Chance of a Lifetime (1991 film)

*Chance of a Lifetime*
Chance of a Lifetime
Genre	Romantic comedy
Written by	Lynn Roth
Directed by	Jonathan Sanger
Starring	Betty White; Leslie Nielsen; Ed Begley, Jr.;
Music by	David McHugh
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Charles Fries; Lynn Roth;
Cinematography	Stephen McNutt
Editor	Toni Morgan
Running time	93 minutes
Production companies	Fries Entertainment; Lynn Roth Productions;
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	November 18, 1991

Chance of a Lifetime is a 1991 American romantic comedy television film directed by Jonathan Sanger and written by Lynn Roth. It stars Betty White, Leslie Nielsen, and Ed Begley, Jr., and aired on NBC on November 18, 1991.

Plot[edit]

Workaholic Cleveland business owner Evelyn Eglin receives news from her doctor that she only has six months to live. She sets off on a vacation to Mexico where she meets a man named Lloyd Dixon, and the two fall in love. The pair are both widowers and spend time "learning to live again", but Evelyn soon finds out that her original diagnosis was wrong. Faced with the fact that she has longer than six months, Evelyn has to decide whether she wants to stay in a relationship with Lloyd.^[1]

Cast[edit]

Betty White as Evelyn Eglin
Leslie Nielsen as Lloyd Dixon
Ed Begley Jr. as Darrel Eglin
Michael Tucci as Randall
William Windom as Dr. Edelman
Ann Turkel as Tippi van Norden
Elaine Stritch as Sybil Sedgwick
Orson Bean as Fred Novins
Annabelle Gurwitch as Sherry
Lincoln Kilpatrick as Amos
Mitzi McCall as Bea
Susan Brown as Barbara

Production[edit]

The script was written especially for Betty White. When asked by NBC if there was a project she hadn't done before that she was interested in, she requested "a love story".^[2] Filming took place while White's show The Golden Girls was on hiatus.^[2] The Mexico scenes were filmed in Oxnard, California.^[3]

References[edit]

^ Tucker, Ken (November 15, 1991). "Chance of a Lifetime". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
^ ^a ^b Brennan, Patricia (November 17, 1991). "Betty White Another Chance at Romance". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
^ Froelich, Janis D. (November 15, 1991). "Taking a "Chance"". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved November 1, 2022.

External links[edit]

Chance of a Lifetime at IMDb

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[1] Tucker, Ken (November 15, 1991). "Chance of a Lifetime". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 8, 2015.

[WP-2] Brennan, Patricia (November 17, 1991). "Betty White Another Chance at Romance". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 1, 2022.

[3] Froelich, Janis D. (November 15, 1991). "Taking a "Chance"". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved November 1, 2022.

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