The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

Infobox Film
name = The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past


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director = Mark Waters
producer = Brad Epstein
Jonathan Shestack
writer = Jon Lucas
Scott Moore
starring = Matthew McConaughey
Jennifer Garner
Emma Stone
Breckin Meyer
Lacey Chabert
Anne Archer
Michael Douglas
Robert Forster
Christina Milian
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cinematography =
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distributor = New Line Cinema
released = 2009
runtime =
country = USA
language = English
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imdb_id = 0821640

"The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" is an upcoming 2009 American romantic comedy film that is a new take on Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol". It is directed by Mark Waters, written by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, and stars Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, and Emma Stone. Filming began on February 19, 2008 in Boston, Massachusetts;cite news|url= http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3iade5585233ac6180385ce91850f1e895|author=Gregg Goldstein|title=Five to haunt 'Girlfriends'|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|date=2008-02-04|accessdate=2008-05-16] and ended in July 2008. It is set to be released sometime in 2009 [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0821640/releaseinfo The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009) - Release Dates] ] .

Plot

A womanizer is haunted by the ghosts of his former girlfriends at his younger brother's wedding. The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, Present, and Future take him on a journey through his romantic history (à la Ebenezer Scrooge) to help him come to a realization about his ways with women.

Cast

*Matthew McConaughey as Connor, a womanizer
*Jennifer Garner as the ghost of the bride's best friend, an old flame of Connor's
*Emma Stone as the supernatural "Ghost of Girlfriends Past" who guides him through his romantic history
*Breckin Meyer as Connor's younger brother who is getting married
*Lacey Chabert as the woman whom he is marrying
*Anne Archer as the mother of the bride
*Amanda Walsh as the only bridesmaid Connor hasn't "conquered"
*Michael Douglascite news|url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117980370.html?categoryid=13&cs=1|author=Dave McNary|title=Trio in 'Past' cast|publisher=Variety Magazine|date=2008-02-06|accessdate=2008-05-16]
*Robert Forster
*Christina Milian [cite web |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/co-star-matthew-mcconaughey-will-be-awesome-dad |title=Co-Star: Matthew McConaughey Will Be an "Awesome Dad" |accessdate=2008-07-24 |author=Powers, Lindsay |date=2008-07-14|publisher="US Weekly"]
*Stephen Russell, notable in this case because he is a famous voice actor. [cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1592197/ |title=IMDB Profile for Stephen L. Russell |accessdate=2008-08-27 |publisher= "Internet Movie Database"]

Production

It was originally set up at Walt Disney Pictures with Ben Affleck attached to play the lead character. Production was to begin in the fall of 2003, but budgetary concerns and the failure of "Gigli" resulted in the cancellation of the film one month prior to shooting.

References

External links

*imdb title|0821640|The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
*amg title|id=1:353564|title= The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
*mojo title|id=ghostsofgirlfriendspast