Me Myself I (film)

Me Myself I
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Pip Karmel
Written by	Pip Karmel
Starring	Rachel Griffiths David Roberts Sandy Winton
Studio	Gaumont Australia
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Classics
Release date(s)	7 April 2000 (2000-04-07) (US) 20 April 2000 (2000-04-20) (Australia)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English

Me Myself I is a 2000 Australian comedy film.

Plot

Pamela Drury is single and works as a serious journalist. She spends her birthday alone and becomes lonely and reflects upon her life and the choices she made. In a box of photos of old boyfriends, she reflects upon why she broke up with one in particular, Robert Dickson, 13 years earlier. She also meets an interesting man, Ben and follows him home, only to see through the window that he is with his family and looks very happy. Shortly afterwards, she is hit by a car while crossing the street.

The woman who was driving the car is also Pamela, but is Pamela Dickson; she is from an alternate universe in which she married Robert 13 years earlier. Pamela Dickson takes Pamela Drury to the Dickson family home and the two of them talk in the kitchen. Suddenly, Pamela Dickson's kids come home and she disappears, leaving the unmarried Pamela Drury in a house she has never seen before with three children she does not know. The children assume she is their mother, although they do not quite recognize her sometimes.

She soon finds out that her alter ego Pamela Dickson lives in a dull marriage and writes lightweight articles for a mainstream ladies magazine, rather than being the serious reporter that Drury is. She meets Ben again, but in this time-line he is a widower still mourning the loss of the great love of his life. Pamela is unhappy and annoyed with married life and she quarrels with Robert. However, she comes to start to enjoy it and fall for Robert again and even stimulates him and enlivens her marriage. But then the two women are switched back to their former lives. Pamela Dickson had been living the life of single Pamela Drury and enjoyed it but ultimately missed her husband and kids so she came back. Pamela Drury is single once more and embraces her life with a new appreciation of all that being single and having a career has to offer. She learns that while she was gone, Pamela Dickson began dating Ben, who actually is divorced from the woman who alternate-Ben had thought was his soul mate. Ultimately she sees that both lives are appealing and have things to appreciate.

Cast

• Rachel Griffiths as Pamela Drury / Pamela Dickson
• David Roberts as Robert Dickson
• Sandy Winton as Ben Griffin
• Yael Stone as Stacy Dickson
• Shaun Loseby as Douglas Dickson
• Trent Sullivan as Rupert Dickson
• Christine Stephen-Daly as Deirdre
• Felix Williamson as Geoff
• Rebecca Frith as Terri
• Ann Burbrook as Janinie
• Frank Whitten as Charlie
• Terence Crawford as Allen
• Maeliosa Stafford as Max
• Kirstie Hutton as Sally
• Peter Brailey as Roger
• Mariel McClorey as Harriet
• Andrew Caryofyllis as Harry
• Lenore Munro as Sophie
• Lyndon Wilkinson as Pamela's Mother (voice on phone)
• Spud as Brandy the dog

Awards

The film won two awards for sound at the Australian Screen Sound Guild awards and won First Works Section at the Festroia International Film Festival.^[1] It was nominated for the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Direction, Best Screenplay, Best Actress in a Leading Role and Best Achievement in Editing.^[2]

Box Office

Me Myself I grossed $2,698,330 at the box office in Australia.^[3]

See also

• Cinema of Australia

References

1. ^ "Festróia - Tróia International Film Festival". Internet Movie Database. 2000. http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000239/2000. Retrieved 10 May 2010. 
2. ^ "Me Myself I (1999) - Awards". Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183503/awards. Retrieved 2011-01-18. 
3. ^ Film Victoria - Australian Films at the Australian Box Office

External links

• Me Myself I at the Internet Movie Database
• Me Myself I at AllRovi
• Me Myself I at Box Office Mojo
• Me Myself I at Rotten Tomatoes