Alex & Emma

Infobox Film
name = Alex & Emma


caption =
writer = Jeremy Leven
starring = Kate Hudson
Luke Wilson
Sophie Marceau
director = Rob Reiner
producer = Rob Reiner
Alan Greisman
music = Marc Shaiman
cinematography = Gavin Finney
editing = Alan Edward Bell
Robert Leighton
distributor = Warner Bros. (theatrical)
Warner Home Video (DVD)
released = 16 June, 2003 (premiere)
runtime = 96 min.
language = English
budget =
imdb_id = 0318283

"Alex & Emma" is a Warner Bros. romantic comedy starring Kate Hudson and Luke Wilson. It was directed by Rob Reiner based on a screenplay by Jeremy Leven. It opened June 20 2003.

Taglines

"Is it love... or are they just imagining things?"

Plot

Developed under the working title, "Loosely Based on a True Love Story", the movie is loosely based on a true love story of author Fyodor Dostoevsky, who dictated his novel, "The Gambler", in 30 days in order to pay off a gambling debt—and in the process, fell in love with his young stenographer. In "Alex and Emma", Alex (Wilson) is the author, who must repay a USD$100,000 debt to the Cuban mafia or face dire consequences. After his laptop is destroyed, he hires Emma (Hudson), a stenographer who talks as much as she writes. As Alex dictates his novel to Emma, the movie cuts away to scenes from the novel, where Adam (Wilson) falls for a series of nannies (all played by Hudson). Eventually life imitates art, and Alex and Emma fall in love. Modeled after the Audrey Hepburn movie, Paris, When It Sizzles.

Widely panned by reviewers ( [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030620/REVIEWS/306200301/1023] [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/_/id/5948601?pageid=rs.ReviewsMovieArchive&pageregion=mainRegion&afl=imdb&rnd=1106429696468&has-player=true&version=6.0.12.872] [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/alex_and_emma/] ), the movie made just over USD$14 million at the box office.

Main cast

* Kate Hudson .... Emma Dinsmore/Ylva/Elsa/Eldora/Anna
* Luke Wilson .... Alex Sheldon/Adam Shipley
* David Paymer .... John Shaw
* Sophie Marceau .... Polina Delacroix
* Cloris Leachman .... Grandmother
* Rob Reiner .... Wirschafter
and
* Chino XL .... Tony/Flamenco Dancer #2
* Lobo Sebastian .... Bobby/Flamenco Dancer #1
* Jordi Caballero .... Flamenco Dancer #3
* Paul Willson .... Whistling John Shaw
* Alexander Wauthier .... Andre Delacroix
* Leili Kramer .... Michele Delacroix
* Rip Taylor.... Polina's Father
* Gigi Bermingham .... Madame Blanche
* Jordan Lund .... Claude
* François Giroday .... Croupier
* Robert Costanzo .... Bus Driver
* Earl Carroll .... Bernard Pompier
* Michael St. Michaels .... Casino Owner
* Danica Sheridan .... Receptionist

Producers

Producers
* Jeremy Leven, Rob Reiner, Todd Black, Alan Greisman, Elie Samaha

Executive Producers
* Peter Guber, Steve Tisch, Jeffrey Stott, Jason Blumenthal

Co-Producers
* James A. Holt, Joseph Merhi, Adam Scheinman, Tracee Stanley

External links

* [http://alexandemmamovie.warnerbros.com/ Official Site]
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