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To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday is a american film of genre Drama directed by Michael Pressman released in USA on 25 october 1996 with Peter Gallagher
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (1996)
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Add to a movie listTo Gillian on Her 37th Birthday is a 1996 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Pressman, and starring Peter Gallagher and Claire Danes as a father and daughter struggling to come to terms with the tragic death of wife and mother Gillian (Michelle Pfeiffer). The original score was composed by James Horner.
The screenplay was adapted by David E. Kelley from the play of the same name by Michael Brady.
Synopsis
David Lewis (Peter Gallagher) is so affected by the death of his beautiful wife Gillian (Michelle Pfeiffer), who fell from the mast pole of their boat on a sailing trip, that he turns their summer cottage in Nantucket, Massachusetts into a permanent home and spends most of his time on the beach there, communicating with his dead wife's spirit and unwittingly neglecting his teenage daughter Rachel (Claire Danes).Actors
Peter Gallagher
(David Lewis)
Claire Danes
(Rachel Lewis)
Kathy Baker
(Esther Wheeler)
Wendy Crewson
(Kevin Dollof)
Bruce Altman
(Paul Wheeler)
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