To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday

To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday is a 1996 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Pressman, and starring Peter Gallagher and Claire Danes as a father and daughter struggling to come to terms with the tragic death of wife and mother Gillian Michelle Pfeiffer. The original score was composed by James Horner.

David Lewis Peter Gallagher is so affected by the death of his beautiful wife, Gillian Michelle Pfeiffer, who fell from the mast of their yacht on a sailing trip, that he turns their summer cottage in Nantucket, Massachusetts into a permanent home and spends most of his time on the beach there, communicating with Gillians spirit and unwittingly neglecting his teenage daughter, Rachel Claire Danes.On the second anniversary of Gillians death, David invites her sister, Esther Wheeler Kathy Baker, and her husband, Paul Bruce Altman, to stay for the weekend. She insists on bringing a female friend named Kevin Dollof Wendy Crewson whom she hopes David will become romantically interested in. He, however, ignores her in proceeding with a ritualistic celebration of Gillians birthday. ........

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