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Overnight Sensation
62%
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28m
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Overnight Sensation (1984) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Overnight Sensation (1984) — a movie tagged as cinema with balanced tone moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: 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.… Our models also surface themes such as ai from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~28 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Overnight Sensation 62% (5 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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Synopsis
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.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1984-10-01
- Runtime
- 28m
- TMDB rating
- 6.2
- TMDB ID
- 244448
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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... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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