Overnight Sensation (1984)
Synopsis
Overnight Sensation is a 1984 short film directed by Jon Bloom, based loosely on W. Somerset Maugham's short story "The Colonel's Lady." After housewife Eve Peregrine writes a sudden hit novel, her husband George, a successful fashion photographer, finds it difficult to deal with the attention being showered on her. His difficulty in getting through the book increases when he begins to suspect that the steamy affair in its plot is drawn from her real life. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
Release Date: 1984-10-01
Runtime: 28 minutes
Director: Jon Bloom
Top Cast
- Louise Fletcher as Evie Peregrine
- Robert Loggia as George Peregrine
- Shari Belafonte as Daphne
- Parley Baer as Lawyer
- Lee Garlington as Sales Girl
- Vincent Guastaferro as Assistant
- Ed Bakey as Wino
- Kirk Scott as Publisher
- Marcelo Tubert as Bartender
- Mary Woronov as Woman at Party
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