For the album by Aaron Lines, see Living Out Loud (album)

Living Out Loud (album)

Living Out Loud is the second studio album by Canadian country music singer Aaron Lines. The album was released by RCA Records, and was Lines' first album to be released in the United States. It was nominated for Country Recording of the Year at the 2004 Juno Awards. In the U.S., the album produced...

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For the R&B group, see Livin Out Loud

Livin Out Loud

Livin Out Loud is an R&B music group consisting of Reuben MacCalla, Sylvia MacCalla, Lisa LaShawn, and J Martini. All four are professionals in the entertainment industry...

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Living Out Loud is a 1998

1998 in film

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 comedy-drama

Comedy-drama

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 film

Film

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 written and directed by Richard LaGravenese

Richard LaGravenese

Richard LaGravenese is an American screenwriter and occasional film director. He is best known as the writer of The Fisher King.-Personal life:...

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The film, set in New York City

New York City

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, stars Holly Hunter

Holly Hunter

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, Danny DeVito

Danny DeVito

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, Queen Latifah

Queen Latifah

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, Martin Donovan

Martin Donovan

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, and Claudia Shear

Claudia Shear

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Plot

Judith Moore had what she thought was a perfect marriage, both she and her husband studying to be doctors. But after she puts her studies on hold to find a job and support them, her husband promptly leaves Judith to be with another doctor.

Depressed, she holes up in her apartment, where the middle-aged Pat Francato serves as a building superintendent and elevator operator. He is as lonely as she is, beset with gambling problems, and for a moment Judith and Pat make a connection.

Unfortunately, what he wishes to pursue as a romantic relationship, Judith sees only as a friendship. Her friend Liz Bailey, who sings at a nightclub, makes attempts to improve Judith's love life as well as her own.

By the time Judith's loneliness becomes overwhelming and she misses what she had with Pat, a sweet person and good listener, it is too late -- he has found someone else.