Steve Martin in a remake of the comedy "Father of the Bride" in 1991 (followed by a sequel in 1995) and in the 1992 comedy "Housesitter", with Goldie Hawn and Dana Delany. In 1994, he starred in "A Simple Twist of Fate"; a film adaptation of "Silas Marner". In David Mamet's 1997 thriller "The Spanish Prisoner", Martin played a darker role as a wealthy stranger who takes a suspicious interest in the work of a young businessman (Campbell Scott). He went on to star with Eddie Murphy in the 1999 comedy "Bowfinger," which Martin also wrote. In 1998, Martin guest starred with
Goldie Hawn screen for four years while caring for her mother who died of cancer in 1994. Hawn made her entry back into film as producer of the satirical comedy "Something to Talk About" starring Julia Roberts and Dennis Quaid, as well as making her directorial debut in the television film "Hope" (1997) starring Christine Lahti and Jena Malone. Hawn returned to the screen again in 1996 as the aging, alcoholic actress Elise Elliot in the financially and critically successful "The First Wives Club", opposite Bette Midler and Diane Keaton, with whom she covered the Lesley Gore hit "You Don't Own Me"