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Cousins
Directed by
Joel Schumacher
Produced by William Allyn
Screenplay by Stephen Metcalfe Based on the film Cousin, Cousine written by Jean-Charles Tacchella
Produced by William Allyn
Screenplay by Stephen Metcalfe Based on the film Cousin, Cousine written by Jean-Charles Tacchella
With:
Ted Danson, Isabella Rossellini, Sean Young, William Petersen, Lloyd Bridges, Norma Aleandro, Keith Coogan, Gina DeAngeles, George Coe, Katharine Isabelle, Alex Bruhanski, and Stephen E. Miller
Cinematography:
Ralf D. Bode
Editing: Robert Brown
Music: Angelo Badalamenti
Editing: Robert Brown
Music: Angelo Badalamenti
Runtime:
113 min
Release Date: 10 February 1989
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color: Color
Release Date: 10 February 1989
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color: Color
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Schumacher is an odd choice to remake Jean-Charles Tacchella's French comedy Cousin Cousine (’75), but Danson and Rossellini are surprisingly effective together in this light, heartwarming romance about cousins-in-law, each unhappily married, who fall in love.