Intersection (1994)

Taglines: Make every move as if it were your last.

Intersection movie storyline. A man who may be on the verge of death quickly takes a thorough look at his life in this drama. Vincent Eastman (Richard Gere) is speeding along a mountain road in Canada when, while swerving to avoid a stalled van, he discovers that he’s about to run headfirst into a trailer truck.

As he’s about to suffer a potentially fatal accident, Vincent finds himself flashing back on the events of his life — most notably his relationships with his wife Sally (Sharon Stone), his mistress Olivia (Lolita Davidovich), and his daughter Meaghan (Jenny Morrison). While Vincent genuinely cares for Sally, he finds her cold and unemotional, but while the free-spirited Olivia has a passion for life that Sally lacks, Vincent can’t bring himself to leave his wife for her.

All parties involved feel that Vincent is hurting Meaghan with his inability to commit himself one way or the other, and his friend Neal (Martin Landau), a partner in his architectural firm, warns him that it is wrong for a man to live under two roofs at once. Intersection was an American adaptation of the 1970 French drama Les Choses de la Vie.

Intersection is a 1994 film, directed by Mark Rydell and starring Richard Gere, Sharon Stone, Lolita Davidovich and Martin Landau. It is a remake of the French film Les Choses de La Vie (1970) by Claude Sautet, the story — set in Vancouver, British Columbia — concerns an architect (played by Richard Gere) who, as his classic Mercedes 280SL roadster hurtles into a collision at an intersection, flashes through key moments in his life, including his marriage to a beautiful but chilly heiress (Sharon Stone) and his subsequent affair with a travel writer (Lolita Davidovich).

The movie was a failure at the box office. It came in at #3 on its opening weekend behind Mrs. Doubtfire and Philadelphia, and went on to gross $21.3 million domestically against a $45 million budget.

Directed by: Mark Rydell
Starring: Richard Gere, Sharon Stone, Lolita Davidovich, Martin Landau, David Selby, Jennifer Morrison, Matthew Walker, Patricia Harras, Sandra P. Grant, Robyn Stevan, Betty Phillips
Screenplay by: David Rayfiel, Marshall Brickman
Production Design by: Harold Michelson
Cinematography by: Vilmos Zsigmond
Film Editing by: Mark Warner
Costume Design by: Ellen Mirojnick
Set Decoration by: Dominique Fauquet-Lemaitre
Art Direction by: Yvonne J. Hurst
Music by: James Newton Howard
MPAA Rating: R for some language and sexuality.
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Release Date: January 21, 1994