On the Edge (2001)
- Starring:
- Andie MacDowell, Paul Rudd, (more)
- Director(s):
- Jana Sue Memel, Helen Mirren, (more)
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Synopsis of On the Edge
First seen over the Showtime cable network on June 29, 2001, On the Edge is a compendium of three short science-fiction films, each with a decidedly feminist slant. The first segment, directed by Helen Mirren, is "Happy Birthday," in which a straight-A student (Sidney Tamilia Poitier) seeks recourse after she is "quota'd out" of graduate school. Next up is "The Other Side," directed by Mary Stuart Masterson, wherein a scientific genius (Anthony LaPaglia) clones himself upon learning that he has inoperable cancer -- only to find himself and his clone as two points in a romantic triangle. Closing out the program is writer/director Anne Heche's "Reaching Normal," the tale of a bored housewife (Andie McDowell) and her "telepathic twin," an eccentric college professor (Paul Rudd). The best of the batch is "Happy Birthday"; the other two stories are distressingly predictable. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of On the Edge
- Director(s):
- Jana Sue Memel, Anne Heche, Helen Mirren
- Writer(s):
- Bruce Holland Rogers, Walter M. Miller Jr., Crispin Whittell
- Producer(s):
- Tikki Goldberg, Jana Sue Memel, Hillary Ann Ripps
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