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The Leading Man

Director: John Duigan
Writer:Virginia Duigan
Director of Photography:Jean-Francois Robin
Editor:Humphrey Dixon
Music:Edward Shearmur
Production Designer:Caroline Hanania
Producers:Bertil Ohlsson and Paul Raphael
Pathe; R; 99 minutes
Release:3/98
Cast:Jon Bon Jovi, Lambert Wilson, Anna Galiena and Thandie Newton

Duigan puts a new spin on romantic comedy with this witty extramarital love story set in the London theater community. Felix is a sexually frustrated, middle-aged, but otherwise successful playwright (Wilson) who sleeps with his leading lady (Newton). Rocker-turned-thespian Jon Bon Jovi surprises as Robin Grange, a cocky American actor who offers to seduce Felix's wife (Galiena) so Felix can indulge in his affair guilt-free.


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