- Happy Endings
Infobox Film
name = Happy Endings
caption = Promotional poster for "Happy Endings"
imdb_id = 0361693
writer =Don Roos
starring =Lisa Kudrow Steve Coogan Jesse Bradford Bobby Cannavale Maggie Gyllenhaal Jason Ritter
Tom Arnold
director =Don Roos
producer =Michael Paseornek Holly Wiersma
cinematography =J. Clark Mathis
editing =David Codron
distributor =Lions Gate Films
released =January 20 ,2005
runtime = 128 minutes
language = English
rating =
gross = Domestic: $1,311,633
mpaa_rating =R "Happy Endings" is a 2005 Lions Gate Films picture directed by
Don Roos and starringLisa Kudrow ,Tom Arnold ,Steve Coogan andMaggie Gyllenhaal .Cast
Lisa Kudrow - Mamie TollSteve Coogan - Charley PeppitoneMaggie Gyllenhaal - Jude
Tom Arnold - Frank McKeeJason Ritter - Otis McKeeBobby Cannavale - Javier DuranDavid Sutcliffe - Gil PalmerJesse Bradford - Nicky KunitzLaura Dern - Pam FerrisSarah Clarke - Dianetoryline
The film follows the lives of a diverse group of mostly middle-class Americans through the emotional ups and downs in their flawed yet very human lives, each loosely connected to each other through a restaurant.
The film follows three interconnected stories. In the first, a woman (
Lisa Kudrow ) reluctantly agrees to work with a would-be young filmmaker (Jesse Bradford ) in order to locate the now grown son she secretly gave up for adoption after becoming pregnant from her step-brother (Steve Coogan ) (who is later found to be gay) 19 years earlier.In the second story arc, her step-brother and his domestic partner (
David Sutcliffe ) are deciding whether or not to confront their friends, a lesbian couple (Laura Dern andSarah Clarke ), regarding the paternity of their son.And in the third, a young man (
Jason Ritter ) is involved with a band and trying to keep his father (Tom Arnold ) from learning that he is gay, while also dealing with the seemingly gold-digging woman (Maggie Gyllenhaal ) who inserts herself into their lives.Production
Director Roos wrote the part of Mamie expressly for Lisa Kudrow after directing her in his earlier film, "
The Opposite of Sex ", which he also wrote. [ [http://www.oneguysopinion.com/InterviewsResults.php?ID=295 InterviewsResults ] ] Originally, the story concerned three sisters. [ [http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20050715&slug=roos15 Entertainment & the Arts | Don Roos returns with "Happy Endings" | Seattle Times Newspaper ] ] It took 18 months to find financial backing for the production.Trivia
*The expression 'happy ending' is a colloquial term for the practice of a massage therapist to offer sexual release to a client.
*Despite the favorable response to the track,Kid Loco 's track "Youpi" was not featured on the soundtrack, nor were several of the tracks used byDirty Three .Calexico was the most prominent artists featured on the album, alongsideMaggie Gyllenhaal .
*Lisa Kudrow has a nude body double for this movie, her body double beingAnna Easteden .References
ee also
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Hyperlink cinema - the film style of using multiple inter-connected story lines.
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