In one scenario she catches the train.
Movie sliding doors gwyneth paltrow.
Sliding doors is a 1998 romantic comedy drama film written and directed by peter howitt and starring gwyneth paltrow and john hannah while also featuring john lynch jeanne tripplehorn and virginia mckenna.
Synopsis the film follows helen quilley gwyneth paltrow a young englishwoman living in london who has just been fired from her public relations job.
Sliding doors 1998 a london woman s love life and career both hinge unknown to her on whether or not she catches a train.
Directed by peter howitt.
We see it both ways in parallel.
Sliding doors is one of gwyneth paltrow s best films made when she was in several films a year just between emma and great expectations.
Featuring terrific performances by gwynneth paltrow john lynch john hannah and jeanne tripplehorn it tells the story of helen a young english woman gwynneth paltrow who is working in public relations and living with gerry john lynch who is a total cad as he is unbeknownst to helen having an affair with his former girlfriend jeanne tripplehorn.
Inspired by writer director peter howitt s brush with death from a car that nearly ran him over the movie features.
In the other she misses it because she s delayed and the doors slide shut in her face.
The movie stars gwyneth paltrow as helen a london publicity executive who is fired for no good reason and stalks out of her office in midmorning to take the underground train back home.
The plot splits into two parallel universes based on the two paths her life could take depending on whether she catches a london underground train or not.
Sliding doors actually offers a glimpse of where that road might have led.
Containing fantasy elements reminiscent of groundhog day this movie explores what would happen if a young british woman named helen played by gwyneth paltrow actually caught the train home after a difficult day and what would happen if she missed it.
This was before she became an object of scorn and outright hatred for many people a stance which tells more about their pettiness than anything about the actress.