Product Description

Director Jonathan Demme, an Academy Award-winner, deftly weaves this endearing tale of love in bloom from Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.'s story. Mix together a small town community theatre's shy leading man and the lovely telephone worker who moves into town and you have a perfect recipe for a delightful romantic comedy.

Academy Award-winners Susan Sarandon and Christopher Walken star as the couple who discover that affairs of the heart on the stage may be a bit less complicated than continuing the romance off the stage. Written By: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Starring: Susan Sarandon (Academy Award Winner), Christopher Walken (Academy Award Winner) Directed By: Jonathan Demme (Academy Award Winner) Special Info: Part of the Short Story Collection II, Seen on PBS

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #25753 in DVD
• Brand: MONTEREY HOME VIDEO
• Released on: 2006-08-22
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds
• Running time: 55 minutes

Features

• Mix together a small town community theatre's shy leading man and the lovely telephone worker who moves into town and you have a perfect recipe for a delightful romantic comedy. Academy Award-winners Susan Sarandon and Christopher Walken star as the couple who discover that affairs of the heart on the stage may be a bit less complicated than continuing the romance off the stage. Format:

Amazon.com essential video
Few actors invoking the title of their film as a line of dialogue have had quite the shattering effect that Christopher Walken does in this 1982, hour-long film by Jonathan Demme. As the painfully, painfully shy small-town fellow who comes to vivid life as the perpetual lead in community-theater productions, Walken's character breaks one's heart when he is asked to give his all yet again in another thespian triumph. This time, however, things are different: he meets his female counterpart in Susan Sarandon's equally retiring amateur actress. The two fall in love, a love most passionately expressed in the freedom of their stage lives, and Demme's film achieves a populist grace that fills out Kurt Vonnegut's original short story into street-level Lubitsch. One of Demme's most irresistible works, Who Am I This Time? is pure joy. --Tom Keogh

Los Angeles Times
"An off beat delight. One of the best on Television."

Customer Reviews

Amazing Acting
I have acted and directed for many years and just saw this film. It is an extraordinary piece that provides a demonstration of how acting works -- and it does so in a very short amount of time and in an engaging way. Walken is pure genius in his body language, facial expressions, use of his voice, everything an actor needs to perform well. I don't think I have ever seen (or ever will see again) such amazing acting. The story is cute and touching, but it is merely a vehicle for the stars to shine, which they do - brilliantly. See this movie and -- please, someone, put it on DVD.

One of my all-time favourites
Fine, sweet, understated, modest. A small story, and a small movie. If you require large explosions, or edge-of-your-seat car chases, this movie is to be avoided; on the other hand, if character vignettes please you, you'll be well satisfied. O. Henry-ish, and intentionally stageplay-like. Approaches my all-time top ten.

When Will It Be on DVD?
Someone once said that a good poem would "take off the top of your head." This little flick did that to me, when I was a young and impressionable student who stumbled across a PBS film festival, and I'd love to have the same experience again -- preferably with a DVD version of "Who Am I This Time?" Twenty years ago, I had no idea who Christopher Walken or Susan Sarandon were, but their understated yet passionate -- pulsating! -- acting left a big impression. Sit back, take a sip of a warm, fruity wine, and enjoy this little gem.