When a Man Loves a Woman
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Luis Mandoki
Produced by	Jon Avnet
Written by	Ronald Bass, Al Franken
Starring	Andy Garcia, Meg Ryan, Tina Majorino, Mae Whitman, Ellen Burstyn, Lauren Tom, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Distributed by	Touchstone Pictures
Release date(s)	April 29, 1994 (limited); 13 May 1994 (USA)
Running time	126 min.
Language	English

When a Man Loves a Woman is a 1994 drama film written by Al Franken and Ronald Bass, starring Andy Garcia, Meg Ryan, Tina Majorino, Mae Whitman, Ellen Burstyn, Lauren Tom and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

The movie chronicles one woman's (Ryan) alcoholism and her husband's (Garcia) efforts to help her. For her performance, Ryan received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Best Female Actor in a Leading Role.^[1] The movie's title is taken by the song of the same name written by Calvin Lewis and Andrew Wright and made famous by Percy Sledge.

Tagline: Through the good times. Through the bad times. When a Man Loves a Woman: it's for all times.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production notes 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Plot

The movie chronicles one woman's (Ryan) alcoholism and her husband's (Garcia) efforts to help her.

[edit] Cast

• Andy Garcia as Michael Green
• Meg Ryan as Alice Green
• Ellen Burstyn as Emily
• Tina Majorino as Jessica Green
• Mae Whitman as Casey Green
• Lauren Tom as Amy
• Philip Seymour Hoffman as Gary
• Eugene Roche as Walter
• Gail Strickland as Pam
• Steven Brill as Madras Tie Guy
• Susanna Thompson as Janet
• Erinn Canavan as Shannon
• LaTanya Richardson as Dr. Gina Mendez
• Bari K. Willerford as Malcolm
• James Jude Courtney as Earl

[edit] Production notes

The role played by Garcia was originally intended to be played by Tom Hanks.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• When a Man Loves a Woman at the Internet Movie Database
• When a Man Loves a Woman at Rotten Tomatoes