Sliding Doors
What if one split second sent your life in two completely different directions?
Country
Production
Budget
$6 000 000
Box office
$58 809 149
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Sydney Pollack, William Horberg, Philippa Braithwaite, Guy East, Nigel Sinclair
Camera operator
Remi Adefarasin
Composer
David Hirschfelder
Artist
Maria Djurkovic
Audition
Michelle Guish
Editing
John Smith
Whole Team (131)
Whole Team (131)
Short description
Helen, a London ad executive, is fired from her job and rushes out to catch a train, but, as she runs down, her life suddenly splits off. In one version she catches the train; in the second, she misses it. Her whole life changes in that one second, and the rest of the film depicts what happens in each scenario.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film owes its existence to actor John Hannah. At a time when project funding was cut, Hannah happened to meet Sydney Pollack and mentioned the lack of sponsors during their conversation. Pollack became interested, read the script, and resolved all the project's financial issues.
- Having met on the subway, James and Helen talk about The Beatles. Later, in one of the episodes, they get into a taxi and give the driver the address: 251 on 9th Menlo Avenue. John Lennon (1940-1980) spent his childhood and youth at 251 Menlo Avenue in Liverpool.
- The rowers are played by members of the Cygnet Rowing Club, a London amateur rowing club.
- The book that Helen accidentally spills tea on and then reads is the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1960) by American writer Harper Lee (1926-2016).
- The scenes in the subway were filmed at the "Waterloo" and "Fulham Broadway" stations of the London Underground.
- Helen’s first order as a waitress came from a long-haired patron with a Liverpool accent. Director Peter Howitt played this role.
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