conspirator in the murder of Catherine's first husband 20 years before. Raymond shoots at Harry, but Harry kills him first. Following this shooting, Harry reconciles with Catherine and Jack. He leaves town with Verna. Cast Paul Newman as Harry Ross Susan Sarandon as Catherine Ames Gene Hackman as Jack Ames Reese Witherspoon as Mel Ames Stockard Channing as Lieutenant Verna Hollander Giancarlo Esposito as Reuben Escobar Liev Schreiber as Jeff Willis Margo Martindale as Gloria 'Mucho' Lamar John Spencer as Captain Phil Egan M. Emmet Walsh as Lester Ivar James Garner as Raymond Hope Clint Howard as EMS Worker Production The working title for Twilight was "The Magic Hour." Principal photography began on November 11, 1996. Parts of the movie were filmed at the Los Angeles Police Department's Hollywood Division Station house in Hollywood, California. Many of the police officers seen in the background are actual police officers. The beach sequences was filmed at Mandalay Beach in Oxnard, California. For Raymond Hope's house, they chose the George Jacobsen House, designed by John Lautner, in the Hollywood Hills. The Ames' house was shot at the Dolores del Río House in Santa Monica, California. The Ames' old family cabin was filmed at the Arch Oboler House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, in Malibu, California. Production wrapped in March 1997. Paul Newman gave Susan Sarandon part of his salary after discovering she was being paid less than himself and Gene Hackman. Release Twilight was released in theatres on March 6, 1998, in 1,351 theatres in the U.S., and made $5,866,411 in its opening weekend. While the film featured many notable A-list actors, Twilight'''s budget of $20 million and gross revenue of $15,055,091 indicates that it was a box office bomb after being in theatres for eight weeks. Reception The film received mixed reviews from critics, as it holds a 61% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 59 reviews. The consensus states: "It suffers from a frustratingly deliberate pace, but with nuanced performances from Paul Newman, Gene Hackman, Susan Sarandon and Reese Witherspoon to fall back on, Twilight can't help but be compelling". Roger Ebert wrote, "The reason to see the film is to observe how relaxed and serene Paul Newman is before the camera. How, at 73, he has absorbed everything he needs to know about how to be a movie actor, so that at every moment he is at home in his