Acting on Impulse

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Acting on Impulse
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Directed by Sam Irvin
Screenplay byMark Pittman
Alan Moskowitz
Story bySolomon Weingarten
Produced by Michael Jaffe
Mark Benton Johnson
David Peters
Starring C. Thomas Howell
Linda Fiorentino
Nancy Allen
CinematographyDean Lent
Edited byNeil Grieve
Music by Daniel Licht-+2
Production
company
Spectacor Films
Distributed by Showtime Networks
Academy Home Entertainment
Release date
  • June 3, 1993 (1993-06-03)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Acting on Impulse is a 1993 American black comedy crime thriller film directed by Sam Irvin and starring Linda Fiorentino, Nancy Allen, and C. Thomas Howell. The film, which is also known under the alternate titles Secret Lives and Eyes of a Stranger, premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival on June 3, 1993 [1] before being broadcast by Showtime on July 10, 1993. [2] Adam Ant, Paul Bartel, Isaac Hayes, Charles Lane, Don Most, Zelda Rubinstein, and Dick Sargent (in his last role) make cameo appearances. [3]

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Critical response

The Kansas City Star called Acting on Impulse "perverse fun", [4] while Entertainment Weekly noted it as an "inevitable goofball thriller" and commenting on the relaxed nature of the sexual tension in the film. [5]

References

  1. "Preems pervasive at Seattle Film Fest". Variety. May 13, 1993. Archived from the original on April 15, 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
  2. "TV REVIEWS : A Horror Picture Star Finds Romance in a Sleek Thriller". Los Angeles Times. July 10, 1993. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
  3. "Acting on Impulse". IMDb.com. 10 July 1993. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  4. "The perverse fun of 'Acting on Impulse'". Archived from the original on 2012-10-25. Retrieved 2011-04-06.
  5. "The First Seductions". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2011-04-06.