Overnight Sensation (1984)

6.2/10 • 28 min •

Overview

Overnight Sensation is a 1984 short film directed by Jon Bloom, based loosely on W. Somerset Maugham's short story "The Colonel's Lady." After housewife Eve Peregrine writes a sudden hit novel, her husband George, a successful fashion photographer, finds it difficult to deal with the attention being showered on her. His difficulty in getting through the book increases when he begins to suspect that the steamy affair in its plot is drawn from her real life. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

Cast

Louise Fletcher

Robert Loggia

George Peregrine

Shari Belafonte

Parley Baer

Lee Garlington

Vincent Guastaferro

Kirk Scott

Marcelo Tubert

Mary Woronov

Eric Poppick

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