romantic drama

White Palace is a romantic drama directed by Luis Mandoki and starring Susan Sarandon and James Spader.

a 1990 American erotic romantic drama film directed by Luis Mandoki and starring Susan Sarandon, James Spader, Jason Alexander, Kathy Bates, Steven Hill, Jeremy Piven, and Renee Taylor

White Palace is a 1990 American erotic romantic drama film directed by Luis Mandoki and starring Susan Sarandon, James Spader, Jason Alexander, Kathy Bates, Steven Hill, Jeremy Piven, and Renee Taylor.

as a tawdry older woman-younger man romance

Named after a White Castle burger ripoff that acts as the Meat Cute for Spader and Sarandon, White Palace is marketed as a tawdry older woman-younger man romance.

classicism and romanticism

The palace is the monument of classicism and romanticism styles of architecture.

a slick and stylish yuppie soap opera which is the type of film that could only have come out of Hollywood in the 1980s/1990s

White Palace is a slick and stylish yuppie soap opera which is the type of film that could only have come out of Hollywood in the 1980s/1990s.

a film about class, about two drastically different people looking for a place to belong

But White Palace is truly a film about class, about two drastically different people looking for a place to belong, learning to trust themselves to feel again after they both lost the loves of their lives.

Neo-Renaissance, Baroque and Classicism

The palace is an example of various architectural styles: Neo-Renaissance, Baroque and Classicism.

an IPL

White Palace is an IPL as opposed to an IPA, as an IPA’s a lager, not an ale.

a standard boy-meets-girl story with a couple of quirky variations

WHITE PALACE is a standard boy-meets-girl story with a couple of quirky variations.

the story of the relationship between a yuppie from wealthy west county and a middle-aged fast-food worker from lower-class Dogtown

Originally published as a paperback original in 1987, transformed into a movie in 1990 and now, sadly, out of print, White Palace tells the story of the relationship between a yuppie from wealthy west county and a middle-aged fast-food worker from lower-class Dogtown.

a 1990 romantic comedy that details the love affair of a man and a woman almost twice his age

White Palace is a 1990 romantic comedy that details the love affair of a man and a woman almost twice his age.

a beautiful and touching story that celebrates the human capacity to transcend social differences and prejudices to connect and love another human being

White Palace is a beautiful and touching story that celebrates the human capacity to transcend social differences and prejudices to connect and love another human being.

Neo-Gothic

The palace's architecture is drawn towards the Neo-Gothic architectural style, with elements of English Neo-Gothic.

Moorish, Gothic and Renaissance

the palace has an architectural mix of Moorish, Gothic and Renaissance.

the most visible building— a multi-storied, multi-walled work of architecture built of gleaming white stone

The White Palace is the most visible building—a multi-storied, multi-walled work of architecture built of gleaming white stone.