatrical Films to acquire the rights with a view to him starring in the film, Hoffman rejected several drafts of the script before leaving the project altogether. In the early 1990s, Kevin Costner was attached to star in the project, which was then to be directed by James L. Brooks, though this, too, never came to pass.In a positive review from The New York Times, Janet Maslin wrote that the films of Sydney Pollack have managed to be linear while also drifting thoughtfully through the nuances of their characters behavior, with a stylistic polish and keenness of observation not often found in American films any more. Maslin also noted that laconic Ford is wrenchingly effective throughout. ........

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