White Palace (film) White Palace (film) White Palace is a 1990 American romantic drama film directed by Luis Mandoki and starring Susan Sarandon, James Spader, Jason Alexander, Kathy Bates, Steven Hill, Jeremy Piven, and Renee Taylor. It was written by Ted Tally and Alvin Sargent, based on the novel of the same name by Glenn Savan (who appears in the film as an extra with a small speaking part). It centers on the unlikely relationship between a young upper middle class widower (Spader) who falls in love with a middle-aged working class waitress (Sarandon) in St. Louis, Missouri. The original music score was
Susan Sarandon "Thelma & Louise" (1991), "Lorenzo's Oil" (1992), and "The Client" (1994), finally winning in 1995 for "Dead Man Walking". She was awarded the Women in Film Crystal Award in 1994. Additionally, she has received eight Golden Globe nominations, including for "White Palace" (1990), "Stepmom" (1998), "Igby Goes Down" (2002), and "Bernard and Doris" (2007). Her other movies include "Little Women" (1994), "Anywhere but Here" (1999), "Cradle Will Rock" (1999), "The Banger Sisters" (2002), "Shall We Dance" (2004), "Alfie" (2004), "Romance & Cigarettes" (2005), "Elizabethtown" (2005), and "Enchanted" (2007). Sarandon has appeared in two episodes of "The Simpsons", once as herself