Affluent Wall Street lawyer Gavin Banek (Ben Affleck) and recovering alcoholic Doyle Gipson (Samuel L. Jackson) are both on their way to vital court hearings when they get involved in a fender bender accident with each other on New York's FDR Drive. In a rush, Banek leaves the scene without doing things by the book, but he leaves behind an important document. Stranded, Gipson is late for a custody hearing, and so begins a cruel game of one-upmanship between the men. Changing Lanes is an engrossing, intelligently scripted urban drama.
Directed by
Roger Michell
Written by
Chap Taylor (story); Chap Taylor (screenplay); Michael Tolkin (screenplay).
Starring
Ben Affleck (Gavin Banek); Samuel L. Jackson (Doyle Gipson); Kim Staunton (Valerie Gipson); Toni Collette (Michelle); Sydney Pollack (Stephen Delano); Tina Sloan (Mrs. Delano); Richard Jenkins (Walter Arnell); Akil Walker (Stephen Gipson); Cole Hawkins (Danny Gipson); Ileen Getz (Ellen); Jennifer Dundas (Mina Dunne (as Jennifer Dundas Lowe)); Matt Malloy (Ron Cabot); Amanda Peet (Cynthia Delano Banek); Myra Lucretia Taylor (Judge Frances Abarbanel); Bruce Altman (Terry Kaufman). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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