Movie
Scent of a Woman
Frank Slade has a plan. It includes a weekend of fast cars, the tango, high living and a loaded forty five. And Charlie is coming along for the ride.
Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for Christmas, Charlie takes a job over Thanksgiving looking after retired U.S. Army officer Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, a cantankerous middle-aged man who lives with his niece and her family.
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Synopsis
Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for Christmas, Charlie takes a job over Thanksgiving looking after retired U.S. Army officer Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, a cantankerous middle-aged man who lives with his niece and her family.
More about Scent of a Woman
Cast
Al PacinoLt. Col. Frank Slade
Chris O'DonnellCharlie Simms
James RebhornMr. Trask
Gabrielle AnwarDonna
Philip Seymour HoffmanGeorge Willis, Jr.
Richard VentureW.R. Slade
Bradley WhitfordRandy
Ron EldardOfficer GoreCredits
- Directed by
- Martin Brest
- Written by
- Bo Goldman, Giovanni Arpino
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $31M
- Box office
- $134.1M
Production
Universal PicturesUnited States
City Light FilmsUnited States
