Themes: Love Triangles, Fantasy Life, Mothers and Daughters
Main Cast: Isabel Rose, Andrew McCarthy, Cameron Bancroft, Alix Korey, Ilana Levine
Release Year: 2002
Country: US
Run Time: 102 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG13
Plot
A woman is forced to decide which of her dreams she'd like to come true in this musical-comedy drama. Billie Golden (Isabel Rose) is a young woman who dreams of being a successful cabaret singer and often imagines herself performing in a swank lounge or starring in a classic movie musical of the 1940s. At the moment, however, Billie is singing in a dingy cocktail lounge near an airport and lives in a ramshackle row house in Queens with her hard-drinking mother (Alix Korey). One day, Billie bumps into an old friend from high school, Greg Ellenbogen (Cameron Bancroft); as it happens, Greg is now a very successful lawyer, and he still carries a torch for Billie. While Greg loves Billie and can easily give her all the creature comforts of life, she's also infatuated with Elliot (Andrew McCarthy), a hipster piano player who believes in her abilities as a singer. When Greg asks Billie for her hand in marriage, she's forced to decide between love and security or the career in music for which she's always longed. Also screened under the title Standard Time, Anything but Love includes an appearance by legendary entertainer Eartha Kitt; leading lady Rose also wrote the film's screenplay. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Victor Argo - Sal; Sean Arbuckle - TJ; Eartha Kitt - Herself; Michael J. Burg - Amboise; Josh Stamberg - Steve; Matthew Lawler - Ted; Peter Appel; Bart DeFinna
Credit
James Calleri - Casting, Sarah Beers - Costume Designer, Robert Cary - Director, Robert Reitano - Editor, Andrew Hollander - Composer (Music Score), Steven Lutvak - Composer (Music Score), Cecil Gentry - Production Designer, Horacio Marquinez - Cinematographer, Isen Robbins - Producer, Aimee Schoof - Producer, Robert Cary - Screenwriter, Isabel Rose - Screenwriter, Janice Ginsberg - Makeup Supervisor
