On the Edge

• Directors: Anne Heche; Mary Stuart Masterson; Helen Mirren; Jana Sue Memel
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• Genre: Science Fiction
• Movie Type: Psychological Sci-Fi
• Themes: Experiments Gone Awry, Psychic Abilities, Future Dystopias
• Main Cast: Andie MacDowell, Paul Rudd, Anthony LaPaglia, John Goodman, David Hyde Pierce
• Release Year: 2001
• Run Time: 95 minutes

Plot

First seen over the Showtime cable network on June 29, 2001, On the Edge is a compendium of three short science-fiction films, each with a decidedly feminist slant. The first segment, directed by Helen Mirren, is "Happy Birthday," in which a straight-A student (Sidney Tamilia Poitier) seeks recourse after she is "quota'd out" of graduate school. Next up is "The Other Side," directed by Mary Stuart Masterson, wherein a scientific genius (Anthony LaPaglia) clones himself upon learning that he has inoperable cancer -- only to find himself and his clone as two points in a romantic triangle. Closing out the program is writer/director Anne Heche's "Reaching Normal," the tale of a bored housewife (Andie McDowell) and her "telepathic twin," an eccentric college professor (Paul Rudd). The best of the batch is "Happy Birthday"; the other two stories are distressingly predictable. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Andie MacDowell
• Paul Rudd
• Anthony LaPaglia
• John Goodman
• David Hyde Pierce

Christopher Lloyd; Sydney Tamiia Poitier; Caroline Rhea; Karen Sillas; Stephen Tobolowsky; Beverly D'Angelo; Bruce Davison; Jolene Blalock

Credit

Anne Heche - Director, Mary Stuart Masterson - Director, Helen Mirren - Director, Jana Sue Memel - Director, Jim Goodwin - Composer (Music Score), Guy Dagul - Composer (Music Score), Jason Frederick - Composer (Music Score), David Renik - Composer (Music Score), Nancy Schreiber - Cinematographer, Michael Barrett - Cinematographer, Jeff Levy - Cinematographer, Jana Sue Memel - Producer, Tikki Goldberg - Producer, Hillary Ann Ripps - Producer, Anne Heche - Screenwriter, Mary Stuart Masterson - Screenwriter, John W. Herrera - Screenwriter, Keith Laumer - Screenwriter, Walter M. Miller Jr. - Screenwriter, Bruce Holland Rogers - Screenwriter, Jim Whitaker - Screenwriter, Crispin Whittell - Screenwriter

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