An Unfinished Affair
| An Unfinished Affair | |
|---|---|
 DVD cover | |
| Genre |
Drama Thriller |
| Written by |
Rama Laurie Stagner Dan Witt |
| Directed by | Rod Hardy |
| Starring |
Jennie Garth Tim Matheson Leigh Taylor-Young |
| Music by | Lee Holdridge |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Jennie Garth Randy James (co-executive producer) |
| Producer(s) |
Dan Witt Ronnie D. Clemmer Richard P. Kughn Bill Pace William Shippey |
| Cinematography | David Connell |
| Editor(s) | Richard Bracken |
| Running time | 91 minutes[1] |
| Production company(s) |
Blue Puddle Productions Longbow Productions RHI Entertainment |
| Distributor | ABC |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | April 29, 1996 |
An Unfinished Affair is a 1996 American television film directed by Rod Hardy. The film originally premiered on ABC and is now frequently aired on Lifetime.[2]
Plot
In Tucson, Arizona, Alex Connor is a college teacher whose wife Cynthia is diagnosed with cancer. As her health detoriates, he starts a short-lived affair with Canadian Sheila Hart, one of his art students. He soon regrets his actions and ends the affair immediately, but Sheila is not willing to accept that she is no longer his mistress. Alex's home life soon starts to look better, as Cynthia has gone into remission. Now, his only problem is Sheila, who has started her own revenge plan. Determined to win him back, she starts to terrorize him, even going as far as dating his son Rick to make him jealous.
Cast
- Jennie Garth as Sheila Hart
- Tim Matheson as Alex Connor
- Leigh Taylor-Young as Cynthia Connor
- Peter Facinelli as Rick Connor
- Michael Fairman as Clayton Edmunds
- Georgann Johnson as Mimi
- Michael Massee as Dwight Bennett
Production
Garth has expressed her experiences on the film during a 1996 interview: "I had a good time with it. It's a good story with no hidden messages. It's a thriller, a suspenser. Pure entertainment. [..] It's always fun to play the bad girl. It gets kind of boring to be nice, you know?"[3]
Garth co-produced the film, which included that she took part in hiring the writers, directors and actors, "as well as the overall feel of the film. I like to be sure that they're going to be made into things that I want to be a part of. Because things can go easily awry, and you can easily end up with a typical movie-of-the-week formula."[3]
References
- ↑ Running Time The New York Times
- ↑ Lifetime Archived November 29, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
- 1 2 "'Unfinished Affair takes '90210' star Garth from 'Beverly Hills' to thrills" by Christy Slewinski. New York Daily News, May 5, 1996.