The Favor (1994)
- Starring:
- Harley Jane Kozak, Elizabeth McGovern, (more)
- Director(s):
- Donald Petrie
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Category:
- Romance
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They say you can't miss what you never had, but one woman wants to put that idea to the test in this comedy. Kathy Whiting (Harley Jane Kozak) is a housewife and mother of two who enjoys a happy but unexciting relationship with her husband Peter (Bill Pullman), while her best friend Emily Embrey (Elizabeth McGovern) runs an art gallery and is living with a good-looking artist, Elliot Fowler (Brad Pitt). Both women feel that a sense of romantic adventure is missing from their lives, and Kathy has never been able to forget Tom Andrews (Ken Wahl), a football player that she was in love with in high school but never slept with (she was saving herself for marriage at the time). So when Kathy learns that Tom is living in Denver, and Emily will be going there on business soon, she asks Emily for a very big favor: find Tom, seduce him, and then give her a full report on what she's been wondering about these 15 years since graduation. The Favor was filmed in 1991 but went unreleased until 1994, after A River Runs Through It and Legends of the Fall had made fourth-billed Brad Pitt a box-office draw. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 96 mins
Complete Cast:
- Harley Jane Kozak - Kathy Whiting
- Bill Pullman - Peter Whiting
- Ken Wahl - Tom Andrews
- Holland Taylor - Maggie Sand
- Arthur Burghardt - Hotel Clerk
- Milt Oberman - Mr. Moyer
- Sharon Collar - Clerk at Drugstore
- Michelle Robinson - Birthday Party Guest
- Lisa Robins - Stewardess
- Mindy Sterling - Debbie Rollins
- O-Lan Jones - Mrs. Moyer
- Jordan Christopher Michael - Alex
- Elizabeth McGovern - Emily Embrey
- Brad Pitt - Elliott Fowler
- Larry Miller - Joe Dubin
- Paul Beeson - Young Tom Andrews
- John Horn - Pastor
- Kim Walker - Jill Topial
- Florence Schauffler - Museum Docent
- Mary Marsh - Ladies at Church
- Deborah White - Professor Allen
- Claire Stansfield - Miranda
- Stephen Kahan - Helpful Fisherman
- Director(s):
- Donald Petrie
- Writer(s):
- Sara Parriott, Josann McGibbon
- Producer(s):
- Lauren Shuler-Donner, Rick Finkelstein, Donna Dubrow
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Not For Children)
- Categories:
- Romance
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