Scent of a Woman
“Frank Slade has a plan. It includes a weekend of fast cars, the tango, high living and a loaded forty five. And Charlie is coming along for the ride.”
Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for Christmas, Charlie takes a job over Thanksgiving looking after retired U.S. Army officer Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, a cantankerous middle-aged man who lives with his niece and her family.
Genres
Drama
Studio
Universal Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Scent of a Woman performed
Budget
$31.0M
Worldwide Gross
$134.1M
Gross Profit
$103.1M
Return
4.3× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$19M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Lt. Col. Frank Slade
Al Pacino
Lt. Col. Frank Slade
Charlie Simms
Chris O'Donnell
Charlie Simms
Mr. Trask
James Rebhorn
Mr. Trask
Donna
Gabrielle Anwar
Donna
George Willis, Jr.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
George Willis, Jr.
W.R. Slade
Richard Venture
W.R. Slade
Randy
Bradley Whitford
Randy
Officer Gore
Ron Eldard
Officer Gore
Gretchen
Rochelle Oliver
Gretchen
Gail
Margaret Eginton
Gail
Garry
Tom Riis Farrell
Garry
Harry Havemeyer
Nicholas Sadler
Harry Havemeyer
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