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| imdb_id = 0156934
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| caption = Cover to Stonehouse edition of ''Random Hearts''
| producer = [[Martin Jurow]] & [[Marykay Powell]]
| director = [[Sydney Pollack]]
| writer = [[Warren Adler]] (novel)<br>[[Darryl Ponicsan]] (adaptation)<br>[[Kurt Luedtke]] (screenplay)<br>[[David Rayfiel]] uncredited
| starring = [[Harrison Ford]]<br>[[Kristin Scott Thomas]]
| music = [[Dave Grusin]]
| cinematography = [[Philippe Rousselot]]
| editing = [[William Steinkamp]]
| distributor = [[Columbia Pictures]]
| released = [[October 8]], [[1999]]
| runtime = 133 min.
| language = [[English language|English]]
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| name = Random Hearts
| name = Random Hearts
| author = [[Warren Adler]]
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| pages = 293 pages
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| isbn = 0-02-500290-2
| isbn = ISBN 0025002902 (hardcover)
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''''' Random Hearts ''''' is a [[1984 in literature|1984]] [[Warren Adler's Random Hearts|novel]] by [[United States|American]] author [[Warren Adler]]. In [[1999 in film|1999]], the novel was made into a [[motion picture]] directed by [[Sydney Pollack]] and starring [[Harrison Ford]] and [[Kristin Scott Thomas]].
''''' Random Hearts ''''' is a [[1984 in literature|1984]] novel by [[United States|American]] author [[Warren Adler]], who wrote the novel after being moved by the 1982 [[Air Florida Flight 90]] disaster.<ref>{{cite news |title=Public Lives |author=James Barron |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/15/nyregion/public-lives.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=15 January 1999 |accessdate=15 July 2013}}</ref> In [[1999 in film|1999]], the novel was made into a [[Random Hearts|motion picture]] directed by [[Sydney Pollack]] and starring [[Harrison Ford]] and [[Kristin Scott Thomas]].

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== Plot summary ==


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==Plot summary (novel)==
Vivien Simpson, a housewife with a young son, and Edward Davis, an aide to a congressman, had never met before, but soon they would be inseparable. Their respective spouses, Orson and Lily, had been carrying on an affair for some time. The affair abruptly ended when their plane to Miami crashes moments after take off. Vivien believed her husband was off to Paris for business. Edward thought his wife was in L.A. Once the bodies are identified, the knowledge they were traveling together is imparted to Vivien and Edward.
Vivien Simpson, a housewife with a young son, and Edward Davis, an aide to a congressman, had never met before, but soon they would be inseparable. Their respective spouses, Orson and Lily, had been carrying on an affair for some time. The affair abruptly ended when their plane to Miami crashes moments after take off. Vivien believed her husband was off to Paris for business. Edward thought his wife was in L.A. Once the bodies are identified, the knowledge they were traveling together is imparted to Vivien and Edward.


They are consumed with curiosity, but nobody is alive to answer their questions. All that remains of the clandestine love affair is a set of nearly unidentifiable keys which neither Vivien nor Edward knows what they belong to. They center their lives around discovering what their spouses kept from them whilst finding themselves slowly becoming closer to each other.
They are consumed with curiosity, but nobody is alive to answer their questions. All that remains of the clandestine love affair is a set of nearly unidentifiable keys; neither Vivien nor Edward knows what they belong to. They center their lives around discovering what their spouses kept from them while finding themselves slowly becoming closer to each other.

==Film adaptation==
In [[1999]], ''Random Hearts'' was adapted into a film of the same name directed by [[Sydney Pollack]] and starring [[Harrison Ford]] and [[Kristin Scott Thomas]].

The film adaptation loosely follows the story of the novel but many of the characters have been changed. Edward Davis is now Sergeant William 'Dutch' Van Den Broeck, a [[Washington DC]] police officer. Vivien Simpson is now Kay Chandler, a wealthy [[U.S. Republican Party|Republican]] Congresswoman with a teenage daughter. They meet when their spouses, Peyton and Cullen, are killed in a plane crash and realize that they were having an affair. The story evolves around the relationship between the two surviving spouses, as the [[tragedy]] envelopes their lives and affects his career as a police officer and her campaign for re-election to Congress.

==Reaction==

The film, one of Ford's biggest flops, failed both critically and commercially. Budgeted at $64 million, it made $31 million in the US and another $43 million internationally. The film currently holds a 15% approval rating based on 85 reviews at Rotten Tomatoes.

==Production History==

The film was in "[[development hell]]" for quite some years, and [[Kevin Costner]] had previously been attached to project in the early 1990s.
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==Primary cast==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
*[[Harrison Ford]] : Sergeant William 'Dutch' Van Den Broeck
*[[Kristin Scott Thomas]] : Kay Chandler
*[[Charles S. Dutton]] : Alcee
*[[Bonnie Hunt]] : Wendy Judd
*[[Dennis Haysbert]] : Detective George Beaufort
*[[Sydney Pollack]] : Carl Broman
*[[Richard Jenkins]] : Truman Trainor
*[[Paul Guilfoyle]] : Dick Montoya
*[[Susanna Thompson]] : Peyton Van Den Broeck
*[[Peter Coyote]] : Cullen Chandler
*[[Kate Mara]] : Jessica Chandler
*[[Dylan Baker]] : Richard Judd
*[[Lynne Thigpen]] : Phyllis Bonaparte
*[[Reiko Aylesworth]] : Mary Claire Clark
*[[Edie Falco]] : Janice
*[[Alex Trebek]] : [[Jeopardy!]] Host


==External links==
==External links==
*{{iblist title|id=33044|title=Random Hearts}}
*{{Iblist title|id=33044|title=Random Hearts}}
*{{imdb title|id=0156934|title=Random Hearts}}
*[http://www.warrenadler.com/title-randomhearts.shtml Warren Adler Official Website]
*[http://www.warrenadler.com/title-randomhearts.shtml Warren Adler Official Website]
*[http://www.warrenadler.com/title-randomhearts-sample.shtml Read the first chapter]


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Latest revision as of 21:02, 8 June 2024

This article is about the novel. For the film, see Random Hearts (film).
Random Hearts
Cover to Stonehouse edition of Random Hearts
AuthorWarren Adler
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
PublisherStonehouse
Publication date
1984
Publication placeUSA
Media typeHardcover/Paperback/E-Text
Pages293 pages
ISBN0-02-500290-2 (hardcover)
OCLC10230946
813/.54 19
LC ClassPS3551.D64 R3 1984

Random Hearts is a 1984 novel by American author Warren Adler, who wrote the novel after being moved by the 1982 Air Florida Flight 90 disaster.[1] In 1999, the novel was made into a motion picture directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Harrison Ford and Kristin Scott Thomas.

Plot summary

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Vivien Simpson, a housewife with a young son, and Edward Davis, an aide to a congressman, had never met before, but soon they would be inseparable. Their respective spouses, Orson and Lily, had been carrying on an affair for some time. The affair abruptly ended when their plane to Miami crashes moments after take off. Vivien believed her husband was off to Paris for business. Edward thought his wife was in L.A. Once the bodies are identified, the knowledge they were traveling together is imparted to Vivien and Edward.

They are consumed with curiosity, but nobody is alive to answer their questions. All that remains of the clandestine love affair is a set of nearly unidentifiable keys; neither Vivien nor Edward knows what they belong to. They center their lives around discovering what their spouses kept from them while finding themselves slowly becoming closer to each other.

References

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  1. ^ James Barron (15 January 1999). "Public Lives". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
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