Changing Lanes
Directed by	Roger Michell
Produced by	Scott Rudin Scott Aversano
Written by	Chap Taylor Michael Tolkin
Starring	Ben Affleck Samuel L. Jackson Toni Collette Sydney Pollack William Hurt Amanda Peet
Music by	David Arnold
Cinematography	Salvatore Totino
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	April 12, 2002
Running time	99 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$45 million
Gross revenue	$94,935,764

Changing Lanes is a 2002 drama-thriller film directed by Roger Michell.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Reception 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Plot

A successful New York attorney, Gavin Banek, is in a rush to file a power of appointment, which will prove a dead man signed his foundation over to Banek's law firm. He has a collision with another car, belonging to an insurance salesman, Doyle Gipson, who is also in a rush to a hearing to try to gain custody of his children and to prevent his estranged wife from taking them to Oregon. Banek tries to brush Gipson off with a blank check thereby disobeying the law. After Gipson refuses to accept the check and voices his desire to "do the right thing", that is, filing a police report and insurance claim, Banek strands Gipson, telling him, "better luck next time." After arriving to the court late, Gipson learns that it proceeded without him and that it didn't go in his favor.

Unfortunately for Banek, he dropped the crucial power of appointment file at the scene of the accident, and the judge gives him until the end of the day to re-obtain the papers and present them. Gipson, who took the papers, has no intention of returning them, and in desperation, Banek goes to someone skilled with computers and gets him to switch off Gipson's credit. Gipson needed credit for a loan so he could buy a house for his family, and he becomes further enraged, determined to make life difficult for Banek.

Both men continue to do questionable things in an attempt to one-up each other, and eventually they begin to question their actions. Though it is made clear that Banek and Gipson are radically different, they both have an angry, vengeful streak, capable of abandoning their morals just to punish the other. The film ends with both men having a new outlook on life, concentrating on ethics and the moral implications of their actions.

[edit] Cast

• Ben Affleck as Gavin Banek
• Samuel L. Jackson as Doyle Gipson
• Toni Collette as Michelle
• Sydney Pollack as Stephen Delano
• Richard Jenkins as Walter Arnell
• Ileen Getz as Ellen
• Matt Malloy as Ron Cabot
• Amanda Peet as Cynthia Banek
• Kim Staunton as Valerie Gipson
• Bruce Altman as Joe Kaufman
• William Hurt as Doyle's sponsor
• Dylan Baker as Finch the fixer

[edit] Reception

The movie was a box-office success; with a budget of $45,000,000, it grossed $66,818,548 in the United States and $28,117,216 elsewhere, with a total gross of $94,935,764.

[edit] References

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[edit] External links

• Official website
• Changing Lanes at the Internet Movie Database
• Changing Lanes at Rotten Tomatoes

v • d • e Films directed by Roger Michell Titanic Town (1998)  · Notting Hill (1999)  · Changing Lanes (2002)  · The Mother (2003)  · Enduring Love (2004)  · Venus (2006)  · Morning Glory (2010)