Year of the Comet

1992
PG-13
1h 31m

IMDb RATING

5.8/10

1.8K

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Penelope Ann Miller and Tim Daly in Year of the Comet (1992)

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Action Adventure Comedy Romance

An auctioneer's daughter and a rich buyer's emissary fall for each other while trying to keep a rare wine out of the hands of evil doers.An auctioneer's daughter and a rich buyer's emissary fall for each other while trying to keep a rare wine out of the hands of evil doers.An auctioneer's daughter and a rich buyer's emissary fall for each other while trying to keep a rare wine out of the hands of evil doers.

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IMDb RATING

5.8/10

1.8K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
This was Louis Jourdan's final film before his death on February 14, 2015 at the age of 93.

Goofs
When Margaret Harwood goes to the MacPherson Castle and encounters Philippe in the shots showing Margaret's face, you can see a hair stuck up on her head. When Philippe's face is shown you can see Margaret's hair is back in place.

Quotes
Oliver Plexico: Pssssst! Maggie!
Margaret Harwood: [Maggie looks out the window, leans out a little, then looks down and sees Oliver on the remaining block of the broken wall planter below] What are you doing?
Oliver Plexico: [smiles tiredly] I've come to rescue you!
Margaret Harwood: [looks behind her, then back to Oliver] Don't rescue me, it's a trap!
Oliver Plexico: Sweet, sweet Maggie! I know it's a Goddamned trap! The point is, I've somewhat bungled things. So... you're gonna have to save me.
Margaret Harwood: [stands upright, crossing arms] Are you safe on that thing?
Oliver Plexico: Define safe.
Margaret Harwood: [Turns around hastily, pulls the sheets off the bed, ties them into a long rope and ties it around herself hastily, prepared to lower it down to Oliver] Allright! I'll save your life! That's only fair, you saved mine! But then I'm calling it quits!
Oliver Plexico: Why?
Margaret Harwood: Because you have no respect for my feelings!
Oliver Plexico: I have respect for your feelings...
Margaret Harwood: Bull Shit!
Oliver Plexico: I get the feeling you don't believe me?
Margaret Harwood: Stop being charming!
Oliver Plexico: I haven't got much choice right now, I got a 50 foot drop below me, and a crazy lady 10 feet above!
Margaret Harwood: After we... After we did... After we were done with...
Oliver Plexico: After sex?
Margaret Harwood: Yes! Right! Correct! You could have got the number yourself, you didn't have to
[chokes back tears]
Margaret Harwood: throw your wife at me!
Oliver Plexico: I don't have a wife.
Margaret Harwood: I saw the wedding photo!
Oliver Plexico: That's my sister!
[Oliver starts to get aggravated]
Margaret Harwood: Don't make it worse!
Oliver Plexico: [yelling] Now you listen to me, Margaret! When I first met you, you were this... beautiful, crazy... ragamuffin. And I said to myself, hey! A beautiful, crazy... ragamuffin! I didn't have to fly down to get the bottle, I volunteered! Now why do you think I did that?
Margaret Harwood: Why should I believe any of this?
Margaret Harwood: [sighs, frustrated and looks around, motioning with his hand] A guy fresh from the chiropractor scales a 50 foot wall to save your life? This is not mass entertainment Maggie! It's gotta be... Love!

Connections
Referenced in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: George Segal/Penelope Ann Miller/Drew Carey (1991)

Soundtracks
ALOT OF LIVIN' TO DO
By Lee Adams and Charles Strouse- Strada Music
All rights of Strada Music
Administered by The Songwriters Guild of America

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A Beautiful Lass in Beautiful Scenery

This film is seen by quite a few people as a bit of a turkey but I liked it very much. One other correspondent said he watched it for Ian Richardson and Nick Brimble but my main reason for watching it was Penelope Ann Miller (as with Other People's Money). She's just gorgeous and the scene where Timothy Daly says "the first time I saw you I wanted to sleep with you" touched a chord with me. She's the epitome of the beautiful heroine. I'm a bit of a munro-bagger and have climbed a few of the mountains in the background of a few scenes in this film. Hummie Mann produced some nice celtic music for the Scottish scenes. It puzzles me though how Timothy Daly's character could remain so fit looking despite consuming vast quantities of beer (so addicted he'd brink a can of Bud in a sauna). I admit it could have been better given the vast assemblage of talent involved in it but Penelope Ann Miller brightens up the worst turkey.