Product Details

• Actors: Richard Gere, Sharon Stone, Lolita Davidovich, Martin Landau, David Selby
• Directors: Mark Rydell
• Writers: Claude Sautet, David Rayfiel, Jean-Loup Dabadie, Marshall Brickman, Paul Guimard
• Producers: Alan B. Curtiss, Bud Yorkin
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Paramount
• VHS Release Date: May 6, 1997
• Run Time: 98 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303146694
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #165,735 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The temptation here is to make a joke about Intersection and dead ends--but this disappointing film has too much talent involved to kid about how wrong it went. Based on the French film Les Choses de la Vie, the film was adapted by the usually reliable Marshall Brickman (Annie Hall) and David Rayfiel (The Firm). Richard Gere plays a man caught between two women: his chilly, remote wife (Sharon Stone) and his vibrant young mistress (Lolita Davidovich). How the marriage declined, how the affair began, and how the two women's paths eventually cross--everything is seen in flashback after Gere's car spins out of control in a horrible accident. Director Mark Rydell has some of the squarest dialogue in recent movie history to work with, as he dissects how the marriage fell apart because of the wife's coolness and Gere's subsequent attraction to Davidovich's cocky young journalist. --Marshall Fine

Customer Reviews

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Probably Richard Gere's best movie, November 7, 2004

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scherf.com "scherf.com" (Las Vegas, NV USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Intersection (DVD)

It has been a long time since American Gigolo, but Richard Gere remains quite a ladies man. Yes, this movie is about complicated relationsships, but the concept has been exceptionally well executed. The scenery of the Pacific Northwest is just gorgeous with dramatic moods and camera perspectives. I thought that while Richard Gere was phenomenal in Primal Fear, Red Corner and in The Jackal, this movie, Intersection, makes him shine and brings out a lot of his superb acting qualities with all kinds of emotions.
It is probably because this movie doesn't have the typical blueprint Hollywood ending, that this flick has been overlooked and so far has never received any significant recognition, but the ending is definitely a surprise. There are a number of interesting twists throughout the film and like I said before, the director really captured the various moods and even created and expressed the right kind of emotions. And although the movie has an overall sad undertone to it as it shows the midlife crisis of architect Eastman (R. Gere), it's just one of these rare motion picture masterpieces which you will want to watch at least a few times every year. It's an excellent picture.

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Can't be explained, November 13, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Intersection [VHS] (VHS Tape)

A hard film experience to explain. Through most of my first viewing of the film I was intrigued by the weave of the lives all described in the flashback during Vincent's death.

I must admit though that the film didn't really grasp me like I had hoped it would. Until the end, that is. I don't want to give away the ending of this film, but I have to say that it is one of the best-scripted endings I have ever seen in a film. The solution is thoroughly satisfying, reasonable, and happy. The most amazing part of the ending is that this is done without even a touch of being cheesy or sappy.

On further viewing of the film I began to enjoy it more and more. The photography is superb creating a subtle intimate feeling of sharing the experiences with all involved. Photography, however, pales in comparison to the editing. For a story that is told through non-linear flashbacks, editing is everything and this film has it in spades.

Films about out own mortality affect different people in different ways. We all have decisions in our life where we are never sure what the right path to take is. Do not be confused, that is the Intersection referred to here.

15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Such an exellent American film ... so underrated ? Why ?, November 26, 2002

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Vlad (russianwriter.net) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Intersection (DVD)

Why it is so underrated ? May be because it doesn't have normal good ending ... but in my point of view - it does . The scene between Lolita Davidovich and Sharon Stone at the end ... THIS what made a real good end to this fine film .
Richard Gere is stuck between his controlfreak reach wife ( Sharon Stone )and a love of his life ( Lolita Davidovich ). He stuck between must and want . He has to pick , but he cann't . And we think , we know his final desision ... but we don't . At the last minute of this film we do find out ... and we still surprised .