''Sleeping with Strangers'' is a 1994

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...

directed by William T. Bolson and written by

Joan Carr-Wiggin Joan Carr-Wiggin is a Canadian independent filmmaker who has worked as a writer, director, and producer. She began working as a filmmaker in her 40s in the early 1990s after a career as an economist and a novelist. She is married to producer Dav ...

. The film stars

Adrienne Shelly Adrienne Levine (June 24, 1966 – November 1, 2006), better known by the stage name Adrienne Shelly (sometimes credited as Adrienne Shelley), was an American actress, film director and screenwriter. She became known for roles in independen ...

, Alastair Duncan (credited as Neil Duncan),

Kim Huffman Kim Huffman (sometimes credited as Kymberley Huffman) is a Canadian actress born in St. Catharines, Ontario. She trained to be an opera singer, but is most known for her television and cinema roles. Career Huffman played Lisa Trekker in the Chan ...

, Shawn Thompson, and

Scott McNeil Scott McNeil is an Australian-born Canadian actor. He currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. One of the best-known Canadian voice actors of all time, McNeil has provided voices to many characters in animated shows, most notabl ...

Plot

A popular actress (Shelly) and a rock star (McNeil) come to a small Canadian town with two competing hotels next door to each other. The rock star is escorted into one of the hotels and the actress checks into the other. Daniel (Duncan), the owner of one of the two hotels, is trying to stay afloat. The other hotel owner, Mark (Thompson), is trying to steal away Daniel's business and his fiancée (Huffman). The paparazzi arrives in town and makes everybody wonder, who is sleeping with whom?

Cast

as Jenny Dole * Alastair Duncan as Daniel (credited as Neil Duncan) *

as Teri * Shawn Thompson as Mark *

as Todd Warren * Gary Jones as Loan Officer * Anthony Ulc as Sam * Claire Caplan as Elsie * Betty Linde as Margaret * Tamsin Jones as Loan Officer's Daughter

Production

''Sleeping with Strangers'' was filmed around

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...

British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

with a budget of $2.5 million.

References

External links

* * 1994 films Canadian independent films Films shot in British Columbia 1994 romantic comedy films English-language Canadian films Canadian romantic comedy films Canadian sex comedy films 1990s sex comedy films 1990s English-language films 1990s Canadian films {{1990s-romantic-comedy-film-stub