If Lucy Fell

Infobox Film
name = If Lucy Fell


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director = Eric Schaeffer
producer = Bradley Jenkel Brad Krevoy Steven Stabler
writer = Eric Schaeffer Tony Spiridakis
(story)
Eric Schaeffer
(screenplay)
starring = Sarah Jessica Parker Eric Schaeffer Ben Stiller Elle Macpherson
music = Amanda Kravat Charlton Pettus
cinematography = Ron Fortunato
editing = Susan Graef
distributor = TriStar Pictures
released = 8 March 1996
runtime = 92 min
rating = R
country = USA
awards =
language = English
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imdb_id = 0116606

If Lucy Fell is a 1996 romantic comedy starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Eric Schaeffer and Ben Stiller. The film is rated R and runs for 92 minutes. It was released on DVD January 30, 2001.

Plot

Joe MacGonaughgill (Eric Schaeffer) and Lucy Ackerman (Sarah Jessica Parker) are roommates and best friends living in a small Manhattan apartment. Lucy is turning to the age of 30 and her love life is embarrassingly dull. Joe on the other hand is infatuated with his neighbour (Elle Macpherson). Lucy then decides to have a death pact with Joe like they did back in College. If both of them don't find true love by the time Lucy turns 30, then they both agreed to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge.

Then Jane (Elle Macpherson) comes to an artwork show of Joe's where Joe finally gathered up the courage to ask Jane out, while Lucy begins dating Bwick Elias (Ben Stiller), a weirdo artist who paints with his own body parts. Joe soon realizes that Jane isn't who he thought her out to be. Bwick also turns out to be "no Joe" for Lucy. It was at that point that Joe and Lucy realized they were perfect for each other.

Trivia

* Struggling independent filmmaker Eric Schaeffer convinced Sarah Jessica Parker to take the female lead in "If Lucy Fell" when she hailed the cab he was driving. Fact|date=February 2007
* Amanda Kravat and band Marry Me Jane composed the music for If Lucy Fell directed by Eric Schaeffer. Kravat later composed music for Schaeffer's second feature film, Fall.
* Roger Ebert called Joe MacGonaughgill one of the "least appealing characters ever offered for the public's entertainment."