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| Year: | 2003 |
| Rating: | 5.4(6525) |
| Listed in: | Comedy, Romance |
| Directed by: | Rob Reiner |
| Actors: | Luke Wilson Chino XL Lobo Sebastian Rob Reiner Paul Willson Kate Hudson |
| "Is it love... or are they just imagining things?" | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Rob Reiner | |
| Actors | |
| Luke Wilson | as Alex Sheldon/Adam Shipley |
| Chino XL | as Tony/Flamenco Dancer #2 |
| Lobo Sebastian | as Bobby/Flamenco Dancer #1 |
| Rob Reiner | as Wirschafter |
| Paul Willson | as Whistling John Shaw |
| David Paymer | as John Shaw |
| Alexander Wauthier | as Andre Delacroix |
| Rip Taylor | as Polina's Father |
| Jordan Lund | as Claude |
| François Giroday | as Croupier |
| Robert Costanzo | as Bus Driver |
| Earl Carroll | as Bernard Pompier |
| Jordi Caballero | as Flamenco Dancer #3 |
| Michael St. Michaels | as Casino Owner |
| Camden Munson | as Scooter Boy |
| John H. Tobin | as Croupier |
| Actresses | |
| Kate Hudson | as Emma Dinsmore/Ylva/Elsa/Eldora/Anna |
| Sophie Marceau | as Polina Delacroix |
| Leili Kramer | as Michele Delacroix |
| Gigi Bermingham | as Madame Blanche |
| Cloris Leachman | as Grandmother |
| Danica Sheridan | as Receptionist |
Movie info
| Languages: | English, French |
| Budget: | USD 30,000,000 |
| Gross: |
USA - 6,111,074 USD (22 June 2003) Italy - 240,016 EUR (25 January 2004) |
| Plot: | Alex Sheldon is a aspiring novelist who has two things: Writer's Block and a gambling problem. But then two Cuban gentlemen from a mafia comes by his residence and gives him a choice: Finish his next book in 30 days or less and collect $100,000 to pay off the debt, or be killed. It is then that Alex hires Emma Dinsmore , a court stenographer to be his dictator. His novel, set in the roaring 1920's is about a man named Adam Shipley, a writer who has personal problems and is shy to be in love with women. At first things get off to a rocky start, but with Alex telling the story and Emma with her thoughts, comments, and her point of view, they tend to form a relationship similar to the novel. |
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Original Soundtracks
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"It All Depends on You" Written by Les Brown , Buddy G. DeSylva (as BG De Sylvia) and Ray Henderson Performed by Jess Harnell "Humoresque" Written by Antonín Dvorák (as Antonin Dvorak) and Hans Lengsfelder Performed by Comedy Harmonists Courtesy of Living Era "Perpetuum Mobile" Written by Andrew Rieu and Johann Strauß Performed by Comedy Harmonists Courtesy of Living Era "Charleston" Written by James P. Johnson and Cecil Mack Performed by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra Courtesy of The RCA Records Label, a unit of BMG Music Under license from BMG Special Products "Limehouse Blues" Written by Philip Braham and Douglas Furber Performed by Fletcher Henderson Courtesy of The Verve Music Group Under licence from Universal Music Enterprises "Those Sweet Words" Written by Lee Alexander and Richard Julian Performed by Norah Jones Courtesy of Bluenote Records, a Division of Capitol Records, Inc. |
Goofs
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Continuity: When Alex is dictating on the couch and falls asleep, his hand moves between shots from being on his side to being in his lap. SYNC: When Alex and Emma are arguing on the stairway, Alex's mouth does not match his words. Continuity: In the restaurant, the pepper on Emma's fork goes from a straight piece to one with a curly end and then back to the straight piece again. Continuity: When Alex and Emma are talking in Alex's bedroom, the time on the alarm clock jumps forward and back several hours. Continuity: On the second or third "day" of transcription, Alex and Emma are sitting on a couch talking. When Emma is facing away from the camera, her glasses are on her face and clearly visible. When the camera switches to shooting her straight on, they are hanging around her neck. Crew: In the beginning when the loan sharks first dangle Alex over the balcony, the safety harness is visible under Alex's shirt when being pulled back up. Continuity: Alex's face is unshaven before he kisses Emma, and in the next shot (as they actually kiss) is completely smooth. SYNC: As Emma says the end of her "Cuban invasion" line in Alex's apartment, she is seen only in silhouette but her lips are clearly not moving. Continuity: When Emma is rolling over the unconscious Alex, her scarf is first around her neck. We don't see it fall or her take it off, yet in the next shot, when she pulls him into the apartment, it is several feet away from the door, on the floor next to a painting. It is in another spot when Alex returns it to Emma after their argument in the stairwell. SYNC: When the Cuban Mafia gentleman are dangling Alex over the roof, one of them says, "In thirty days." His voice does not match his accent, and his lips say something else. Continuity: When the guys break into their apartment to scare them, Kate is holding her hands over her mouth the entire time in fear. In the first shot both sleeves of her shirt are down to her wrist. In the next shot the left sleeve is down and the right sleeve is pulled up. In the last shot both sleeves are down again. Continuity: The day when the Mob guys come and break Alex's TV and phone, Emma mentions that they have three days left to finish the book, but later that same day Alex mentions that they only have one more day. Continuity: When Alex goes in for the kiss at the end, he goes from 5'oclock shadow to clean shaved. It appears to be his stand-in and not Luke. The stand-in has blond hair. |
Quotes
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Emma Dinsmore: "Ample bosom"? Alex: What's wrong with that? It's literary. Emma Dinsmore: Oh, well, in that case, you forgot the heaving. Alex: The what? Emma Dinsmore: In every book I've ever read, whenever there's an ample bosom, there's always heaving. Alex: What? Emma Dinsmore: You introduced the bosom. I'm just asking if you want them to heave. Alex: Fine, let them heave. Alex Sheldon: I'm just a writer, Emma. I don't know what to do to show you how much I love you. I only have words. That's all I have. Alex: He left like a man on a mission, a man on a mission with hot wet balls. Alex: The grandmother lives! [interrupting Elsa's rambling] Alex: Elsa! You've struck oil - stop drilling! Alex: I uh... Emma Dinsmore: Well, I "uh" you too. Emma Dinsmore: Alex? If you think you're having a heart attack and you're going to die, call me first, okay? No use wasting money on the bus if you're just gonna be dead when I get here. Polina Delacroix: Mr. Shipley, Ylva will set you up in the Guest Cottage. Emma Dinsmore: Ylva? What kind of name is Ylva? Alex Sheldon: She's Swedesh. Emma Dinsmore: That's not a real name. Who made that up, Jaqcues Cartier? Alex Sheldon: [growls] It's her name, okay? Emma Dinsmore: Okay. How do you spell it? Alex Sheldon: Just like it sounds. Emma Dinsmore: I-L-V-A Alex Sheldon: No. It's Y-L-V-A Emma Dinsmore: [confused] Y-L-V-A? That's not how it's sounds! Alex Sheldon: Well, that how she spells it! Emma Dinsmore: Okay! You want Y-L-V-A? It's Y-L-V-A. Alex Sheldon: Good. Emma Dinsmore: Just so you know, it's not how it sounds. Emma Dinsmore: Who is she? Alex Sheldon: She's this pain-in-the-ass au pair. Ylva: [Swedish accent] Well, here we are. Adam Shipley: Thanks, um... Ylva: Ylva. Adam Shipley: Ylva. Now that's a beautiful name. How do you spell it? Ylva: Y-L-V-A. Adam Shipley: Ah. Just like it sounds. Emma Dinsmore: Very funny! Alex Sheldon: What? I take it from life. Emma Dinsmore: Good night. Alex Sheldon: Can you say good night if you're only sleeping for two hours? Emma Dinsmore: Good *night*. Alex Sheldon: Apparently, you can. Emma Dinsmore: You borrowed money to gamble? Are you out of your mind? Emma Dinsmore: There are some things that are nothing more than what they are, they're not meant to last. They just take their place in your heart and make you a little smarter the next time. Bobby: You're dancing the flamenco to get money. This is not a strong bargaining position. Emma Dinsmore: If they're not in agony, then it can't be love! Emma Dinsmore: What is it with guys like Adam? Do they really like being driven crazy by women like Paulina? They're like lemmings running into the sea. They can't wait to be drowning in their own misery. If they're not in agony, then it can't be love! Why do men want women like that? Alex: Maybe you're not picturing Paulina the way I'm picturing her. Emma Dinsmore: Gorgeous? Exciting? Incredibly sexy? Alex: Maybe you are. Emma Dinsmore: Yeah, that's great for a weekend but what do you think will happen in the long run? Alex: What do you mean, like the next weekend? Emma Dinsmore: No. Like when it's time for the first laundry. I know, I know. In great romantic novels there is not laundry or there's people like Ylva or Elsa to do it. Maybe that's why I like them. They can wash their own clothes. Emma Dinsmore: Does the fact that you called seventeen times last night with no response from me send any kind of signal to you? Alex: Yeah, I mean, I'm not an idiot. I figured you probably wanted to talk to me but that your machine was broken. Alex: I think I'm in love with you. Emma Dinsmore: I think I couldn't care less. Adam Shipley: He was wracked with confusion. For the first time in his life, he understood the true meaning of the expressions "horns of a dilemma" and "between a rock and a hard place" - although the concept of "paying through the nose" had always tormented him. How does the money get in the nose in the first place? Once in, is it pulled out by hand, or is a sneeze involved? And who would accept such a transaction? Burning questions all, but he had bigger fish to fry. Emma Dinsmore: I can't figure out what's worse, having to know every single detail of your desperate love for some other woman, or having to know that you obviously didn't even come close to feeling the same way about me. Emma Dinsmore: What's your book about? Alex: It's the story of a man who's frightened of commitment yet so desperately in love with a woman he's afraid it might kill him. It's a comedy. Emma Dinsmore: Elsa? Who's that? Alex Sheldon: The au-pair. Emma Dinsmore: I thought Ylva was the au-pair. Alex Sheldon: I changed it. She didn't have enough edge. Emma Dinsmore: Swedes have no edge? Alex Sheldon: No, that's common knowledge. They have that whole light blue flag thing. Emma Dinsmore: [incredulous] Oh, and all Germans have edge? Alex Sheldon: Well not all. Some do. Certainly Hitler springs to mind. Emma Dinsmore: You're looking for sex, Mr. Shipley. You're barking up the wrong body. Alex Sheldon: Ms Dinsmore, I have no intention of barking up your body. I'm sure there are men who would be thrilled to find themselves in bed with such a forthright woman. I prefer my women to be more...well less forthright. |
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