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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 1998 DVD Release: 12/01/1998 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Edition: Special Collection Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 39 mins Studio: Paramount Total Copies: 8 Genres: Comedy Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Fantasy Comedy, Romantic Fantasy See Also: Sliding Doors

British actor Peter Howitt wrote and directed this British romantic comedy-drama with a "road not taken" premise recalling the 1921 play If by Lord Dunsany (1878-1957), Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life (1946), and O.Henry's short story -Roads of Destiny (1909). Howitt's storyline branches in two directions: Helen (Gwyneth Paltrow) loses her job at a classy London PR firm, has a run-in with a purse-snatcher, and just misses catching her boyfriend Gerry (John Lynch) in bed with his former girlfriend Lydia (Jeanne Tripplehorn). But what if it were one of those days when everything goes right? As the sliding doors close while she stands on a subway platform in the London underground, Helen ponders the events in her alternate reality. The plot of Lord Dunsany's If also hinges on a future determined by catching or missing a train. Sliding Doors was shown at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

Gwyneth Paltrow - Helen Quilley
John Hannah - James
John Lynch - Gerry
Jeanne Tripplehorn - Lydia
Zara Turner - Anna

Paramount's DVD release of the 1998 film Sliding Doors, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, John Hannah, John Lynch, and Jeanne Tripplehorn, is presented in widescreen format and can be played in two Dolby Digital formats, either English 5.1 Surround Sound or English Dolby Surround Sound. The film can be viewed with Spanish subtitles or English captions. Unfortunately, there is nothing in the way of trailers, bios, or production notes. Besides the standard interactive and scene-selection menus, this DVD offers little else except the actual film, which (luckily) in and of itself is quite delightful. ~ Jose Promis, All Movie Guide