Bounce (2000)
Director
Don Roos
Main cast
Ben Affleck; Gwyneth Paltrow; Joe Morton; Natasha Henstridge; Tony Goldwyn
Genres
Drama, Romance
Description
A man switches plane tickets with another man who dies in that plane in a crash. The man falls in love with the deceased one's wife.
Don Roos
Main cast
Ben Affleck; Gwyneth Paltrow; Joe Morton; Natasha Henstridge; Tony Goldwyn
Genres
Drama, Romance
Description
A man switches plane tickets with another man who dies in that plane in a crash. The man falls in love with the deceased one's wife.
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