Separate Vacations

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Separate Vacations
Directed by Michael Anderson
Written by Robert Kaufman
Based onSeparate Vacations by Eric Weber
Produced by Robert Lantos
Stephen J. Roth
Starring David Naughton
Jennifer Dale
Lally Cadeau
Cinematography François Protat
Edited byRon Wisman
Music by Stanley Myers
Hans Zimmer
Production
companies
Playboy Productions
RSL Entertainment
Distributed by Alliance Communications
Release date
  • 1986 (1986)
Running time
91 min.
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Separate Vacations is a Canadian sex comedy film, directed by Michael Anderson and released in 1986. [1] The film stars David Naughton and Jennifer Dale as Richard and Sarah Moore, a long-married couple whose relationship has become unfulfilling, who agree to take separate vacations in order to explore whether they want to stay together or break up and see other people. [2]

The film's cast also includes Lally Cadeau, Laurie Holden, Tony Rosato, Jay Woodcroft, [3] Sherry Miller and Harvey Atkin.

Cadeau received a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 7th Genie Awards. [4]

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References

  1. "Veteran film director finds new role in Toronto". The Globe and Mail , November 28, 1996.
  2. "Canadian production avoids 'artsy, award-winning garbage' tag by a country kilometre". Ottawa Citizen , February 14, 1987.
  3. Tychkowski, Robert (2022-09-28). "Jay Woodcroft — From The Littlest Hobo to the Edmonton Oilers". Edmonton Sun . Retrieved 2022-09-30.
  4. "Genie movies something to celebrate". Toronto Star , March 16, 1986.