Overnight Sensation (1984)
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
Evie Peregrine
Robert Loggia
George Peregrine
Shari Belafonte
Daphne
Parley Baer
Lawyer
Lee Garlington
Sales Girl
Vincent Guastaferro
Assistant
Kirk Scott
Publisher
Marcelo Tubert
Bartender
Mary Woronov
Woman at Party
Eric Poppick
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