
238 Stockton Street at Maiden
Lane |
Timothy Hutton
checks into the Beresford Hotel on Sutter
Street on the eve of his wedding day then finds himself on a life altering
24-hour adventure in San Francisco. The 2000 romantic comedy Just One
Night attempts to create a quasi fantasy world in a town filled with
quirks. Results are hit-or-miss. City locations help. Hutton is the weak
link. Mayor Willie Brown appears
in a small speaking part as a courtroom judge. Unfortunately, a strange
camera angle that makes the mayor look childlike behind the bench and the
fact that his takes were clearly shot in isolation from the rest of the
action make the scene quite awkward. Written and directed by Alan Jacobs.
With Maria Grazia Cucinotta as Aurora (who smashes all the Maiden Lane
windows at Bally of Switzerland to find a shoe for Hutton's character)
and Udo Kier as Walter, the possessive husband who gets cuckolded in the
last act of the picture. Opening sequence shows a jet flying north over
the bay then landing at San Francisco International Airport, located in
the opposite direction. Just One Night also includes a great shot of the
Ferry Building, post-Embarcadero
Freeway but before the new plaza
had been built there.
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