The Other Side of Midnight (film)

The Other Side of Midnight is a 1977 American drama film directed by Charles
The Other Side of Midnight
Jarrott and starring Marie-France Pisier, John Beck, and Susan Sarandon. Herman
Raucher wrote the screenplay based on Sidney Sheldon's 1973 novel of the same
name.

Contents
Plot
Cast
Connection to Star Wars
Home media
Remake and sequel
References
External links
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Charles Jarrott
Plot Produced by Frank Yablans
In France just before the outbreak of World War II, young Noelle Page falls in love
Howard W.
with Larry Douglas, an American pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force stationed in
Koch
France. The couple has a torrid love affair that ends abruptly when Larry receives
Hawk Koch
orders to return to the United States. Larry promises to come back for Noelle and Screenplay by Herman
marry her. She later finds out that she is pregnant with his child. However, he never Raucher
returns. Based on The Other Side
of Midnight
Vowing revenge after a harrowing abortion, Noelle begins using men for their
by Sidney
money and power. She seduces her way into becoming a famous European actress,
Sheldon
then arranges to be the mistress of one of the world's wealthiest men, Greek tycoon
Constantin Demeris, whom she does not love. Starring Marie-France
Pisier
During this time, Larry has met and married Catherine Alexander, a sweet and John Beck
trusting young woman from Chicago. Larry meets her in Hollywood, where she has Susan
gone to produce a film promoting military enlistment. Larry is now a United States Sarandon
Army Air Forces fighter pilot. He seduces the virginal Catherine with some of the Michael Lerner
same lines he used with Noelle.
Music by Michel Legrand
After the war, Larry is employed by various civilian airlines. Noelle hires a detective Cinematography Fred J.
to keep tabs on him, then sabotages any job Larry is able to find. Larry is in no Koenekamp
position to refuse a job offer to come to Greece and be a private pilot, unaware that Edited by Harold F. Kress
Noelle is who is hiring him.
Distributed by 20th Century
Larry initially fails to recognize her. Noelle treats him rudely until Larry is not sure Fox
how much more he can take. When he is positive it is her, he bursts into Noelle's Release date June 8, 1977
hotel suite, where they rekindle their romance. Larry claims he will keep his long-

Running time
ago promise and stay with her, but when his wife refuses a request for a divorce, Running time 165 minutes
Larry and Noelle begin to plot Catherine’s murder. Country United States

They carry out their plan, but things go wrong. Larry and Noelle ultimately are Language English
convicted of murder by a Greek court, which is under the influence of Constantin Budget $9 million[1]
Demeris. They are executed by a firing squad. Catherine has miraculously survived.
Box office $24,652,021[2]
Suffering from shock, she ends up living in a convent, under the patronage of
Demeris.

Cast
Marie-France Pisier as Noelle Page
John Beck as Larry Douglas
Susan Sarandon as Catherine Alexander Douglas
Raf Vallone as Constantin Demeris
Clu Gulager as Bill Fraser
Christian Marquand as Armand Gautier
Michael Lerner as Barbet
Sorrell Booke as Lanchon
Antony Ponzini as Paul Metaxas
Louis Zorich as Demonides
Charles Cioffi as Chotas
Howard Hesseman as O'Brien
Titos Vandis as Presiding Judge
Dimitra Arliss as Sister Theresa
Josette Banzet as Madame Rosa

Connection to Star Wars

According to the documentary Empire of Dreams, the book's popularity was anticipated to translate to success at the box office, and
20th Century Fox heavily promoted the film. At the same time, the studio was promoting Star Wars, which was gaining controversy
for its growing expense.

Fearing that Star Wars would flop, the studio made a peremptory decision to grant prints of The Other Side of Midnight—a 2-hour-
45-minute-long feature with sex and nudity—only to those theaters that agreed to book
Star Wars as well.

Ultimately, despite critical acclaim, The Other Side of Midnight proved to be bested in the box office. Although a modest hit, its
success was "nothing like Star Wars": Despite a higher budget, Star Wars ultimately grossed a then-record $237 million in North
America in its first run and eventually spawned a multimedia franchise that continues to this day; The Other Side of Midnight earned
$18.4 million in North American rentals.[3]

Home media
On March 6, 2007, about 30 years after the film was released in theaters, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment released The Other
Side of Midnight on DVD for the first time as part of Fox's Cinema Classics Collection. The DVD includes a commentary discussion
with producer Frank Yablans, director Charles Jarrott, and author Sidney Sheldon, led by film historian Laurent Bouzereau, a stills
gallery, and the film's theatrical trailer. Jarrott and Sheldon have since died, as has Marie-France Pisier
, the film's star.

Remake and sequel

The film was remade in India as the Hindi film Oh Bewafa (1980).[4] Sheldon wrote a 1990 sequel, Memories of Midnight, which
was adapted into a 1991 television miniseries starringJane Seymour as Catherine Alexander.[5]
References
1. Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History, Scarecrow Press, 1989 p258
2. "The Other Side of Midnight, Box Office Information" (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=othersideofmidnight.
htm). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
3. Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series)
.
Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989.ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p233. Please note figures are rentals
accruing to distributors and not total gross.
4. Saigal, Omesh Distant Echoes. New Delhi: Gyan Publishing House (2000), p. 279
5. O'Connor, John J. (November 25, 1991)."A Sidney Sheldon Midnight Sequel" (https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/25/
news/a-sidney-sheldon-midnight-sequel.html). The New York Times. Retrieved August 18, 2015.

External links
The Other Side of Midnighton IMDb
The Other Side of Midnightat AllMovie
The Other Side of Midnightat Box Office Mojo

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